Jewish, Hanukkah and Australia
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More than two dozen others were injured in the attack, which police say they are treating as a terrorist incident.
An investigation is underway after a deadly attack on a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday.
Once again, Jewish people were targeted and attacked on a major religious holiday, marking the latest escalation in an antisemitism epidemic.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ascribed the fatal mass shooting in Sydney to Australia’s call for a Palestinian state, saying he warned ahead of the attack that the move “pours fuel on antisemitic fire.
Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarter's Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky says the Bondi Beach shooting reflects Australia's tolerance of escalating antisemitic violence.
The Bondi Beach attack is the latest and most deadly in a string of antisemitic incidents that have blighted Australia
JERUSALEM, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Sunday's deadly shooting at a Jewish holiday celebration in Sydney and said he had warned his Australian counterpart that the country's support for Palestinian statehood would fuel antisemitism.
Videos taken at the scene of Sunday’s mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Australia and analyzed by The Post show how a joyous celebration turned into a night of terror.