Australia defends record on antisemitism after Bondi Beach attack

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : For decades Australia has positioned itself as a close friend of Israel.
42% : In an extraordinary outburst, the Israeli leader dubbed Albanese a "weak politician who betrayed Israel".
40% : The city of Melbourne at one point housed, per capita, the largest population of Holocaust survivors anywhere outside of Israel.
37% : But these ties started to fray in the wake of the Gaza war, with Australia questioning Israel's conduct and accusing it of blocking aid to starving Palestinians.
35% : Tehran directed the torching of a kosher cafe in Sydney's Bondi suburb in October 2024, and a major arson attack on the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne in December 2024, the government said in August, citing intelligence findings.
34% : Segal was appointed Australia's first antisemitism envoy in 2024, after a string of attacks in Sydney and Melbourne following the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza.

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