Israeli president says 'we shall overcome this evil' at Bondi Beach

The head of state paid homage under rain and grey skies to those killed in the December 14 attack as he embarked on a tightly secured, four-day visit to console the Jewish Australian community. "The bonds between good people of all faiths and all nations will continue to hold strong in the face of terror, violence and hatred," he said in a ceremony outside the beachside Bondi Pavilion. "We shall overcome this evil together." Herzog said he had laid two stones from Jerusalem at Bondi Beach "in sacred memory of the victims".