Benjamin Netanyahu blames Anthony Albanese for Bondi beach terror attack, as world leaders express horror
Israeli prime minister claims the Australian government ‘let the disease’ of antisemitism spread ‘and the result is the horrific attacks on Jews we saw today’Follow live updatesBondi beach terrorist attack: full reportWhat we know about the Bondi beach attackLeaders around the world...
<p>Israeli prime minister claims the Australian government ‘let the disease’ of antisemitism spread ‘and the result is the horrific attacks on Jews we saw today’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/dec/14/bondi-beach-shooting-live-updates-victims-terror-attack-jewish-festival-hanukah">Follow live updates</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/15/bondi-beach-terror-attack-16-people-including-one-child-died-in-antisemitic-shooting">Bondi beach terrorist attack: full report</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/14/bondi-beach-attack-mass-shooting-what-we-know-so-far-sydney-nsw-australia">What we know about the Bondi beach attack</a></p></li></ul><p>Leaders around the world expressed their horror at Sunday’s terrorist attack on Bondi beach, in which <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/15/bondi-beach-terror-attack-16-people-including-one-child-died-in-antisemitic-shooting">at least 16 people died</a>, mixed in some cases with harsh words for the Australian government for alleged shortcomings in tackling antisemitism over the past two years.</p><p>The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said he had written to his Australian counterpart, Anthony Albanese, in August, warning that the government’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/21/australia-joins-uk-and-canada-in-formally-recognising-palestinian-state">decision to recognise a Palestinian state</a> “pours fuel on the antisemitic fire … emboldens those who menace Australian Jews and encourages the Jew hatred now stalking your streets”. He claimed Albanese had “replaced weakness with weakness and appeasement with more appeasement”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/15/benjamin-netanyahu-blames-anthony-albanese-for-bondi-beach-terror-attack-as-world-leaders-express-horror">Continue reading...</a>
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