http://www.tau.ac.il/Anti-Semitism/asw2002-3/austria.htm[]
Extreme Right Propaganda
In February 2002 Dr. Friedrich Romig, a Catholic conservative, published an article in the FPÖ weekly Zur Zeit in which he asked, “Who really rules Austria?†Romig’s answer is the US, which in turn is controlled by “the Jewish people.†In November 2002 Otto Habsburg, son of the last Austro-Hungarian emperor, claimed in an interview in Zur Zeit that “the Pentagon is now a Jewish institution as all key positions are occupied by Jews.†He labelled Russian president Vladimir Putin a “National Socialist,†and accused Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of planning a genocide against all Arabs.
In March 2002 Zur Zeit commissioned an article by Richard Melisch on the Middle East conflict which according to Melisch has already been won by the Arabs. In the future, he sees no place for Jews (“a people that claims special rights based on their self-proclaimed chosennessâ€) in the region and foresees “a new exodus, this time in the other direction [which] should not pose a problem since most Israelis have more than one passport anyway.â€
Melisch also wrote a pamphlet, “Krisengebiet Nahost,†published by the right-wing extremist Arbeitsgemeinschaft für demokratische Politik (AFP) and distributed by the local FPÖ subdivision in Kaumberg, Lower Austria. In it Melisch postulates the existence of three parties in the Middle East conflict, two of them exogenous: Zionism, organized globally and which acted both politically and economically, and the US. He claimed that “historical Palestine was inhabited by hard-working Muslims and Christians†while Jews were living in New York at the beginning of World War 1 because that is where “the big banks and credit houses, and the powerful stock exchange bosses†were located. While he avoids the word “Jews,†he uses euphemisms such as “Zionists†or “typical†Jewish family names as well as labels of his own invention such as “Masters of Credit and Interest.†The rest of the pamphlet contains classical antisemitic argumentation, such as the claim that the Jews (or “Zionistsâ€) instigated and profited from wars between powerful nations.
In interviews on the Middle East in the media (Zur Zeit, al-Jazira, the Austrian weekly Profil) in 2002, Haider referred to “acts of state terrorism committed by Israel against the Palestinians†and accused Sharon and the Israeli army of “war crimes.†Helmut Müller, an Austrian contact of the German NPD, wrote in Zur Zeit “we know that… many [Palestinians were] humiliated and tortured and interned in concentration camp-style camps. So quickly have victims been turned into perpetrators. What a loss of prestige for the Jewish people, and a stimulus for latent antisemitism.†Müller also edits the extreme right journal Der Eckart (formerly, Der Eckartbote) where in January 2002 it was alleged that every time the Israeli army used tanks and heavy weapons against the Palestinian people, many German-bashing films were shown on German television. Like other antisemites Müller uses euphemisms, such as “those who secretly govern and try to manipulate us,†for Jews, or “the omnipotent “high finance,†for the US.
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This is a very long, involved article that I found when googling Peter Sichrovsky.
