Swiss canton assumes security costs for Jewish institutions

On Wednesday, the north-western Swiss canton of Basel City decided to employ eight armed security guards, whose specific duty will be to protect Jewish institutions in the region.

The fact that the canton has decided to assume the security costs of private organisations, in an attempt to fight anti-Semitism, is “an exception”, according to the Swiss News Agency.

The Basel City cantonal parliament unanimously approved the annual expenditure of CHF756,000 ($757,000) annually from 2019.

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