Australia

Australia:

Man charged for stealing camera from victim of Bondi massacre

Man charged in Australia for stealing and pawning a camera from a victim of the Bondi Hanukkah attack.

Commission report reveals:

Australian police were warned ahead of massacre

Local security group warned New South Wales police of 'high' risk to local Jewish community, interim report reveals.

Australia:

Court overturns anti-protest law enacted after Bondi attack

Australian court overturns New South Wales law that clamped down on protests, enacted after the antisemitic attack at Bondi Beach.

Australia:

Three Iranian women's soccer team members reverse asylum bid

Three members of Iran's women's soccer delegation withdraw asylum requests in Australia and decide to return home, leaving only three from the original group still seeking to remain in the country.

Australia:

Two more Iranian women’s soccer team members granted asylum

Two more members of Iran’s women’s soccer team granted asylum in Australia, joining five teammates who received humanitarian visas.

Australia grants asylum to five Iranian women’s soccer players

Australia grants asylum to five Iranian women’s soccer players who face safety fears at home after remaining silent during the anthem at the Asian Cup.

Trump calls for asylum

Fears grow for Iranian women’s soccer team after anthem protest

Iran’s women’s soccer team faces safety fears after remaining silent during the anthem at the Asian Cup, prompting Trump to urge Australia to grant asylum.

Australian tribunal rules:

'All Zionists are terrorists' chant is unlawful

The Victorian Tribunal rules that the chant “All Zionists are terrorists" incites hatred against Jews, affirming that freedom of speech in Australia does not extend to racial or religious vilification.

Zvi Yehezkeli:

Australia may deny entry to journalist over inflammatory remarks

Australia may block i24news host Tzvi Yehezkeli over past remarks calling for 100,000 Gazans to be killed and labeling Gaza journalists 'terror journalists.'

Following Bondi Beach attack

Royal Commission into antisemitism begins work

Australia’s royal commission into antisemitism begins public hearings, investigating the causes of antisemitism and the deadly Bondi Beach shooting. An interim report is expected by April.

Man crashes car into synagogue gates in Australia

Queensland Police have charged a 32-year-old man with a hate crime after he struck the gates of a synagogue in Brisbane with his car and fled the scene.

Bondi Beach terrorist appears in court for first hearing

Naveed Akram, accused of the Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre, appears in a Sydney court via video link.

President Herzog:

'Jewish hope is a promise, not a dream'

Speaking in Melbourne, President Herzog delivered an address against antisemitism and terror, calling on Jews worldwide to stand proud and reaffirming Israel’s role in defending the free world.

Herzog calls antisemitism in Australia 'frightening' amid visit

President Isaac Herzog condemns rising antisemitism in Australia during his visit, offering goodwill to the Jewish community.

Australia:

JCA admits posting false names in anti-Herzog ads

An anti-Herzog newspaper ad listing false names draws backlash, with the Jewish Council of Australia acknowledging errors and signatories denying approval.

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Bondi Beach orphans recite Kaddish beside President Herzog

President Herzog visited the Chabad synagogue in Bondi during his state visit to Australia, standing with young orphans from the Bondi Beach massacre who recited Kaddish in memory of their relatives.

Leaders urge calm

27 arrested in Sydney during protests against Herzog’s visit

Violence erupts in Sydney during protests against President Herzog’s visit, with 27 arrests and clashes between police and demonstrators. Australian leaders urge peaceful protests.

Herzog honors Bondi victims: We must fight terror together

President Herzog visits Bondi attack site, calling antisemitism a global emergency and urging united action against terror and hatred. Meanwhile, police prepare for protests and enforce special powers.

Australian charged over death threats against President Herzog

Australian police charge 19-year-old for alleged online death threats against President Herzog ahead of his visit.

Melbourne:

Posters glorifying Bondi Beach terrorist spark outrage

Melbourne removes dozens of copycat “Aussie" posters featuring one of the two Bondi Beach Hanukkah terrorists, drawing condemnation from Jewish leaders and officials.

Bondi massacre victim's name changed by hospital to protect her

Sydney Hanukkah massacre victim Rosalia Shikhverg says the hospital which treated her changed her name to make her seem not Jewish because 'they could not trust their own staff' to treat Jewish patients.

Australia passes sweeping legislation against antisemitism

The new laws, first proposed after the Bondi Beach shooting, include tighter regulation on weapon imports, a national buyback program for civilian firearms and eased deportation of purveyors of hatred.

