Read Bibi Netanyahu’s Warning To Australia About Rising Antisemitism

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent a letter to Australian officials warning of antisemitism in the country months before a terror attack target Jews at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach.

Netanyahu wrote to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in August warning of an “alarming rise of antisemitism” and pointing out a “lack of decisive action by your government to confront it.”

In the attack on Sunday, two gunmen killed at least 11 people and injured dozens more at a celebration attended by thousands of people. Families gathered at Bondi Beach in Sydney to welcome the first night of Hanukkah. The attack is the deadliest antisemitic attack against Jews since Hamas’ October 7, 2023, invasion of Israel.

Netanyahu noted “a campaign of intimidation, vandalism and violence against Jews across the free world” waged by “pro-Hamas extremists and left-wing radicals.” The Israeli leader said the “campaign has intensified” under Albanese, noting a string of recent antisemitic incidents in what Netanyahu described as an “epidemic” of antisemitism.

“Your call for a Palestinian state pours fuel on this antisemitic fire. It is not diplomacy, it is appeasement. It rewards Hamas terror, hardens Hamas’s refusal to free the hostages, emboldens those who menace Australian Jews and encourages the Jew-hatred now stalking your streets,” said Netanyahu.

Netanyahu praised President Donald Trump, offering Trump’s treatment of pro-Hamas immigrants in the United States as an example. The Trump State Department, led by Marco Rubio, has rescinded visas of immigrants who have voiced support for Hamas following the terror group’s attack against Israel.

“Prime Minister, antisemitism is a cancer. It spreads when leaders stay silent. It retreats when leaders act. I call upon you to replace weakness with action, appeasement with resolve, and to do so by a clear date: the Jewish New Year, September 23, 2025,” wrote Netanyahu. “History will not forgive hesitation. It will honor action.”

The Labor PM of Australia was warned pic.twitter.com/BrqZtk7SMJ

— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) December 14, 2025

Netanyahu spoke about the letter from Dimona, Israel, on Sunday, rebuking Albanese for a lack of action taken after the Israeli prime minister’s warnings.

“Instead, Prime Minister, you replaced weakness with weakness and appeasement with more appeasement. Your government did nothing to stop the spread of antisemitism in Australia. You did nothing to curb the cancer cells that were growing inside your country. You took no action. You let the disease spread. And the result is the horrific attacks on Jews we saw today,” said Netanyahu.