Relationship dossier
Austria
Palestine
Relationship assessment
Austrian assistance and engagement coexist with nonrecognition of Palestinian statehood
Austria toward Palestine
+10Austria provides humanitarian and development assistance to Palestinians and engages with the Palestinian Authority. It supports a negotiated two-state solution but does not recognize Palestine as a sovereign state.
Palestine toward Austria
Not assessedOverall relationship
Not assessedHow to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Austria provides humanitarian and development assistance to Palestinians and engages with the Palestinian Authority, while supporting a negotiated two-state solution. Austria does not recognize Palestine as a sovereign state. Specific Palestinian government actions toward Austria are not sufficiently clear to characterize that relationship independently.
Areas of tension
- Austria's nonrecognition of Palestinian statehood
Key developments
Austria has provided humanitarian and development assistance to Palestinians.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and continuity of Austrian government assistance and cooperation with Palestinian institutions are unclear.
- Details of Palestinian government cooperation with Austria are limited.