The visit would be the first by a senior Hungarian official since the swearing-in of the new Israeli government.

Hungary will be the first EU country to establish its embassy in Jerusalem.

Orban is visiting Israel but not the PA, a move which is viewed as a diplomatic humiliation to PA head Mahmoud Abbas and a gesture towards Israel.

Protesters held a silent demonstration on Monday in central Hungary against a plan to unveil a statue of a former minister of religion and education who helped draft and supported anti-Semitic legislation in the 1930s.