May 5, 2026

Firefighter threatened to ‘skin’ Jewish paramedic, antisemitism royal commission told

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A firefighter pulled a hunting knife on a Jewish paramedic and threatened to "skin him" at a music festival in regional Victoria, a royal commission into antisemitism has heard.Victorian paramedic Joshua Gomperts told the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion he experienced antisemitism for the first time when he was glassed as a teenager while wearing a kippah.The royal commission was called to assess the circumstances surrounding the Bondi terror attack, which killed 15 people on December 14 and the spread of antisemitism that preceded it.Mr Gomperts on Tuesday said some years after being glassed he volunteered as a...

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