President Isaac Herzog spoke this morning with Zionist Federation of Australia President Jeremy Liebler to condemn the arson attack on a synagogue in Melbourne early this morning, which left one person injured.
“I call on leaders in Australia and around the world to strongly condemn this vile act of terror and to combat the intolerable rise of anti-Semitic racism around the world,” Herzog said in a statement.
Australian police are investigating the arson attack, while Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called the incident an “anti-Semitic” act.
Inspector Chris Murray of the Arson and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Brigade told a news conference today that the fire broke out at around 4:10 a.m. local time (17:10 GMT Thursday) at the Adass Israel synagogue in Melbourne's southeast.
“We believe it was deliberate. We believe it was targeted. We just don’t know why, and we’ll get to the why,” Murray said, noting that a witness testified that he saw two people wearing masks who appeared to be “spreading some type of accelerant inside the premises.”
The fire caused significant damage to the building, though no one was seriously injured despite an undetermined number of members of the congregation being inside for morning prayers, Benjamin Klein, a board member of the Adass Israel synagogue, told Australian public broadcaster ABC.
In “unequivocally” condemning this attack, the Australian Prime Minister stressed that this “deliberate and illegal” incident endangered human life and “is clearly aimed at creating fear in the community.”EFE and Aurora
Israeli president condemns Melbourne synagogue attack
Isaac Herzog Photo: Haim Zach / GPO
If the enemies of the Jews knew that all those who do what the news about the fire says, God cursed them almost five thousand years ago. They should take into account what happened to the corrupt Hugo Chavez, the Turkish parliamentarian and the president of Iran, Raisi. Jehovah God, the true, the only God, sent them all to hell for free for wanting to harm Israel. I suggest you read here what it says in Genesis 12:1-3: “Now Jehovah had said to Abraham, Go from your country, from your kindred, and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all families of the earth will be blessed.” The blessing for all the families of the earth came through Jesus Christ, the great descendant of Abraham and through whom came salvation and eternal life for all through the sacrifice of Christ and the formation of the true Christian Church.
I forgot to say that Jesus Christ, the incarnate Son of Jehovah God, came and was incarnated as a descendant of Abraham through the people of Israel.