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February 28, 2023

Austria’s Jewish Chancellor, His Relationship with Israel, and His Enthusiasm for Arab Dictators

Bruno Kreisky and his “lousy people.”

Having served as Austria’s chancellor from 1970 to 1983—the longest anyone has served in that position—Bruno Kreisky was, in Liam Hoare’s words, the “most significant Austrian political figure of the postwar era.” He was also Jewish and a committed secular socialist, a fact examined by Daniel Aschheim in his book Kreisky, Israel, and Jewish Identity. Hoare writes in his review:

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