Anthony Albanese has been called out for playing tennis for over two hours, just one day after a terror attack at a synagogue in Melbourne.
Photos captured on Saturday at the Cottesloe Tennis Club in Perth show Mr Albanese decked out in full tennis whites, while playing in the sun.
Mr Albanese has been widely criticised for failing to visit the site of the synagogue attack, and for taking 48 hours to label it a terrorist event.
The game took place during the same weekend that Mr Albanese was slated by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who accused his government of fostering a surge in anti-Semitism in Australia.
Now many Aussies are slamming what they say was the ill-timed tennis match.
‘A synagogue is torched while people are praying inside @AlboMP decides to play tennis in Cottesloe,’ one said. ‘Unfit to lead.’
The Australian Jewish Association said ‘anti-Semitism has surged’ under Anthony Albanese’s government.
‘Labor has stood by as ugly antisemitic protests have taken over our streets, week after week,’ CEO Robert Gregory said.
Mr Albanese was pictured playing tennis the same weekend he was called out by Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Anthony Albanese takes a selfie with Perth local Elizabeth Pell at the tennis club
‘They have stood by as ‘Free Palestine‘ extremists have targeted Jewish Synagogues and schools. There was an antisemitic protest outside Sydney‘s Great Synagogue, just this week.
‘Labor has stood by as extremist Islamic preachers have preached toxic antisemitism. They have stood by as Jews were assaulted in the street and our universities were taken over by anti-Jewish radicals, setting up encampments.’
The terror attack took place just days after pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside The Great Synagogue in Sydney on Wednesday night, as members of the Jewish community were holed up inside.
The group shouted ‘Palestine will be free’ and held up a slogan calling for the eradication of the state of Israel.
Sky News reported that when police arrived on the scene, the synagogue was in lockdown with those inside unable to leave.
Last month, celebrity chef Matt Moran‘s Chiswick restaurant was vandalised with anti-Israel slurs along with several cars in the Sydney suburb of Woollahra.
Multiple cars were daubed with white spray paint that read ‘f*** Israel’.
Israel’s war in Gaza was sparked by listed terror group Hamas‘ attack on October 7, 2023, which killed 1200 people and 250 hostages taken, according to Israel’s tallies.
The official death toll in Gaza has eclipsed 44,000, according to the local health ministry, with tens of thousands more missing or believed to be buried under rubble.
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