Israel Blames Canberra For Bondi Attack

In a statement, Israel's Diaspora Affairs Ministry placed direct responsibility on the Australian government for the terrorist attack on Bondi Beach today, declaring that Canberra “is doing everything in its power to ensure that Australian Jews cannot live safely, peacefully, and securely as Jews in their own country.”

Denouncing the attack as a “brutal act of terror targeting Jews who had gathered to mark the lighting of a Hanukkah candle,” the ministry asserted that “the blood of the victims is on the hands of the Australian government.”

“Since October 7, instead of standing firmly and unequivocally alongside the State of Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East and the frontline of the free world against jihadist terrorism, the Australian government has chosen a policy of weakness, restraint, and appeasement,” the statement continued.

The ministry, led by MK Amichai Chikli, framed this failure as a betrayal not only of Israel, but of Jews everywhere who look to democratic governments for protection.

The statement went further, accusing Canberra of “appeasing the enemies of Western civilization,” and warning that all available data shows that “Australia has become one of the Western countries experiencing the sharpest and most alarming rise in antisemitic incidents since October 7.”

The ministry underscored that this tragedy did not come without warning, lamenting that “our repeated warnings, appeals, and attempts to engage with the authorities have been met time and again with a wall of indifference.”