US EditionJewish MP excoriates PM for anti-Semitism response
Opposition MP Julian Leeser demands a royal commission into the Bondi attack, citing inadequate government response amid rising anti-Semitism after Hamas attacks.
- On Monday, Julian Leeser, Opposition MP and Coalition education spokesman, denounced Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and demanded a federal royal commission into the Bondi Beach Hanukkah attack that killed Fifteen people.
- The government backed a NSW-led inquiry and launched a narrower federal review led by former intelligence chief Dennis Richardson, while the Coalition proposed a royal commission with broader terms.
- At a Bondi vigil, Anthony Albanese was booed multiple times and escorted away, while Allegra Spender called for a collective royal commission, and David Ossip received applause for the same demand.
- The prime minister's approval rating plunged after the Bondi massacre, according to a Resolve survey published on Monday, while Federal Labor faces criticism over rising anti‑Semitism since October 7, 2023.
- Community leaders pressed for a wide-ranging inquiry as funerals for victims, including Boris and Sofia Gurman and Matilda, underscore the attack's human toll and fuel calls for a royal commission.
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Two assassins - father and son - killed 15 people on December 14 during the Jewish light festival Hanukkah. President Herzog "will counteract the increase of anti-Semitism, extremism and jihadist terror.
Having already experienced the Bondi Beach Hanukkah shooting in Sydney, which resulted in multiple deaths, it's normal for Australians to mourn the victims and condemn the gunman. However, this tragedy also highlights a major blind spot in the Australian government's handling of the situation – its long-term neglect of the growing anti-Semitism over the past two years, leading to this bloodshed. Two years of ignored warning signs: Anti-Semitism …
On the last day of Hanukkah, Professor Natalio Steiner analyzed from Israel an agenda full of global concern: the advance of Islamist terrorism outside the Middle East, the resurgence of anti-Semitism in the West and the internal political controversy in Israel over the investigation of the October 7 massacre. Referring to the anti-Semitic attack in Bondi Beach, Australia, Steiner confirmed facts that aggravate the picture: “It has just been con…
Sydney Anglicans ‘abhor anti-Semitism’, Archbishop says a week after Bondi shootings
THE Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, the Most Revd Kanishka Raffel, has told a gathering at the Great Synagogue, in Sydney, that Sydney Anglicans “abhor anti-Semitism . . . and will not turn away from anti-Semitism in silence”. Archbishop Raffel was...
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