Australian PM Anthony Albanese has provided an update on the evacuation efforts underway to return Australians from the Israel-Palestine war zone while condemning hate speech associated with the conflict.
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00:00 We're getting them out of the danger zone safely and what Qantas is doing is putting
00:05 in place now the logistics so that they'll be able to travel from London back to Australia
00:10 via Singapore.
00:12 That's being organised as we speak.
00:15 The priority has been obviously to get people out of a war zone.
00:20 These are very complex logistics.
00:22 There's some 1600 people who have registered both in Israel but also a small number in
00:30 Gaza or the West Bank looking to travel to safety.
00:34 Anti-Semitism has no place in this country, nor does Islamophobia, nor does any form of
00:40 racism.
00:41 I met with leaders from the Jewish Community at a synagogue in St Kilda in Melbourne just
00:51 a couple of nights ago and they are completely unacceptable.
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