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BBC presenter Nick Robinson has sparked outrage on social media after he in contrast the Bondi Beach mass capturing to the New Zealand mosque assaults. At least 16 folks, together with a baby, have been killed when two gunmen opened hearth on an occasion to have a good time the primary day of Hanukkah on the iconic location in Sydney on Sunday (December 14).

New South Wales Health Minister Ryan Park mentioned the assault was “absolutely horrendous” for the group, however particularly for the Jewish group. Mr Robinson, who co-presents BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, described the information as “grim” and mentioned it has “echoes” of the October 7 bloodbath and that Jews within the UK will really feel “painfully close” to the Manchester synagogue assault. He mentioned it was a reminder that Jews all around the world stay in worry.

He went on to jot down: “If you struggle to understand that fear – you may not have any Jewish family or friends as it is a very small community – I urge you to think of the impact on the Muslim and, indeed, the wider community of the Christchurch mosque attack in New Zealand.”

Fifty-one folks have been killed and 89 others injured when Brenton Tarrant opened hearth on worshippers at a mosque and Islamic centre in Christchurch in March 2019. Tarrant, who live-streamed the murders on Facebook, was sentenced to life.

Daily Express columnist, Angela Epstein, informed Mr Robinson he had shamed himself by making the comparability. She replied to his tweet: “Why are Jewish people never allowed to have the dignity of mourning their loss without it always becoming an exercise in moral relativism ie shame for the Jews but what about others? You shame yourself, your profession and your position.”

Former Conservative MP, Nigel Evans, replied, telling Mr Robinson: “Totally misjudged Nick. Thank God the Bondi Beach Hero Ahmed El Ahmad just sprang into action – he didn’t over think it he simply got on with saving lives… My thoughts are with the Jewish Community in Australia and worldwide.”

Father-of-two Ahmed al Ahmed, from Sydney, has been broadly hailed as a hero for tackling one of many gunmen earlier than wrestling his weapon away from him. Mr al Ahmed’s household mentioned the 43-year-old fruit store proprietor stays in hospital with bullet wounds to his arm and hand, and referred to as him a “100% hero”.

X-user Jen Monroe requested the BBC presenter: “Is there some reason you think your average person can’t empathize with Jewish people?”

In one other tweet, Mr Robinson mentioned he was unhappy to see some had reacted angrily to his submit. The veteran journalist mentioned he had been making an attempt to elucidate to folks past the Jewish group the complete horror of what occurred and the worry it will reinforce locally.

He wrote: “The comparison between today’s attack [and] the Christchurch mosque attack was meant to do that and that alone. It wasn’t an attempt to lessen the pain, fear and anger so many feel or to equate losses in one community with those in another.

“The Jewish group is tiny – lower than 1 / 4 of one million folks. It is the job, perhaps even the responsibility, of individuals like me – I’m Jewish by heritage though not by upbringing – to attempt to clarify to others the broader significance of at present’s horror.”

Meanwhile, it emerged in a while Sunday that the gunmen have been father and son. The older of the gunmen, a 50-year-old man, was shot by police and died on the scene, whereas his son, a 24-year-old, suffered essential accidents and was taken to the hospital below police guard.

British-born Eli Schlanger, 41, who was assistant rabbi at Chabad of Bondi, has been named as a type of killed. The father of 5 grew up in Temple Fortune, north London, and had household at Kinloss Synagogue in Finchley, in accordance with Jewish News. He and his spouse, Chayala, celebrated the beginning of their youngest little one, a boy, solely two months in the past.