The Jewish Community of Vienna has accused the city’s prosecutor’s office of ignoring anti-Semitic incitement by pro-Palestinian activists.
The incitement took the form of a caricature
published last month on the Facebook page of organizers of the Vienna
march of International Quds Day — an annual event held in cities across
the world since it was initiated in Iran as an expression of solidarity
with Palestinians and rejection of Zionism and Israel.
The
caricature showed men wearing Middle Eastern garb and one child pouring
water into a hole, at the bottom of which stands a worried-looking,
drowning Orthodox Jew holding an Israeli flag. The caricature contained a
Turkish-language quote attributed to Ruhollah Khomeini, the late
spiritual leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran: “If every Muslim
poured a glass of water on Israel, it would drown.”
The
organizers of the march on July 11 removed the caricature after the
Jewish Community of Vienna complained about it in Austrian media.
Politicians from across the spectrum condemned the caricature as
anti-Semitic and several parties filed a criminal complaint for
incitement, but the Vienna Prosecutor’s Office recently decided to close
the case without charging anyone. Read more.
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