Attacks on Jewish communities in the Pacific should not be linked to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but recognised as attacks based on religion.
Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Sa’ar strongly rejected any suggestion that Israel’s decision to open an embassy in Fiji could increase the risk of similar attacks in the Pacific.
Mr Sa’ar pushed back at the idea on The Lens @177, saying Israel had been invited by the Fijian Government and that there was no factual basis to suggest its presence caused terrorist attacks.
“Are we causing terrorist attacks because we are coming?” he said.
“We are invited by the government.”
He said attacks against Jewish people in other countries should not be treated as a consequence of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Mr Sa’ar said victims of such attacks were not necessarily Israeli citizens or connected to the conflict in the Middle East.
He went on to question whether violence against Jewish people anywhere in the world could ever be justified because of events taking place in the Middle East.
He said people who carried out such attacks should be treated as terrorists and should not be given any justification for their actions.
“You have a license to kill? No, they don’t have a licence to kill anywhere.
“They are terrorists. They should be hunted.”
