Israeli President Visits Australia After Bondi Beach Attack
Herzog’s visit aims to support Bondi attack victims and Australian Jews amid tensions, with over 70,000 Gazan deaths since October 7, the Gaza Health Ministry estimates.
- Israeli President Isaac Herzog visited Australia after a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Bondi Beach, Sydney.
- The Australian Jewish community has differing views on Herzog's visit, with some welcoming it as a sign of the strong Australia-Israel relationship, and others opposing it due to his controversial actions and statements regarding Gaza.
- There are longstanding ties between the Leibler family in Australia and the Herzog family in Israel, dating back to when their grandmothers worked together in a Jewish children's charity.
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Protests roil Australia ahead of Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s planned visit
Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s planned visit to Australia this weekend, which was scheduled in the wake of the Bondi massacre in December, has drawn widespread opposition and planned protests, including from some Jews. Following Herzog’s invitation to visit the country by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, some Labor party members and pro-Palestinian groups called for the invitation to be rescinded. Those calls have reached a fever pi…
Israeli President Herzog visits Australia days after Bondi Beach attack shakes Jewish community
Pro-Palestinian activists have called for protests nationwide, including in central Sydney where police have refused to authorise demonstrations under new powers granted after the Bondi Beach attack
Israeli President Herzog to visit Sydney amid tensions over Bondi Beach massacre and Gaza war
SYDNEY, Feb 6 — Israel’s President Isaac Herzog lands in Australia on Monday to honour victims of a mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, the deadliest antisemitic attack since Hamas’s assault of October 7, 2023.The head of state has said he will “express solidarity and offer strength” after gunmen opened fire on a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at the beach on December 14, killing 15 people.Herzog’s four-day trip has been welcomed by many Jewish …
Israeli president visits Australia after Bondi Beach attack
Israel's President Isaac Herzog lands in Australia on Monday to honour victims of a mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach, the deadliest antisemitic attack since Hamas's assault of October 7, 2023.
Amid the horror of Bondi, the Israeli president phoned a friend in Melbourne
A phone call on the night of the Bondi massacre set in train a presidential visit laden with symbolism for the Albanese government and Australian Jews.
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