"It is shocking": Israel's Ambassador comments

"We must intensify the fight against anti-Semitism now, before it is too late. It is our moral and historical responsibility," declared the Israeli ambassador. For Roet, these incidents represent "just the tip of the iceberg," Jews and Israelis experience discrimination daily, he emphasized.

Israel's Ambassador: "Clear Warning Call"

According to Roet, such incidents must not become part of everyday life. He thanked the numerous Austrian politicians who have unequivocally stated that anti-Semitism must have no place in this country. "The alarming worldwide rise in anti-Semitism is a clear warning call to all of us to act decisively and to resolutely oppose further spread," said Roet.

Warning from IKG President

Just the day before, the president of the Jewish Community of Vienna (IKG), Oskar Deutsch, had warned in light of the recent incidents. "It is no longer enough to just condemn anti-Semitic discrimination, insults, threats, and physical attacks," he stated in a Facebook post: "If decisive action is not taken against this, both by politics and the rule of law as well as by civil society, by individual activists on the street or in social media, in editorial offices and by cultural creators, by teachers and others in our society, then there will soon be no place for Jews in Europe."

(APA/Red)

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