On Monday, Mr Vince said his comments were “not intended to excuse or legitimise terrorism, or any form of racism” and that “what happened at Bondi beach is an atrocity”.
In a statement, he said: “My words are aimed at the intervention of Netanyahu who, in my opinion, overlooks the impacts of his own terrorism. If anti-Semitism is rising in the world today, then surely on any rational analysis the biggest single cause of that will be the genocide in Palestine. I condemn all acts of violence and all forms of racism.”
Mr Vince, who founded the green energy firm Ecotricity in 1995, is also the founder of Skydiamond, s lab-grown diamond company, and owns the vegan football club Forest Green Rovers.
He has donated more than £5.5m to Labour politicians since 2020, and is an outspoken Left-wing activist on social media, pressing the Government to go further on green policy.
In the summer, he came under fire after hanging a 30ft Palestine flag from Ecotricity’s Stroud headquarters.
Naveed Akram, 24, and Sajid Akram, his 50-year-old father, have been named as the suspects responsible for the Bondi attack. Akram had been previously investigated over ties to Islamic State.
Australia’s spy agency and local police confirmed that he was “known” to them, but that they did not consider him to be an “immediate” threat.
