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Demonstrators against Israel hold signs at a rally in Vienna, Austria, where protesters chanted in Arabic about a massacre of Jews, May 13, 2021. (Courtesy of Austrian Union of Jewish Students)
Some 2,500 protesters in Austria against Israel’s actions in Gaza chanted about a massacre of Jews during a rally Thursday, Der Standard reported.
Meanwhile, in England, an antisemitic slogan about Palestine was painted on the door of a synagogue.
Eight people in Israel have died and at least 119 in Gaza since Hamas and Israeli troops began exchanging fire Sunday.
In Vienna, Austria’s capital, a man leading chants in Arabic with a loudspeaker shouted “Jews, remember Khaybar, the army of Muhammad is returning.” Multiple demonstrators repeated the chant.
UPDATE 2-Austria s Kurz being investigated by anti-corruption prosecutors Reuters 4 hrs ago Opposition say he has not fully cooperated with commission Kurz and his party have a clear lead in opinion polls (Adds detail, background)
By Francois Murphy
VIENNA, May 12 (Reuters) - Anti-corruption prosecutors are investigating Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz over possible false testimony to a parliamentary commission investigating the fallout from the so-called Ibiza sting video that felled a previous government.
The commission is looking into possible corruption under Kurz s coalition with the far-right Freedom Party (FPO), a coalition that collapsed in 2019 after a video sting showing then FPO leader and Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache offering to fix government contracts before he took office.
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has denied allegations that he made false statements to a parliamentary commission that triggered the collapse of his previous government in 2019.
The Latest: Navalny To Hospital, Train Crash in Egypt, Mars Helicopter A man looks at the damaged wagons of a passenger train that derailed near the city of Toukh, north of Cairo in Egypt, killing at least 11 people and injuring nearly 100. - Sayed Hassan/dpa/ZUMA 2020-04-19
Welcome to Monday, where Russia is warned of Navalny consequences, Egypt s second deadly train crash in a month kills 11, and Mars gets its first ever helicopter ride.
Le Monde also explores the feeling of deep injustice surrounding grieving, one year into the pandemic.
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Navalny to be transferred to hospital: Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny will be transferred to hospital according to the Russian penitentiary service. The pro-democracy activist is said to have lost 50 kilos after going on a hunger strike. Yesterday the U.S., France and Germany warned Russia against further sanctions if Navalny died in jail.
Dimitra Kyranoudi
“To salvage the tourist season, Greece started an experiment under scientific guidance. 189 Dutch people were allowed to spend paid vacations in Rhodes,” according to a report in Austrian newspaper Der Standard, which notes that “the Greek government wants to save the tourist season despite the high number of coronavirus cases.” It is interesting that 25,000 people applied for participation in this pilot program.
“During the selection process, the Dutch government, in cooperation with state health authorities and travel agency Sunweb, took care to gather as heterogeneous a group of travelers as possible, in which, for example, all age groups are represented. In this way, safe conclusions could be drawn in the end,” the report states, observing in another point: “The “Rhodes experiment”, as this program has been christened, is accompanied by scientists, who observe the behavior of the vacationers: how often they wash their hands, if they keep thei