When tragedy becomes an Israeli political weapon

Tragedies are not meant to be moments for scoring political points. When acts of terrorism occur, responsible leaders seek to calm tensions, unite their societies, express solidarity with victims’ families and visit the injured as a public display of empathy. Sadly, this kind of leadership was conspicuously absent in the response of Israel’s prime minister to Sunday’s deadly attack in Australia. Before the facts were known, Benjamin Netanyahu rushed to make politically motivated and demonstrably false claims.

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