Menachem Kolodetsky, a frum Israeli journalist, was verbally targeted in an antisemitic confrontation on MonxH while on vacation near the Austria-Germany border, close to Salzburg.

“I was on vacation in Austria, near the border with Germany, near Salzburg,” Kolodetsky told Belaaz. “I was in a store, buying a Coke there. While I was paying, some antisemite came over and asked me if I was from Israel. I said, ‘Yes.'”

According to Kolodetsky, the man then began shouting “Free Palestine” and accused Israelis of supporting Hamas.

When Kolodetsky left the store, he said the man approached him again. Kolodetsky recorded a selfie video to document the encounter as the man continued making accusations, telling him Israel “is not your country” and accusing Israelis of “murdering babies in Gaza.”

“I told him that on October 7th, it was Hamas who started it — that on October 7th, you murdered babies,” Kolodetsky said.

The man then told him “Go Israel, get out of here,” speaking, Kolodetsky said, with visible hatred and apparent agitation.

Kolodetsky noted the incident occurred just days after a separate antisemitic attack in Schladming, Austria, in which a Jewish man was shot after an argument reportedly broke out over a hotel.