How Austrian Liberals Silenced Pro-Palestinians
Jacobin.com writes about the public debate on Gaza in Austria: ‘How Austrian Liberals Silenced Pro-Palestinians. If German public debate is infamous for its pro-Israel dogmas, the situation is as bad in Austria. While the far-right Freedom Party is now normalized, pro-Palestinians are silenced in the name of “anti-fascist” solidarity with Israel.’
jacobin.com reports about PhD student Nour Shantout who was expelled by the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, after she reshared an Instagram post in her stories, for less than twenty-four hours. The post, which was written by Disorientalising, an Instagram account with 76,000 followers, and which was widely reshared after Israel stepped up its bombing campaign in Lebanon, states “‘death to israel’ is not just a threat. it is a moral imperative and the only acceptable solution.”
Read the article on jacobin.com HERE



