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Jewish Australians have remembered the Israeli hostages held in Gaza and the 1,200 people who lost their lives on the anniversary of the 7 October Hamas terror attack , while condemning a “national blindness” that has given rise to “unprecedented” levels of hatred in Australia.

Two years on from the day that triggered the ongoing Israel-Gaza war, Muslims and the Palestinian diaspora in Australia have also marked the moment as the start of the bombardment that has killed about 67,000 Palestinians in Gaza.

Anthony Albanese said Australia stood with the Jewish community, “who feel the cold shadow of history’s darkest chapter in any act of antisemitism”. He used the moment to underline Australia’s support for Donald Trump’s peace plan to end the

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