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Students across US take part in Yellow Shirt Initiative in solidarity with Israel

World unites in commemoration of October 7 and calls for release of hostages

Commemorations around world over marked first anniversary of Hamas attack, with events from the US to Europe honoring the victims; 'We are showing the world that despite the loud anti-Israel minority, the majority supports Israel'

Daniel Edelson, New York | 10.08.24

Austrian voters appear ready to elect far-right 'Freedom Party'

Should the latest polls prove accurate, it's likely that Herbert Kickl, chairman of the 'Freedom Party of Austria' will become the nation's newest chancellor after Sunday's elections; The party is highly resistant to immigration from the Middle East, and also has adopted some antisemitic views

Ze'ev Avrahami | 09.29.24

רומניה הצפות שיטפונות ה סופה בוריס מכה ב מזרח ו מרכז אירופה

Storm Boris hits Eastern Europe with severe and unusual floods

Austria, the Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia and Poland experience heavy rains and floods and suffer damage; Romania reports four casualties in severe storm

Ynet, News Agencies | 09.15.24

מחבל ש תכנן פיגוע ב הופעה של טיילור סוויפט אוסטריה וינה

Austria raids 72 alleged Islamic extremists ahead of 9/11 anniversary

The operation is carried out in prisons and homes, and includes seizures of digital devices due to the symbolic significance of the date to Islamist sympathizers; the security chief refers to the plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in his statement

Associated Press | 09.12.24

TikTok jihad: Online radicalization threat looms over Europe

Foiled terror plot at Taylor Swift concert in Austria highlights rise of online teen recruitment into ‘virtual terror cells’; trend, intensified since October 7 and Gaza war, challenges authorities in identifying ‘bored recruit’ online

Zeev Avrahami, Berlin | 08.11.24

ISIS-inspired suspect in Taylor Swift show plot planned suicide attack

Suspect swore allegiance to the IS group's leader on the internet and had chemicals, machetes and technical devices at his home in the town of Ternitz in preparation for an attack, Austria's general director for public security says

Reuters | 08.08.24

New Austrian law opens doors to European passports

In 2020, changes to Austrian citizenship laws created new opportunities for many Israelis to obtain Austrian passports

Adv. Hila Pincu | 05.29.24

Holocaust survivor gives 80-year-old box to Yad Vashem

Susanne Schick decides to bestow her treasured box which she brought from Austria to Israel and hid in her home for decades, her only memento from her homeland; 'It's difficult to pass on the box, but it's to ensure that the stories of thousands of Jews from Vienna are not forgotten'

Itamar Eichner | 05.06.24

Austria grapples with espionage scandal exposing deep Russian infiltration

Associated Press report unmaks senior Austrian intelligence officer working for Kremlin for years, relaying state secrets and confidential information on European governments to Moscow

Daniel Batini , Ze'ev Avrahami | 04.10.24

הפגנה פרו פלסטינית ב וינה אוסטריה שהתקיימה למרות איסור המשטרה

'Without Israel, we Jews are in deep danger,' says Austrian Jewish leader

Dr. Jasmin Freyer, chair of the Jewish community in Vienna, shares concerns over growing antisemitism amid Gaza war and how Austrian Jews have mobilized to provide aid to Israel

Hadar Galron | 03.31.24

Jewish philanthropist hosts 260 Nahal Oz residents for Vienna vacation

Leon Lefkowitz says he felt he had to do something for people in southern Israeli communities harmed by Hamas' attack and decided to give them some time to relax away from Israel

Itamar Eichner | 12.26.23

Tourists welcome, now please leave

The growing influx of tourists in Europe is increasingly disrupting the daily lives of local residents and becoming a nuisance to small towns; Authorities are taking proactive measures to control the tide of incoming gusts

Zeev Avrahami, Tamar Sebok | 09.22.23

אוסטריה ה עיתון הוותיק בעולם הדפיס מהדורה אחרונה

World's oldest active newspaper prints final edition after 320 years

Austrian newspaper Wiener Zeitung says will continue activity online while adding that new law in the country caused the paper to go out of business

Ynet, News agencies | 07.02.23

מטייל ישראלי ממרכז הארץ חולץ לאחר שנפצע ברגלו בהרי טירול באוסטריה

Watch: Injured Israeli hiker airlifted from Austrian mountain path

The man who was on a trek in Austria's Tyrol mountains fell and injured his leg in an area where choppers were unable to land, and was lifted by cable and transported to the hospital

Itamar Eichner | 06.19.23

Vienna court orders father to return abducted children to mother in Israel

Father claims Israel is dangerous due to rocket fire from Gaza, but court rules children's welfare outweighs his arguments and orders return of their passports to mother who flies back to Israel with two daughters while whereabouts of third child unknown

Itamar Eichner | 05.18.23

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