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Sebastian Kurz, Austrian chancellor who supported Israel and opposed antisemitism, resigns amid corruption probe

The center-right leader has described Benjamin Netanyahu as a role model.

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Soldiers train in Kitzbuehel, Austria on January 23, 2021. (Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images)

Austrian soldier imprisoned for showing photos of swastika tattoo on testicle

The 29-year-old was sentenced to 19 months in connection with an earlier suspended sentence for displaying Nazi symbols.

A fence surrounds the the statue of the anti-Semitic former mayor of Vienna Karl Lueger in Vienna, Austria on October 6, 2020(Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images)

Even with COVID-19 lockdowns, antisemitic incidents rise to record level in Austria

Physical assaults nearly doubled and insults on the street saw a dramatic rise, while cases of vandalism fell from the previous year.

Franz Josef Huber. (National Archives of Slovenia)

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Top Nazi official who spied for US was allowed to avoid trial until his death in 1975

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, left, and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz give a joint press conference at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, Israel on 4 March 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi / POOL / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER FITOUSSI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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Leaders of Austria and Denmark visit Israel to work jointly on vaccinations

The Palais Ephrussi, seized by Nazis during WWII, is seen in Vienna, Nov. 7, 2019. (Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images)

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Austrian government, Jewish community vaccinate survivors on Holocaust Remembrance Day

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Austrian Jewish community leader apologizes for wrongly administered COVID vaccines

Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt speaks at a synagogue in Monaco on Nov. 23, 2017. (Courtesy of the Conference of European Rabbis)

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After Vienna shooting, European rabbis want ‘much more’ government control of mosques

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After 4 killed in Vienna shooting near area with multiple synagogues, Jews warned to stay home

Most of the 8,000 or so Jews left in Austria live in Vienna, shown here in 2018. (Andrew Michael/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Video shows two men stealing pants from victim they call ‘Jew’ in Vienna

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