Johnson meets with Muslim man who confronted, disarmed Bondi Beach attacker
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House Speaker Mike Johnson met with Ahmed Al-Ahmed, the Syrian-born Australian Muslim who disarmed an attacker during the deadly Hanukkah shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach.
Rachel Wolf is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and FOX Business.
Johnson posted a photo of himself with Al-Ahmed and three other individuals, including Rabbi Levi Shemtov, a longtime Chabad-Lubavitch leader in Washington, D.C. Chabad-Lubavitch, often referred to as "Chabad," has emissaries across the globe who aim to strengthen Jews' connection with their own faith. Another individual in the photo was Rabbi Yehoram Ulman of Sydney, Australia, a senior rabbi who lost his son-in-law, Rabbi Eli Schlanger, in the Hanukkah attack at Bondi Beach.
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