A video of antisemitic act of vandalism it was on the night of Bini Guttmann, board member of the World Jewish Congress. You can see a young man climbing on someone else’s shoulders to reach the Israeli flag in the Vienna City Temple.
To the screams and applause of other accomplices he tears up the flag and throws it on the ground. A young woman standing nearby imitates a machine gun.
https://twitter.com/Bini_Guttmann/status/1715782967073615893
According to “Kurier”, the police confirmed the incident. It is said to have occurred at 2:00 am. According to the police, they are still looking for the perpetrators of the crime.
Why are there no police guards?
The video caused consternation on social media. Above all, despite the increased terrorist alert level being declared Apparently there were no police around. to prevent the anti-Semitic act of vandalism from causing outrage.
Green Party representative Georg Bürstmayr is horrified by the crime on Twitter (now “X”). He will immediately investigate the question of why this was possible “and what exactly did not happen here.”
Jewish institutions are actually protected by the police and army, but apparently partially only during opening hours.
Vienna Deputy Mayor Christoph Wiederkehr (NEOS) classified the incident “just disturbed”. Attacking a Jewish institution and filming yourself doing so must have consequences: “I expect severe punishment for this open anti-Semitism.”
https://twitter.com/chriswiederkehr/status/1715808314569691335