Australian’s opposition leader launched a new antisemitism, extremism and counterterrorism task force in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack — as she accused the government of failing to heed the warnings of its own antisemitism report.
Sussan Ley is set to lead her Coalition party’s task force aimed at tackling rampant antisemitism in the country following Sunday’s terrorist attack that left 15 people dead and dozens wounded as they celebrated Hanukkah, Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported.
“For two years, Jewish Australians have been warning that antisemitism is rising and that their lives have been made harder, day after day,” Ley told reporters Tuesday. “Those warnings were not heeded.”
Australian opposition leader Sussan Ley said the nation needed to ramp up its response to antisemitism
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