Australias PM blamed for failing to stand up to antisemitism before Bondi Beach terror: You let the disease spread

Australia’s government missed multiple warnings of growing antisemitism and radicalism before Sunday’s deadly terror attack on a Bondi Beach Hanukkah event — including some that came from Jewish leaders shot in the attack.Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was among those who slammed the administration of Australia’s lefty Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, in the wake of the mass shooting on Bondi Beach that left at least 15 dead and 40 wounded, including several children.Antisemitic incidents hit a record 1,600 in 2025, according to a report from Executive Council of Australian Jewry.That’s a three-fold increase from any year before the Oct.

7, 2023 terror attacks.“This is the worst fears of the Jewish community,” Alex Ryvchin, co-CEO of the group told Sky News.“It’s been bubbling under the surface for a long time, and now it’s actually happened.”Albanese was one of several world leaders, along with the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who earlier this year declared his support for a Palestinian state.“Your call for a Palestinian state pours fuel on the antisemitic fire.

It rewards Hamas terrorists.It emboldens those who menace Australian Jews and encourages the Jew hatred now stalking your streets,” Netanyahu said on Sunday, reading aloud from a letter he reportedly wrote to Albanese earlier this year in the wake of his declaration of support for Palestinian statehood.“Antisemitism is a cancer.

It spreads when leaders stay silent; it retreats when leaders act.I call upon you to replace weakness with action, appeasement with resolve,” Netanyahu continued.He directly blamed Albanese for the attack.“You did nothing to curb the cancer cells that were growing inside your country.

You took no action.You let the disease spread and the result is the horrific attacks on Jews we saw today,” Netanyahu said.Some of the strongest warnings, however, came from Jewish leaders in Australia — who later became victims of Saturday...