Zionist attack on Australia after deadly shooting in Sydney.
According to the Zionist TV channel Seven, the deadly shooting today (Sunday) at the “Jewish Hanukkah celebration” on Sydney’s Bondi Beach, in which at least ten people, including a local representative of the Chabad movement (a religious movement supporting traditional Jews around the world), were killed, has sparked a wave of harsh and unprecedented reactions from Israeli officials against the Australian government.
According to the report, the Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, which was held with the attendance of about two thousand people, has become one of the bloodiest attacks against Zionists in Australia.
However, what has increased the intensity of Tel Aviv’s anger is not only the dimensions of the incident, but also the new political and social context that has emerged in recent years during the Zionist regime’s genocide in the Gaza war and widespread global condemnation of Israelis.
Following the devastating war and the escalation of the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza that the Zionist army waged against the Palestinians for two years, many Western governments, human rights organizations, and world public opinion described it as “genocide” and “systematic killing of civilians,” and formed an unprecedented wave of global protests against Tel Aviv’s policies. This same global hatred is now reflected in the response of Israeli officials to the Sydney incident.
In this regard, Amichai Shikli, Minister of Diaspora Affairs (Jews outside the occupied territories), strongly attacked the Australian government, saying that the country had paved the way for such a catastrophic attack by allowing anti-Israel rallies and “normalizing anti-Semitism.” He held the Australian government directly responsible for the shooting and claimed that the country’s silence in the face of hatred against Jews and Israelis led to this incident.
Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Kari also made a similar statement, saying that the “inaction of Western governments” in response to anti-Israeli protests had led to the deaths of ten Jews in Australia, and urged Canberra to take immediate action to protect Jews. Referring to global demonstrations in support of Palestine, he acknowledged that the wave of anti-Semitism in the world was “dangerously increasing.”
Education Minister Yoav Kish went further, calling the Australian government’s recent decision to recognize the state of Palestine a “dangerous message” that, he said, “has now become apparent.” These comments come at a time when many analysts believe that the recognition of Palestine by some governments was a direct response to the Israeli regime’s actions in the Gaza war and the pressure of global public opinion.
Israeli Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu also saw the incident as an excuse to once again invite world Jews to immigrate to the occupied territories, saying: “Israel is the true home of the Jews.”
The hardline Zionist Finance Minister, Betzelel Smotrich, who supported the expulsion of Palestinians and the massacre of the people of Gaza, accused the Australian government of “indifference to growing anti-Semitism” and called for a tough response, pointing out the similarities between the incident and the events of October 7 (Operation Al-Aqsa Storm). He acknowledged that hatred against Jews has increased in the world.
In an official response, the President of the Zionist regime, Isaac Herzog, announced that Israel had repeatedly warned the Australian government about the “spread of anti-Semitism” and that now the “results of inattention” were becoming apparent.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett also held the Australian government “directly responsible” for the attack, saying that Israel’s warnings had been ignored for months.
According to IRNA, Israeli officials are making these statements in response to the shooting incident against Jews during the Hanukkah celebration, while international analysts believe that the severity of Tel Aviv’s reaction is more a reflection of the unprecedented isolation of the Zionist regime in the world after the Gaza war than the Sydney incident.