At yesterdday’s opening of the Salzburg Festival, a speech by Minister of Culture Andreas Babler at the Felsenreitschule was interrupted by shouts of “Stop the genocide” and “Free Gaza now”, and the unfurl;ing of banners. The protestors were removed. Six were arrested.
The action was swiftly headlined on al-Jazeera and Iranian TV.
Federal President Van der Bellen said in his opening address: ‘The situation in Gaza is devastating and cannot be justified in any way on humanitarian grounds. But please don’t forget October 2023, the worst pogrom of the post-war period.’
A protest by pro-Palestinian activists has disrupted the official opening of the 2025 Salzburg Festivalhttps://t.co/D6Ki62Ftix
— dpa news agency (@dpa_intl) July 26, 2025
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