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Dream co-founders Shalev Hulio (left) and Sebastian Kurz. Credit: Courtesy
June 19, 2026, 5:54 am
Dream hits $3bn valuation with bold vision for government-owned AI
The company, co-founded by former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Israeli entrepreneur Shalev Hulio, has raised $260m to expand its sovereign AI and cyber-defence platforms worldwide
By Candice Krieger
Austria's former chancellor Sebastian Kurz
August 6, 2020, 2:54 pm
Austria will allow descendants of Holocaust victims to receive citizenship
Tens of thousands of Israelis will now be eligible for Austrian citizenship under the new rule - and the application process is free
By JTA
Sebastian Kurz meeting Bibi Netanyahu (Wikipedia/Source Arbeitsbesuch Israel/Author Bundesministerium für Europa, Integration und Äußeres/ Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode
March 25, 2020, 10:28 am
Austria’s Chancellor says chat with Netanyahu led to him shutting borders
Sebastian Kurz told the Bild paper that he “thanks God” for the Israeli prime minister who apparently urged himr to “wake up and do something”
By Jewish News Reporter
May 23, 2019, 3:29 pm
Photos of Shoah survivors in Vienna vandalised in ‘antisemitic desecration’
Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz calls for immediate probe into the hateful daubing of swastikas and antisemitic comments on Holocaust victims' portraits
By JTA
Heinz-Christian Strache
May 21, 2019, 3:04 pm
Austrian vice-chancellor’s resignation is ‘validation’ of community concerns
Jewish leader says there has been more than 70 antisemitic, right-wing and neo-Nazi incidents under the remit of Heinz-Christian Strache's Freedom Party
By JTA
Austria's former chancellor Sebastian Kurz
July 6, 2018, 1:06 pm
Austrian chancellor stresses Israel’s security during meeting with Iranian president
Sebastian Kurz called it “absolutely unacceptable” to question the Jewish state's right to exist at the joint meeting
By JTA
Sebastian Kurz and Yad Vashem's chair Avner Shalev signing the historic agreement in 2018 Credit: @yadvashem on Twittr
June 11, 2018, 1:04 pm
Austrian chancellor visits Israel and signs agreement with Yad Vashem
Sebastian Kurz begins visit to Jewish state by signing agreement to give the Shoah memorial museum access to Austrian State Archives and the Mauthausen Memorial
By JTA
Austria's former chancellor Sebastian Kurz
February 22, 2018, 4:47 pm
Austrian Jewish students disrupt minister’s speech calling government ‘not kosher’
Young people unfurled a banner criticising far-right People's Party leader Sebastian Kurz during an address by Education Minister Heinz Fassmann
By JTA
Austria's former chancellor Sebastian Kurz
December 24, 2017, 11:06 am
New Austrian chancellor pledges to combat anti-Semitism
Sebastian Kurz makes vow in his first speech, amid fears from Jewish groups over the rise of country's far-right Freedom Party
By JTA
Heinz-Christian Strache
December 18, 2017, 10:45 am
British Jews concerned as far-right get key posts in Austrian government
Freedom Party to hold interior, defence and foreign ministries in the new coalition government, with its leader as vice chancellor
By JTA
Heinz-Christian Strache
October 24, 2017, 10:36 am
Austrian Jewish leader fights to keep far-right out of government
Oskar Deutsch says right-wing Freedom Party will 'probably be a part of the coalition' despite pleas to leave them out
By JTA
German chancellor Angela Merkel.
March 6, 2017, 12:38 pm
Germany condemns Turkey for ‘absolutely unacceptable’ Nazi comparison
Chancellor Angela Merkel's office calls Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan's statements "absolutely unacceptable"
By Jewish News Reporter
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