Increasing anti -Israel attitudes in Austria ensures alarm!

Increasing anti -Israel attitudes in Austria ensures alarm!

Wien, Österreich - Anti -Semitic attitudes in Austrian society are still present. Recent findings show that between 2022 and 2024 not only racist and religiously shaped anti -Semitism remained constant, but in particular in particular an alarming increase has experienced an anti -Semitism. This emerges from the anti -Semitism study 2024, which was created by the Institute for Empirical Social Research (IFES) on behalf of Parliament. The first results were published today on April 2, 2025. According to the survey, 13 % of the manifest anti -Semitic settings surveyed have, which is a slight decline compared to 2022 than this value was 15 %. Latent anti -Semitism, on the other hand, remains stable at 33 %, compared to 32 % in 2022.

The report also illuminates the influencing factors that contribute to these anti -Semitic settings. Belief in conspiracy myths, little knowledge of Judaism, anti -American attitudes as well as age and education play a crucial role. The results about younger people are particularly striking; They tend to show stronger anti -Semitic settings. The connection between the knowledge of the Middle East conflict and anti -Semitic beliefs is just as worrying: People who do not consider the attack of Hamas to Israel to act as a terrorist act in higher percentages.

increase in Israel -related anti -Semitism

The study also shows a much higher consent to Israel -related anti -Semitic statements. In this way, 31 % of the respondents denied that understanding of anti -Semitism in the politics of Israel can pay - an increase of 8 percentage points since 2022. In addition, 35 % of the statement agrees that Israelis treat Palestinians similar to German Jews in the Second World War, which represents an increase of 5 percentage points. Another statement is particularly alarming: 40 % of the respondents cannot recognize anti -Semitism in statements about concentration camps, and even among the younger adults, the proportion of 15 %, which reports on these topics, was twice as high as in the total average

The study also showed interesting results about the attitudes of people with Turkish or Arabic migration history. 27 % external manifest anti -Semitic settings, 48 % show latent anti -Semitic tendencies. Factors are more common here, such as a stronger tendency towards conspiracy myths and patriarchal values.

anti -Semitism in Austria - a historical context

The anti -Semitic discourse in Austria has a long history and experienced a strong transformation, especially after the Shoah. While the Jewish population decreased from around 191,500 in 1934 to 10,000 to 15,000 today, anti -Semitic attitudes continue to be widespread. Despite the small Jewish community, which still lives in Vienna and has family roots in the former Soviet Union, these tendencies are present. Austrian society has often taboo anti-Semitism less than other countries, which made it difficult to deal with the Nazi past. This ranges from open anti -Semitic statements to more subtle forms that are often hidden in political rhetoric.

Anti -Semitic attacks and agitation have repeatedly occurred after the Second World War and in recent years. A remarkable incident was the attack on Elie Rosen, the President of the Jewish community in Graz, in 2020. The government also presented an increase in anti -Semitic incidents with the challenge of emphasizing and strengthening the protection of Jews and Jewish institutions in Austria. It is currently being worked on to combat anti -Semitism even more precisely and to encourage civil society to actively judge anti -Semitic tendencies.

The full report of the study is available on the Parliament's web portal and offers further insights into the current developments and challenges in dealing with anti -Semitism in Austria. For an in-depth examination of the topic, specific publications of parliament and information on the website of the Federal Center for Political Education

For detailed information on the study results, you can view the anti-Semitism study 2024 here