The Australian Prime Minister spoke on the phone with Israeli President Herog after the attack on Bondi Beach. The president accepted an invitation to Australia, condemned the growth of anti-Semitism.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese spoke on the phone with Israeli President Yitzchak Herzog on Tuesday and invited him to visit Australia. The interview came after a recent attack on the Jewish community during Hanukkah celebrations on Sydney’s Bondi Beach, TASR reports.
According to the prime minister, Herzog accepted the invitation. During the phone call, Albanese expressed his horror at this terrorist attack and expressed his condolences to the families of the victims. President Herzog, according to a post by the Prime Minister of Australia on the social network X, stressed the importance of taking all necessary legal measures to combat the growing anti-Semitism, extremism and jihadist terrorism.
Attack on Bondi Beach
The mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney occurred on Sunday, December 14. 15 people died. According to Australian authorities, the ideology of the Islamic State organization inspired the attack.
Immediately after the attack, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the Australian government of inciting anti-Semitism before the shooting. “I wrote to the Australian prime minister three months ago that your policies are adding fuel to the fire of anti-Semitism,” he said, referring to a letter he sent to Albanese in August in response to Australia’s decision to recognize Palestinian statehood.
Following the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel by Palestinian militants and the subsequent Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, there have been a number of incidents in Australia that have been labeled as anti-Semitic. It was physical and verbal attacks.
