Lindsey Graham calls Australia 'pathetically weak' after Hanukkah attack
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'This is a religious war, no matter what you heard': Sen. Lindsey Graham unleashes on Australian leaders after Bondi Beach attack
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., ridiculed Australian police's press conference in the aftermath of the terror attack in Sydney, saying the U.S. is 'at war' with radical Islam on 'Hannity.'
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!Sen. Lindsey Graham lambasted Australia’s prime minister in the wake of Sunday's terror attack on a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, saying the country’s leadership has become "pathetically weak" and ignored direct warnings from Israel about the dangers posed to its Jewish community.
"Western Europe and now Australia, you're pathetically weak in the face of religious Nazis," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said on "Hannity" Monday night.
The South Carolina senator's comments followed a mass shooting on Bondi Beach at a celebration of the first night of Hanukkah that left 16 people dead, including one of the gunmen, and dozens hospitalized.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham blasted Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for his handling of the Bondi Beach Hanukkah terrorist attack. (Getty Images; Reuters)
Graham criticized Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for recognizing a Palestinian state after the Oct. 7 terror attacks, noting that Israeli leaders plainly warned him against the move.
"The prime minister of Australia was told by the Israeli prime minister, 'If you recognize a Palestinian state, after they killed 1,200 Jews, while they're still in charge of Gaza and the West Bank, you're putting Jews in Australia at risk,'" Graham said, arguing that "political decisions" lead to the deaths of innocent Jews in Australia.
He added that other governments recognizing a Palestinian state after Hamas' deadly incursion into Israel have similarly "enticed more terrorism."
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The senator didn't leave American foreign policy out of the discussion.
He asserted that the Obama administration's withdrawal from Iraq "allowed ISIS to come about" and also criticized former President Joe Biden for the botched Afghanistan withdrawal and for reentering the Iran nuclear agreement, which he claimed left the regime "flush with cash."
