Labour donor Dale Vince criticised for post following Bondi beach attack

Tories accuse Vince of morally repugnant statement' after he says Israeli government is partly responsible for rising antisemitism

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The green entrepreneur and Labour donor Dale Vince has faced condemnation for saying the Israeli government is partly responsible for a rise in antisemitism globally, after the murder of 15 people at a Hanukah event in Sydney.

Vince, who has given more than 5m to Labour, as well as smaller sums to the Greens and Liberal Democrats, mainly via his Ecotricity green energy company, said his comments on X were not intended to excuse or legitimise terrorism, or any form of racism".