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

DateCity/townEstimated attendanceDescriptionRef
20 July 201411,000-30,000Demonstration and march through the city center.
8 December 2017?Demonstration in front of the US Embassy in solidarity with Palestine and against Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel.
12 May 2021?Demonstration in the city center.

2023

DateCity/townEstimated attendanceDescriptionRef
11 October 2023500Night vigil in the city center. Ended with police intervention. 304 protesters were filled charges at by the police.
13 October 2023 Graz30Demonstration in the city center. One protester was arrested.
13 October 2023300Demonstration in the city center. Protesters chanted "Let Gaza live, let Gaza be free" and "Israel is a terrorist".
20 October 2023 Graz70-80Demonstration in the city center. Ended with police intervention.
21 October 20235,000Demonstration and march through the city center.
28 October 2023 Salzburg200-300Demonstration in the city center.
26 November 2023 Graz1,200Demonstration at Europaplatz and march through the city center.

2024

DateCity/townEstimated attendanceDescriptionRef
13 January 2024 Graz?Demonstration and march through the city center as part of the "global day of action".
13 January 2024 Innsbruck?Demonstration and march through the city center as part of the "global day of action".
13 January 2024 Salzburg?Demonstration and march through the city center as part of the "global day of action".
13 January 20241,000-2,000Demonstration and march through the city center as part of the "global day of action".
3 February 2024?Silent march through the city center.
9 May 2024?Attempt at encampment at the Vienna University of Technology. Ended with police intervention. Three protesters were arrested.
29 May 202430-100Sit-in in front of the Vienna University of Technology. Ended with police intervention. 16 protesters were arrested.
29 June 202450Demonstration and march through the city center.
10 September 2024?Demonstration outside the Austrian Parliament Building against the visit of Israeli speaker of the Knesset Amir Ohana.
13 October 2024 Salzburg200Demonstration and march through the city center.
7 December 2024 Dornbirn?Demonstration in the city center.
7 December 2024 Graz?Demonstration in the city center.
7 December 2024 Innsbruck?Demonstration in the city center.
7 December 2024 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee?Demonstration in the city center.
7 December 2024 Linz?Demonstration in the city center.
7 December 2024 Salzburg?Demonstration in the city center.
7 December 2024 Wiener Neustadt?Demonstration in the city center.
7 December 2024200Demonstration and march through the city center.

2025

DateCity/townEstimated attendanceDescriptionRef
10 June 202515Demonstration outside the Israeli Embassy in response to Israel's interception of the Madleen Flotilla. Ended with police intervention. Eight protesters were arrested.
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".
21 August 2025?Occupation of the Austrian public broadcaster's ORF building accusing its coverage "enabling the genocide". Ended with police intervention. Six protesters were arrested.
20 September 20253,000-3,500Demonstration and march through the city center.
11 October 2025500-5,000Demonstration and march through the city center.