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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Labour donor Dale Vince criticised for post following Bondi beach attack

Dale Vince attending the Labour party conference in 2024
Dale Vince has said he condemns ‘all acts of violence and all forms of racism’. Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images

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”.

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