Tag: Austria
Austrian parliament resolution calls for banning Hezbollah in EU
Representatives from Austria’s ruling party presented a parliament resolution on Friday calling on the European Union to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.
“Hezbollah wants to destroy Israel and propagates anti-Semitism and spreads radical Islamic...
Hungary, Austria, warn EU against ‘double standard’ on Israel
Hungary and Austria on Wednesday warned their counterparts in the European Union against endorsing a double standard against Israel with regard to E.U. resolutions.
Budapest and Vienna have consistently been the sole opponents of the...
Austria’s oldest Holocaust survivor dies at 106
Austria’s oldest Holocaust survivor died on Thursday at the age of 106, announced Vienna’s Jewish Community organization, or IKG, on Friday.
Marko Feingold was born in 1913 in present-day Slovakia and was arrested in Prague...
Austria to offer citizenship to British Jewish descendants of Holocaust survivors
Starting on Sept. 1, 2020, Austria will offer citizenship to British Jewish descendants of Holocaust survivors, thanks to changes to Austria’s nationality laws, which were approved unanimously on Thursday.
Those who fled Austria before the...
Netanyahu meets with former Austrian Chancellor Kurz
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Wednesday ahead of running again for his previous role, from which he was ousted in May.
During his tenure, Kurz was known...
Netanyahu to visit Austria for anti-Semitism conference
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to Vienna for meetings and to attend a conference on anti-Semitism, the first visit by an Israeli prime minister...
Iran leader visits Austria, chancellor calls Tehran’s anti-Israel rhetoric ‘unacceptable’
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said at a joint press conference with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Vienna on Wednesday that “in this memorial year in which we are particularly aware of our historic responsibility,...
Grandparents loved Vienna (Wien) despite all
I am now the same age as my father was when he died, 74. For the first time, I am walking around his birthplace, Vienna, with my sister, gazing at the city he loved...
A historic step in Austria?
Something unprecedented took place in Austria in December 2017 and hardly anyone outside the country noticed: For the first time in Western Europe, a government took power that advocates anti-immigration and anti-Islamization policies.
The government...
80 years on, Austria’s Jews renew demand for Holocaust reparations
On the eve of the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s annexation of Austria, or Anschluss, Holocaust survivors in Israel are calling on Vienna to provide reparations for Austrians whose property was confiscated when the...