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Australia Holds Public Hearings on Rising Anti‑Semitism Ahead of Bondi Beach Shooting

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The inquiry into the December shooting at a Hanukkah festival on Bondi Beach, which claimed 15 lives, began public hearings on Monday. Witnesses noted a rise in anti‑Semitism since the Gaza war started, prompting a broader examination of security concerns.

  1. AU
    Virginia Bell
    Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion
    1. It's important that people understand how quickly those events can prompt ugly displays of hostility towards Jewish Australians simply because they are Jews.
    2. The sharp spike of antisemitism that we have witnessed in Australia has been mirrored in other Western countries and seems clearly linked to events in the Middle East.
  2. AU
    Vic Alhadeff OAM
    New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies
    1. We felt that the victims [of the Bondi massacre], because of them being Jewish, are not considered to be truly Australians in a sense. And so they weren't … mourned as Australians.
  3. AU
    Sheina Gutnick
    1. There were many people around me but no one intervened.
    2. Now Bondi holds a really, really heavy weight in our community's heart.
    3. Antisemitism was allowed to come into the open.
  4. AU
    Toby Raphael
    1. This is the world that the Jews of Australia live in now and it needs to change.
    2. Why do kids have to go to school like that?
  5. AU
    Natalie Levy
    1. It's heartbreaking. I truly grew up believing that this kind of rhetoric only existed in the past. That it has resurfaced so aggressively is a real shock.
    2. I can't believe that in 2026, in this beautiful country, that antisemitism has become so normalised.
    3. She's a very proud Jewish young lady but she's scared. She's scared for me being here [giving evidence to the commission] today.
    4. She sees swastikas etched all around the school, children saying 'Heil Hitler' and putting up their hand in a salute. She sees things that no 15-year-old should see.

sources

  1. 1.Los Angeles Times
  2. 2.The Guardian
  3. 3.France 24
  4. 4.Australian Associated Press

perspectives

  1. 1.Israel-Palestine Conflict
  2. 2.Islamic Terrorism
  3. 3.Mass Shootings
  4. 4.Australian Foreign Policy
  5. 5.Israel under Benjamin Netanyahu
  6. 6.Antisemitism

countries

  1. 1.AustraliaAU
  2. 2.IsraelIL
  3. 3.United KingdomGB
  4. 4.Iran, Islamic Republic ofIR
  5. 5.New ZealandNZ
  6. 6.Palestine, State ofPS
  7. 7.UkraineUA

organizations

  1. 1.Executive Council of Australian Jewry
  2. 2.Hamas
  3. 3.Islamic State
  4. 4.Israel Defense Forces
  5. 5.Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion
  6. 6.Multicultural NSW
  7. 7.New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies
  8. 8.Newtown Synagogue

persons

  1. 1.Virginia BellAU
  2. 2.Alex RyvchinAU
  3. 3.Reuven Morrison
  4. 4.Sheina GutnickAU
  5. 5.Natalie LevyAU
  6. 6.Naveed Akram
  7. 7.Sajid Akram
  8. 8.Tali Pinsky
  9. 9.Toby RaphaelAU
  10. 10.Vic Alhadeff OAMAU
  11. 11.Zelie Hegen

technicals

  1. 1.Judaism
  2. 2.Nazism
  3. 3.Bondi Beach
  4. 4.Sydney Opera House
  5. 5.Holocaust
  6. 6.Kristallnacht
  7. 7.Soviet Union
  8. 8.Star of David
Australia Holds Public Hearings on Rising Anti‑Semitism Ahead of Bondi Beach Shooting