Greens leader Larissa Waters has been roundly condemned by Labor, the Coalition and Jewish Australians after she claimed the Manchester terror attack proved Australia should have taken stronger action against Israel’s campaign in Gaza, suggesting that pro-Israel governments fuelled violence towards Jews.

Waters was repeatedly asked on Sunday about deaths of two Jews at a UK synagogue on Yom Kippur in an attack by 35-year-old Jihad al-Shamie. The incident sparked renewed debate about antisemitism as Israel appeared on the brink of a peace deal with Hamas to bring to an end its war effort, which was labelled a genocide in a landmark United Nations inquiry a fortnight ago.

Asked about her views on the danger of antisemitism, Waters said, “My heart goes out to the families of those peopl

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