Around 9000 members of the Jewish community and their supporters gathered after Hamas’ attacks brought about the bloodiest day for Jewish people since the Holocaust.
As the sun set over Dover Heights, Tamar Kerner stood in a clifftop park watching her fellow Jews assemble for a vigil in solidarity with Israel, its citizens and the worldwide Jewish diaspora. It was a moment of comfort after days of grief.
They gathered in their thousands - 9000, according to organisers - after Hamas’ Saturday attacks brought about the bloodiest day for Jewish people since the Holocaust. It was followed by pro-Palestinian protests in Sydney that descended into abhorrent anti-Semitic chants. Ossip noted the slaughter of Australian grandmother Galit Carbone in southern Israel, and joined her family in mourning. He said the vigil would send a message that “though we may be far away, our hearts and our prayers are with the people of Israel”.President of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry Jillian Segal said Hamas’ actions had shown once again it intended to obliterate Israel and its population, and lacked any concept of the sanctity of human life.
Minns received a hero’s welcome, praised by Ossip as “a true friend of the state of Israel and a true friend of the Jewish people”. The premier had earlier on Wednesday apologised to the city’s Jewish community for the scenes at the Opera House on Monday.
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