Austria-Palestine relations
Map indicating locations of Austria and Palestine

Austria
Palestine
Mission of Palestine in Vienna

Austria–Palestine relations are the bilateral relations between Austria and the State of Palestine. Austria does not fully recognize the Palestinian state declared in 1988.[1] Yet, around the same time, Austria raised the position of the head of the Palestinian mission to the level of ambassador.

In 1973, during a conference in London, Chancellor Bruno Kreisky called for Europe to play a role in the Middle East and declared his support for the creation of a state for the Palestinians. In 1980, Austria established relations with the Palestine Liberation Organisation.

Chancellor Kreisky, who was a Jew himself, questioned Zionism as a solution to the problems faced by the Jewish people,[2] claiming that Jews were not an ethnic group or race, but rather a religious group.

Austria supported Palestine's application to join UNESCO in 2011.[3] It also supported Palestine's bid to obtain non-member observer status at the United Nations.[4] In April 2013, President Mahmoud Abbas visited Austria and was welcomed with military honors. Afterward, he met with the Federal President Heinz Fischer and the National Council President Barbara Prammer.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Austria legitimizes a PLO presence". Christian Science Monitor. 14 March 1980.
  2. ↑ Tucker, Spencer C.; Roberts, Priscilla (12 May 2008). The Encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Political, Social, and Military History [4 volumes]: A Political, Social, and Military History. ISBN 9781851098422.
  3. ↑ Österreich, Außenministerium der Republik. "The Austrian Foreign Ministry on the UNESCO vote on membership of Palestine". xn--auslandssterreicherinnen-soc.at.
  4. ↑ "General Assembly Votes Overwhelmingly to Accord Palestine 'Non-Member Observer State' Status in United Nations | UN Press".
  5. ↑ "Austrian President Heinz Fischer (L) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas review the honour guard in Vienna April 30, 2013. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader (AUSTRIA - Tags: POLITICS Stock Photo - Alamy". Archived from the original on August 16, 2022. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Besuch des Präsidenten der Palästinensischen Autonomiebehörde Mahmoud Abbas | Parlament Österreich".


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