Antisemitic in Austria? Surely not.

JPost via Atlas:

Israeli fencer Daria Strelnikov won the gold medal at the cadet's fencing world championship in Austria Saturday night. However, as the 14-year-old athlete stood at the podium waiting to hear the Israeli national anthem, she was greeted by a disturbing quiet.

Strelnikov and a fellow teammate on the podium decided to fill in the silence by singing Hatikva themselves. They were joined by their coach, and other supporting voices in the crowd.

 

"A disturbing quiet."  Now where have we heard that before?

Shavua tov.

Comments

[Dan]

I'd like to see a more detailed story about this. Did the organizers have an explanation? Did they apologize? Did a member of the band proudly assert that they refused to play Hatikva? Is it possible that the Austrian band simply was unprepared, and that there was no intent to snub the Israelis?