Albanese calls for “a political debate and respectful discourse” and stresses that these types of acts “are not the Australian way of doing things”
June 10 () –
This Monday, an unidentified person smashed several windows of the United States Consulate in the Australian city of Sydney with a hammer, where he also painted two inverted red triangles, a sign used by anti-fascist political groups, a fact that has already been condemned by the first Australian Minister Anthony Albanese.
The images captured by a security camera placed in the area show a hooded man hammering nine glass windows of the legation, after which the Police have stated that they are working to clarify the motives, which appear to be political in nature, according to reports. Australian television network ABC reported.
Albanese has condemned the incident and has asked the population for “a political debate and respectful discourse.” “People are traumatized by what is happening in the Middle East, particularly those with family in Israel or the Occupied Palestinian Territories,” she argued.
Thus, he has asked to “lower the tone” and has maintained that these types of acts “are not the Australian way of doing things.” “Measures such as graffiti on the United States Consulate do not serve to advance the cause of the person who has committed what amounts to property damage,” said Albanese.
The event takes place after more than eight months of Israeli military offensive against the Gaza Strip following the attacks carried out on October 7 by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), which left some 1,200 dead. The Gazan authorities, controlled by the Islamist group, have reported more than 37,000 deaths, in addition to more than 520 in the West Bank and East Jerusalem at the hands of Israeli forces or in attacks by settlers.
Add Comment