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Canberra said it had "credible intelligence" Iran likely directed others. The Australian debate is like a mirror of the American debate. Opposition figures had been warning for months that antisemitism was intensifying.
Former IDF paratrooper Daniel Flesch discusses the Bondi Beach terror attack and Prime Minister Netanyahu's criticism of the Australian government's approach to antisemitism.
Deadly Bondi Beach attack the result of ‘permissive environment’ where warning signs were ‘too often left unchecked’
Government authorities have not done enough to stamp out hatred of Jews in Australia, which has allowed it to fester in the aftermath of October 7, said the daughter of a Holocaust survivor who was wounded at the Bondi shootings on Sunday.
Photos taken in the hours before the first bullets were fired showed 10-year-old Matilda stroking animals at a petting zoo and smiling after having her face painted.
"More could have been done, and I accept my responsibility," Anthony Albanese said in a speech following the Bondi Beach Hanukkah attack.
Australian’s opposition leader launched a new antisemitism, extremism and counterterrorism task force in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack — as she accused the government of failing to heed the warnings of its own antisemitism report.
Israeli officials are blaming the Australian government for ignoring antisemitism before the deadly Sydney terrorist attack at Bondi Beach on Sunday.
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