 "Addressing the nation, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he felt a deep sense of responsibility for the attack. (File/AP)")
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday said his government would invite Israel’s president to visit, after a mass shooting in Sydney targeting the Jewish community.
“Prime Minister Albanese advised President (Isaac) Herzog that, upon the recommendation of the Australian government, the Governor-General of Australia will issue an invitation in accordance with protocol to President Herzog to visit Australia as soon as possible,” said a post on the leader’s X account.
Gunmen killed 15 people when they targeted a Hanukkah event on Bondi Beach, in what authorities have said was an antisemitic terrorist attack.
In the wake of the December 14 attack, Herzog called on Canberra to “fight against the enormous wave of antisemitism which is plaguing Australian society”.
The Israeli president’s office confirmed his Tuesday phone call with Albanese, saying that he was “invited to visit Australia by the Australian government and the Jewish community”.
No date was immediately set for the visit.
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