ECAJ statement on the involvement of the Iranian regime in antisemitic firebombing incidents.
ECAJ President Daniel Aghion KC said:
The Australian Jewish community is deeply grateful to the men and women of the AFP, ASIO, and state police forces for their single-minded focus and dedication to investigating these attacks, bringing the perpetrators to justice, and protecting all Australians from terrorism.
These attacks instigated by the Iranian regime are an attack on our nation and our sovereignty. As Australians, we are outraged that a foreign actor perpetrated acts of terror on our soil. Foremost, these were attacks that deliberately targeted Jewish Australians, destroyed a sacred house of worship, caused millions of dollars of damage, and terrified our community.
For many years, we have warned of the threat posed by the Iranian regime. This is not a regime that merely subjugates its own citizens and wages war in the Middle East through its proxies. It has consistently shown a willingness and capability to finance and orchestrate terror all over the world. The organ of the regime directly responsible for this is the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). We welcome and appreciate the Australian government’s decision to proscribe the IRGC as a terrorist organisation.
Israel’s enemies are Australia’s enemies. This is apparent. The same regime that helped plan the October 7 atrocities, directed Hezbollah to open a second front against Israel, attacked Israel directly with ballistic missiles and threatened it with nuclear annihilation, is responsible for plotting and executing criminal attacks against Australians.
The Iranian regime has demonstrated that antisemitism is a threat not only to the Jews, it is a threat to civilisation.
Our community will perhaps find some solace from this breakthrough in the investigation and in knowing that the skill and devotion of our law enforcement and security agencies is there to protect us. Yet there will be great anxiety that we have been targeted in such a callous and calculated way, by a ruthless and violent foreign force, because of who we are.
