Anti-Semitism: Lifeguards keep in mind Bondi Beach victims | EUROtoday

After the anti-Semitic assault on a Jewish celebration on Bondi Beach in Sydney, lifeguards remembered the 15 victims. Dressed of their crimson and yellow uniforms, they stood in an extended line by the waterfront overlooking the ocean for 3 minutes of silence.

Across the nation, the rescue group Surf Life Saving Australia referred to as on its greater than 200,000 volunteers to recollect the assault victims. “We pay respect to those who lost their lives, to those who risked their lives, to those who worked so hard to save lives, and to all of us who will never forget this,” the group mentioned.

Last Sunday, two gunmen shot at a celebratory occasion for the Jewish Hanukkah competition on the world-famous Bondi Beach, killing 15 individuals and injuring quite a few others, some significantly. Australian authorities categorized the assault as an anti-Semitic terrorist assault.

Also the Australian one Prime minister Anthony Albanese attended the memorial service. The nation’s Jewish neighborhood is “completely unbreakable,” Albanese mentioned. Critics accuse his authorities of not doing sufficient to curb the rise in anti-Semitism since Israel’s struggle in Gaza started. After the assault, the Australian prime minister vowed to tighten hate crime legal guidelines.

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https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2025-12/anthony-albanese-bondi-beach-antisemitismus-gedenken