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Terrorists targeted a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on the first night of the holiday. That attack killed at least eleven people and wounded nearly thirty others at an event attended by families and children. Authorities later classified it as antisemitic terrorism directed at the Jewish community.
Images and videos now circulating online are difficult to watch. Media coverage shows terrified children caught in the chaos, along with the panic, the injuries, and the length of time the attack continued before it was stopped.
Horrifying images of the aftermath of the mass shooting in Bondi Beach Australia at a Hanukkah event targeting Jews.
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— Sara Rose (@saras76) December 14, 2025
This did not happen because leaders overlooked antisemitism. It happened because they indulged it. After October 7, Australians did not merely tolerate hostility toward Jews. Activists normalized it, officials rationalized it, and some openly celebrated it. Marches filled the streets. Chants called for Jewish death. Each time, leadership chose excuses over consequences.
Australia chose to pursue recognition of a Palestinian state even as antisemitic intimidation surged domestically, sending a signal that symbolism mattered more than confronting the violence already unfolding.
Bondi Beach is not a policing failure. It is the inevitable result of a political culture that treated antisemitism as a fashionable grievance rather than a lethal ideology. Anthony Albanese presided over that culture. His government watched as Jew hatred escalated from slogans to threats to arson and then acted surprised when it turned into mass murder.
Terrorists move when they sense permission. After October 7, leaders indulged antisemitism, rewarded Israel hatred, and brushed off Jewish fear. The signal was unmistakable.
Bondi Beach happened under this government. The responsibility sits with the prime minister.
The warnings were clear. Jewish communities did not whisper their concerns. They said plainly that something had shifted after October 7. Leaders ignored those warnings. They indulged protesters. Officials hid behind talk of nuance while threats escalated. Bondi Beach is where that neglect ended.
Anthony Albanese has served as prime minister since May 2022. Every major surge in antisemitic intimidation after October 7 unfolded on his watch. Attackers targeted synagogues. Threats followed Jewish leaders. Protesters openly celebrated Hamas while insisting they merely criticized Israel. Leaders treated each incident as isolated, minimized each one, and drew no serious line.
Bondi Beach did not represent a sudden breakdown. It marked the end of a long chain of indulgence. A society trained to excuse Jew hatred does not get to feign shock when a terrorist attack follows.
Australia is not the only place where this logic has taken hold. In New York City, mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani rose to power by normalizing rhetoric that turns opposition to Israel into hostility toward Jews. His allies frame Jewish identity as colonial and treat Israel’s existence as illegitimate. That language no longer sits on the fringe. Political power now carries it.
Mamdani has condemned the Bondi Beach attack, as any elected official should. Statements after the fact do not erase the language that shaped the climate beforehand. Anyone can denounce violence once blood has been spilled. The real test is who gets elevated and empowered. Mamdani’s staffing choices raise serious questions about whether antisemitic framing is being confronted or quietly carried forward. Words only matter until actions take over.
That matters because this is not confined to Australia. Jewish communities in the United States have already been forced into defensive posture. After October 7, synagogues increased security, schools locked down, and families altered daily life. Parents warned children to hide symbols and stay quiet. None of that was imagined. It was learned.
This is how escalation happens. The language is softened. The behavior is excused. The targets adapt. Leaders express surprise only after the violence arrives.
Multicultural slogans do not stop bullets. Open borders do not produce harmony. A nation that allows unchecked illegal entry invites instability and imports hatred it refuses to confront. Enforcement is not cruelty. Removal is not extremism. Bondi Beach is the cost of pretending otherwise.
Bondi Beach should have been a place of light. Families gathered to mark Hanukkah, a holiday about survival and faith. Instead, it became a killing ground. That did not happen by chance. Terrorists act when a society grants permission through indulgence and excuse. Australia gave that permission. Bondi Beach was the result.
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Scott says: Islam is NOT compatible with civilized society. Australia has now received an object lesson on this subject ( though leftists will ignore it and blame the victims), and NYC should be on notice that the individual they elected has and is encouraging the exact same thing to happen there..
This will continue and it will escalate until this death cult is called out for what it is, and the ” true believers” and their enablers are both held accountable for their excitement and actions, and they are removed from our shores…
To reuse a famous quote, ” this shit will get out of hand! It will get out of hand, and we’ll be lucky to live through it”
Scott says: Thoughts and prayers to the victims and their families, and may the subjects of that particular nation ( and all of the free world) come to their senses and vote these enablers out.
NTSOG says: “After October 7, Australians did not merely tolerate hostility toward Jews. Activists normalized it, officials rationalized it, and some openly celebrated it. Marches filled the streets. Chants called for Jewish death. Each time, leadership chose excuses over consequences.”
Actually the far left-wing Australian Labor government sought to gain votes from enclaves of Muslim immigrants in Melbourne and Sydney. The majority of right-minded Australians away from inner-urban areas and including certain universities are disgusted by this morally bankrupt federal government. Otherwise the behaviour of a spineless, politically-driven government has granted effective permission to the antisemites
Tim says: “And the gods of the copy book headings , with fire and slaughter return”.
Wfjag says: It is being reported that the two shooters were a father and son, and the father was a registered gun owner for six guns (some were recovered at the scene). To own a gun in Australia the applicant must demonstrate a”genuine reason” to have the gun. Self defense does not qualify. One wonders what sport or hunting reasons someone living in Sydney would have for six guns. It is also being reported that four policemen were on the scene but did not fire on the shooters for about 10 minutes when an unarmed man rushed on of the shooters and disarmed him.
Nothing like police and strict firearms laws to keep civilians safe.
NTSOG says: “One wonders what sport or hunting reasons someone living in Sydney would have for six guns.”
There are many responsible firearms owners living in cities who like to go bush in their spare time and hunt everything from rabbits to foxes, pigs and other large ferals.
Our weak Australian prime minister is trying to distract from his government’s pandering to Islamist antisemites by claiming our already strict gun laws need to be tightened further. He wants the Islamic vote come the next election hence was quite happy to do nothing to confront antisemitism and abandon Australia’s traditional support for Israel. He wants, at all costs, to avoid upsetting the anti-Israel Islamic voters. He will do nothing to stop the antisemites.
Wfjag says: “Stricter gun laws” – right on cue.
Limit number of guns someone can be permitted for. Require Australian citizenship. (Actually, that one may have merit – if it is extended to bar naturalized persons and first generation thereafter – All We Are Saying Is Give Assimilation A Chance).
However, none of the proposals would have made a difference. They shot for 10+ minutes, so they reloaded several times. And the son was born in Australia. Typical reaction – one that doesn’t address the problem.
Like almost all gun control – burden law abiding people so they can’t defend themselves and their families. Criminals and terrorists won’t obey those laws.
My guess is that most Aussies have never read an honest history on the English Civil War. It’s why the US Constitution strongly prohibits infringing on the right to own and bear arms. Pity folks Down Under. Giving up your rights is very expensive.
Scott says: “. It’s why the US Constitution strongly prohibits infringing on the right to own and bear arms. ”
And why the demonrats are hell bent on ignoring / destroying said Amendment…
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