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US President Donald Trump said he will be “a friend to the Jewish community” as he hosted a Hanukkah celebration in the White House.
Miriam Adelson looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks at a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US. (IMAGE: REUTERS)
US President Donald Trump called on nations to form a united front against radical Islam during a White House Hanukkah reception for Jewish Americans.
“All nations must stand together against the evil forces of radical Islamic terrorism, and we’re doing that,” Trump said at a White House Hanukkah reception, days after 15 people were shot and killed at a Jewish Hanukkah festival in Sydney, Australia.
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“Let me take a moment to send the love and prayers to our entire nation, to the people of Australia, and especially all those affected by the horrific and antisemitic terrorist attack,” Trump said in his address.
Sajid Akram and his son Naveed opened fire on a Jewish festival at Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach on Sunday evening.
Australian authorities said the attack was designed to sow panic among the nation’s Jews.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the father-and-son gunmen appeared to have been motivated by “Islamic State ideology”.
Questions are mounting over whether authorities could have acted earlier to foil the attack.
Naveed Akram, reportedly an unemployed bricklayer, came to the attention of Australia’s intelligence agency in 2019.
But he was not considered to be an imminent threat at the time and largely fell off the radar.
Police are investigating whether the pair met with Islamist extremists in a visit to the Philippines weeks before the attack.
Manila’s immigration department has confirmed to AFP that they spent almost all of November in the Philippines, with their final destination listed as Davao.
The region, on the southern island of Mindanao, has a long history of Islamist insurgencies.
Carrying long-barrelled guns, the duo fired upon the Bondi beachfront for 10 minutes before police shot and killed 50-year-old Sajid Akram.
Naveed Akram, 24, was also shot and remained in hospital under police guard.
He woke from a coma on Tuesday night, local media reported.
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December 17, 2025, 08:02 IST
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