In his role as foreign minister, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said, today, that the State of Israel will continue not to formally recognize the Austrian Freedom Party and will review its steps against the elected government. He instructed the ministry's director-general to prepare staff work on how Israel would conduct itself vis-à-vis the new government.
A ministry statement said, "At present, Israel will maintain working relations with the professional echelon of the government ministries headed by a minister from the Freedom Party, and the State of Israel wishes to emphasize its absolute commitment to the struggle against anti-Semitism and the commemoration of the Holocaust."