Her statement is ‘the sort of misguided obfuscation that allows antisemitism to flourish,’ Elan Carr, of the Israeli-American Council, said.
The Israeli-American Council denounced Oprah Winfrey’s reaction to the recent antisemitic terror attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, stating that she did not identify Jews, Chanukah or antisemitism in her post.
“I just spent the last two weeks in Australia, walking Bondi just days ago, feeling the openness and ease that lives there,” Winfrey wrote on social media. “It’s hard to reconcile that sense of peace with the terror of last night. My heart breaks for the victims, their families and loved ones, and all you Aussies.”
Winfrey was on a speaking tour in Australia and New Zealand that ended on Dec. 13.