List of pro-Palestinian protests in Austria

This is a list of pro-Palestinian protests in Austria including demonstrations, marches, sit-ins, direct actions, and campus encampments in support of Palestinian rights.

List

Estimated attendance is either mentioned explicitly in the references or a midpoint is used, i.e., 50 when dozens are mentioned, 500 when hundreds are mentioned, and so on.

Pre-2023

Date City/town Estimated attendance Description Ref(s)
20 July 2014  Vienna 11,000-30,000 Demonstration and march through the city center. [1]
8 December 2017  Vienna ? Demonstration in front of the US Embassy in solidarity with Palestine and against Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel. [2]
12 May 2021  Vienna ? Demonstration in the city center. [3]

2023

Date City/town Estimated attendance Description Ref(s)
11 October 2023  Vienna 500 Night vigil in the city center. Ended with police intervention. 304 protesters were filled charges at by the police. [4][5]
13 October 2023 Graz 30 Demonstration in the city center. One protester was arrested. [6]
13 October 2023  Vienna 300 Demonstration in the city center. Protesters chanted "Let Gaza live, let Gaza be free" and "Israel is a terrorist". [6][7]
20 October 2023 Graz 70-80 Demonstration in the city center. Ended with police intervention. [8]
21 October 2023  Vienna 5,000 Demonstration and march through the city center. [9]
28 October 2023 Salzburg 200-300 Demonstration in the city center. [10][11]
26 November 2023 Graz 1,200 Demonstration at Europaplatz and march through the city center. [12]

2024

Date City/town Estimated attendance Description Ref(s)
13 January 2024 Graz ? Demonstration and march through the city center as part of the "global day of action". [13]
13 January 2024 Innsbruck ? Demonstration and march through the city center as part of the "global day of action". [13]
13 January 2024 Salzburg ? Demonstration and march through the city center as part of the "global day of action". [13]
13 January 2024  Vienna 1,000-2,000 Demonstration and march through the city center as part of the "global day of action". [13][14]
3 February 2024  Vienna ? Silent march through the city center. [15]
9 May 2024  Vienna ? Attempt at encampment at the Vienna University of Technology. Ended with police intervention. Three protesters were arrested. [16]
29 May 2024  Vienna 30-100 Sit-in in front of the Vienna University of Technology. Ended with police intervention. 16 protesters were arrested. [16][17][18]
29 June 2024  Vienna 50 Demonstration and march through the city center. [19]
10 September 2024  Vienna ? Demonstration outside the Austrian Parliament Building against the visit of Israeli speaker of the Knesset Amir Ohana. [20]
13 October 2024 Salzburg 200 Demonstration and march through the city center. [21]
7 December 2024 Dornbirn ? Demonstration in the city center. [22]
7 December 2024 Graz ? Demonstration in the city center. [22]
7 December 2024 Innsbruck ? Demonstration in the city center. [22]
7 December 2024 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee ? Demonstration in the city center. [22]
7 December 2024 Linz ? Demonstration in the city center. [22]
7 December 2024 Salzburg ? Demonstration in the city center. [22]
7 December 2024 Wiener Neustadt ? Demonstration in the city center. [22]
7 December 2024  Vienna 200 Demonstration and march through the city center. [22]

2025

Date City/town Estimated attendance Description Ref(s)
10 June 2025  Vienna 15 Demonstration outside the Israeli Embassy in response to Israel's interception of the Madleen Flotilla. Ended with police intervention. Eight protesters were arrested. [23][24]
18 July 2025 Salzburg ? Disruption of the opening ceremony of the Salzburg Festival. Protesters unfurled banners saying "stop the genocide" and "food is a right, not a weapon". [25][26]
21 August 2025  Vienna ? Occupation of the Austrian public broadcaster's ORF building accusing its coverage "enabling the genocide". Ended with police intervention. Six protesters were arrested. [27]
20 September 2025  Vienna 3,000-3,500 Demonstration and march through the city center. [28][29][30]
11 October 2025  Vienna 500-5,000 Demonstration and march through the city center. [31]

See also

References

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  3. ^ "Parlamentarische Materialien". www.parlament.gv.at. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
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  18. ^ "Polizei löste neues Palästina-Protestcamp vor TU Wien auf". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 31 October 2025.
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