TEL AVIV, 22 Dec. - (ANA) - Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar called on Jews in Western countries to move to Israel, one week after 15 were shot dead at a Jewish event in Sydney.

 

"Today I call on Jews in England, Jews in France, Jews in Australia, Jews in Canada, Jews in Belgium: come to the Land of Israel! Come home!" Saar said at the ceremony, held with leaders of Jewish communities and organisations worldwide.

 

Since the outbreak of the war in Gaza, Israeli leaders have tried to link anti-war protests in Western countries to rising antisemitism and demanded their governments crack down on pro-Palestinian activism.

 

Australian authorities have said the 14 December attack on a Hanukkah event on Sydney's Bondi Beach was inspired by the ideology of the Islamic State jihadist group.   - (ANA) -

 

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