Hundreds of Israelis surf against gas rig in Guinness record bid

Organisers said 992 people, among them athletes and actors, paddled out and held hands to form a circle opposite Herzliya, promoting their demand that a planned gas rig be relocated.

Hundreds of Israeli surfers take part in what they said was a record-breaking protest against potential environmental damage from an off-shore gas development project in the Mediterranean Sea at Herzliya, Israel June 22, 2018

(photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS)

ByREUTERS

JUNE 22, 2018 13:36

Hundreds of Israelis surf against gas rig in Guinness record bid

Organisers said 992 people, among them athletes and actors, paddled out and held hands to form a circle opposite Herzliya, promoting their demand that a planned gas rig be relocated.

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Hundreds of Israelis surf against gas rig in Guinness record bid

Organisers said 992 people, among them athletes and actors, paddled out and held hands to form a circle opposite Herzliya, promoting their demand that a planned gas rig be relocated.

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