Lindsey Graham calls Australia ‘pathetically weak’ after Hanukkah assault

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Sen. Lindsey Graham lambasted Australia’s prime minister within the wake of Sunday's terror assault on a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, saying the nation’s management has turn into "pathetically weak" and ignored direct warnings from Israel concerning the risks posed to its Jewish neighborhood.

"Western Europe and now Australia, you are pathetically weak within the face of non secular Nazis," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., stated on "Hannity" Monday evening.

The South Carolina senator's feedback adopted a mass taking pictures on Bondi Seashore at a celebration of the primary evening of Hanukkah that left 16 folks lifeless, together with one of many gunmen, and dozens hospitalized.

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Sen. Lindsey Graham blasted Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for his dealing with of the Bondi Seashore Hanukkah terrorist assault. (Getty Pictures; Reuters)

Graham criticized Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for recognizing a Palestinian state after the Oct. 7 terror assaults, noting that Israeli leaders plainly warned him towards the transfer.

"The prime minister of Australia was advised by the Israeli prime minister, 'Should you acknowledge a Palestinian state, after they killed 1,200 Jews, whereas they're nonetheless answerable for Gaza and the West Financial institution, you are placing Jews in Australia in danger,'" Graham stated, arguing that "political choices" result in the deaths of harmless Jews in Australia.

He added that different governments recognizing a Palestinian state after Hamas' lethal incursion into Israel have equally "enticed extra terrorism."

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The senator did not depart American overseas coverage out of the dialogue.

He asserted that the Obama administration's withdrawal from Iraq "allowed ISIS to return about" and in addition criticized former President Joe Biden for the botched Afghanistan withdrawal and for reentering the Iran nuclear settlement, which he claimed left the regime "flush with money."

Graham praised Trump for taking a special strategy.

"What Trump has completed is the appropriate means. You kill these guys over there so they do not come right here. You go after their leaders. They can not have a minute's peace," Graham stated earlier than calling for an growth of the Abraham Accords.

"You do not need eternally wars, however I can inform you this, they're eternally going to attempt to kill you," Graham stated. "And the way in which to forestall them from getting over right here is to hit them over there, to have allies and never act alone. The Australian mannequin failed the Australian Jewish neighborhood. It failed the Australian folks."

Folks attend a floral memorial in honor of the victims of a mass taking pictures that focused a Hanukkah celebration on Sunday, at Bondi Seashore, in Sydney, Australia, on Dec. 16, 2025. (Flavio Brancaleone/Reuters)

He rejected the argument that gun restrictions play any function in stopping ISIS-inspired assaults and accused Australia's authorities of failing to vow motion towards ISIS.

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"You've got allowed ISIS to return in your nation, and by no means as soon as tonight did you promise the Australian folks you are going to hunt these cells down and kill all of them."

He stated extremist teams like ISIS stay dedicated to international violence and have to be met with pressure, calling the battle "a combat for civilization itself."