WATCH: ‘Austria must fight anti-Semitism in Europe, cooperate with Israel,’ says ex-chancellor July 10, 2019Austria’s former chancellor Sebastian Kurz was in Jerusalem on Wednesday, and spoke to the Israeli media, commenting, “It’s important that we as Austrians have good contact with Israel because of our historic responsibility. We should fight anti-Semitism in Europe, we should also try to have good cooperation with the state of Israel.”