SYDNEY, Dec 7 — Australia’s government defended its record on curbing antisemitism today after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused it of anti-Israel policies,...
‘I respectfully disagree’: Australia n minister rebuffs Netanyahu’s accusation following synagogue arson in Melbourne, highlights antisemitism measures
Netanyahu accused Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s centre-left Labour government of encouraging crimes such as yesterday’s attack on the Adass Israel synagogue through policies including support of a recent UN motion backing a Palestinian state. Murray Watt, Australia’s minister for employment and workplace relations, responded that “the Albanese Government has taken a range of strong actions to stand against antisemitism and to stamp it out from our community”.
“I respectfully disagree with Prime Minister Netanyahu on this matter,” Watt said in Brisbane, according to a transcript.Police said today they were still looking for two people suspected of deliberately starting the synagogue fire that injured one and caused widespread damage in Melbourne, the capital of Victoria state.
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