Middle East Mourning and words of warning at memorial event in Bern synagogue

More than 200 people gathered in Bern's synagogue on Sunday evening to commemorate the victims of the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. The event was also intended to address the rise in anti-Semitism.

Speeches were announced by Ralph Friedländer, President of the Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities (SIG), and Ifat Reshef, among others. She is Israel's ambassador to Switzerland. State Secretary Alexandre Fasel wanted to speak on behalf of the Federal Council.

The event took place under strict security precautions. The area around the synagogue remained calm in the run-up to the event, as reported by a correspondent for the Keystone-SDA news agency.

SDA