Overview
- Schuster, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, urged broad civic and political mobilization after the deadly attack on a Jewish festival in Sydney.
- Reports say two men killed 15 people at Bondi Beach during the Lichterfest, which Schuster cited as a warning for Germany.
- He argues incidents and crimes targeting Jews have stabilized at an unacceptably high level despite October’s Gaza ceasefire.
- He criticizes a focus on guards and bollards as mere symptom control and calls for tackling the causes of Jew-hatred, envisioning Jewish life without a security shield.
- Referencing the 2000 appeal by Gerhard Schröder and Paul Spiegel, he presses for renewed public resolve and says Israel’s right to exist is non-negotiable as he remains cautious about new dialogue initiatives with people of Palestinian origin.