AhlulBayt News Agency: A group of Jewish activists in Austria will host its first Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress in Vienna in June, activist Dalia Sarig-Fellner told Anadolu.
The congress aims to prove that criticizing Zionism is not antisemitism and to ensure anti-Zionist Jewish voices are heard globally on the issue of Palestine, said Sarig-Fellner, a member of the Vienna Jewish Anti-Zionist Initiative in Austria.
She said the initiative was founded after claims that last year’s Free Palestine Congress in Vienna made Jews feel unsafe.
Vienna was chosen as the location because it is the birthplace of Zionism, making it a symbolic place to take a stand against it, she added.
Besides antizionism, Sarig-Fellner said the primary focus will be on how Jewish organizations can support the freedom of Palestine.
She cited the ongoing war in Gaza as the main driving force behind the congress, saying it underscores the urgency of taking action to stop the violence “immediately''.
The event also aims to increase pressure on Western governments to end cooperation with Israel, she said.
There has been a “visible” effort in Austria to block pro-Palestinian events, she said. The first venue the group rented from a civil society organization was canceled without explanation within a day.
The Austrian Anti-Zionist group is part of an umbrella organization called Jews for Justice for Palestinians, which collaborates with anti-Zionist Jewish networks worldwide.
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