Australia PM says Jewish community 'completely unbreakable' after Bondi attack
Prime Minister Albanese’s delayed policy actions and perceived emotional distance follow a Hanukkah mass shooting killing Jewish community members, amid rising antisemitism since October 2023.
- On Sunday, a mass shooting at Bondi Beach during Hanukkah killed a 10-year-old girl named Matilda, and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese urged Australians to `wrap our arms` around the Jewish community but faced criticism for emotional distance and admitted more could have been done.
- Since October 7, 2023, antisemitism has escalated, creating vilification that fed into the Bondi attack, while community leaders say Labor governments have sometimes failed to confront hate normalization.
- Businesses and cultural spaces faced targeted threats last week, including a Surry Hills bakery tagged with an inverted triangle and the Goldstone Gallery closing for safety.
- On Thursday, the government adopted Jillian Segal's recommendations and announced measures including a David Gonski-led taskforce, expanded visa-denial powers for Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke, and new laws targeting hate preachers.
- A deep rift now exists between Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister, his government and many Jewish Australians, with young Jewish members increasingly absent from Young Labor spaces and formal inquiries soon set to examine decisions around the Bondi shootings.
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese greeted with boos, jeers, and cries of “blood on your hands” as he arrived at memorial for Jewish victims of Muslim terrorist attack at Hanukkah event
Video showed the center-left PM being widely heckled as he approached Sunday’s memorial service being held by Sydney’s Jewish community, a week after two gunmen killed 15 Jews and wounded dozens more during the devastating act of Islamic terror on Bondi Beach. NY Post (h/t Nita) Protesters shouted, “blood on your hands,” “shame on you,” […]
Australian PM Albanese booed at ceremony memorializing victims of Bondi Beach shooting
Roughly 10,000 people gathered at the beachfront memorial, including senior Australian officials, opposition figures, and members of the Jewish community, to honor the 15 people killed in the Dec. 14 attack. By Vered Weiss, World Israel News Boos rang out along Bondi Beach on Sunday as Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrived at a public vigil for victims of the deadly Hanukkah shooting, highlighting deep anger within the Jewish comm…
Australia's Albanese booed at vigil marking one week since Bondi Hanukkah massacre
As many as 15,000 people attended the memorial ceremony at Bondi Beach in honor of the 15 people killed at the Chabad Hanukkah event in Sydney. The father of the youngest victim, 10-year-old Matilda, lit the final candle of the menorah
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