Melbourne

Driver tries to run over haredi teens in antisemitic attack

The driver shouted antisemitic abuse and chased the teens for five minutes as they attempted to escape.

'Pain day and night'

Bondi hero reveals extent of damage

Hero who disarmed attacker at Sydney Hanukkah event answers critics who he says ignore his injuries, lasting pain.

Australia passes gun‑control bill after Bondi Hanukkah attack

Australia’s lower house passes a gun‑control bill after the Bondi attack in which 15 people were murdered.

Nightmare in Australia:

Woman wakes up trapped by giant python

A resident of Brisbane, Australia, woke after feeling something resting on her stomach. When she reached out, she was shocked to discover a 2.5-meter python wrapped around her body.

Australia:

January 22 set as national mourning day for Bondi victims

PM Anthony Albanese announces that Australia will hold a national day of mourning on January 22 for the Bondi terror victims.

Australia orders royal commission into Hanukkah massacre

Australia launches a royal commission into the Bondi Beach terror attack that killed 15, amid rising concerns over antisemitism.

Bondi Beach Attack:

Children’s author writes about atrocity ‘We don’t mourn fascists’

Award-winning children's author Matt Chun sparks outrage after attacking public grief over the Bondi Beach terror attack and vilifying victims at the Hanukkah celebration.

Antisemitism in Australia

It starts with words, it ends in death

“As a survivor of Bergen Belsen, I did not think I would live to see history repeating itself." Op-ed.

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Cheers for Bondi Beach heroes

Ahmed Al-Ahmad, who tackled the terrorist at Bondi Beach, and Jewish teen Haya Dadon, who was shot while protecting two small children, were honored by thousands of spectators in Sydney stadium.

Israeli Ambassador meets hero who tackled Bondi terrorist

Israel’s Ambassador meets Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi terrorists during the antisemitic attack that killed 15.

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Moving New Years tribute for Hanukkah massacre victims

Sydney rang in the new year with a moment of silence for the victims of the massacre at a Hanukkah event in the city, projecting the words 'peace' and 'unity' and a menorah on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

"Experiencing miracles"

Sydney terror attack victim walks for the first time

"Leibel walked for the first time since the attack," wrote the father. "It was an exercise that lasted two minutes, but he said it felt like he had worked out for an hour at the gym."

Australian police:

Bondi Beach terrorists acted alone, not tied to wider network

Australian police say the Bondi Hanukkah shooters acted alone, finding no link to a terror network or training during their recent trip to the Philippines.

Victoria, Australia to transfer millions to securing Jews

Following the terror attack at Bondi Beach, the Victorian government will allocate nearly AU$2 million to the security of Jewish institutions.

Bondi Beach massacre:

Victims' families call for national inquiry into antisemitism

Families of Bondi Beach terror victims demand a federal royal commission into Australia’s “rapid rise of antisemitism,” accusing authorities of failing to prevent the Hanukkah massacre.

Bondi Beach hero speaks: I just wanted to save lives

Bondi Beach hero Ahmed al Ahmed recounts tackling one of the terrorists during the antisemitic Hanukkah massacre in Sydney, saying he acted only to save innocent lives despite being wounded.

Australian Ambassador:

'We will dedicate every resource to protecting Jews'

Australian diplomat Lyndall Sachs met with Chabad emissaries in Tel Aviv to deliver a message of solidarity in the wake of the Bondi Beach shooting.

Amid antisemitism wave

Australian man faces jail over Nazi salutes

18-year-old Australian charged over Nazi salutes and neo-Nazi stickers as Jewish leaders warn antisemitism is a public safety threat after Bondi attack and a Hanukkah-linked firebombing.

Australia

Online antisemitic discourse multiplies after Bondi massacre

Diaspora Affairs Ministry finds that antisemitic social media posts in Australia rose from about 3,000 a daybefore the Bondi massacre to about 20,000 after the attack.

Suspected antisemitic attack

Melbourne car with Hanukkah sign torched

Australian police investigate a car fire targeting a Hanukkah display in Melbourne. Rabbi calls it an antisemitic attack amid rising hate crimes.

After Bondi shooting

Ammunition, Hamas flags found in home of massacre supporter

Weapons, ammunition, and flags of Hamas and Hezbollah were found at the home of an Australian citizen who was arrested after praising the massacre at Bondi Beach and posting antisemitic content.

Jewish Agency to Australian PM

Act decisively to eradicate Antisemitism

Jewish Agency leaders write to Anthony Albanese that the Sydney massacre 'did not occur in a vacuum. Australia has seen a troubling pattern of antisemitic incidents, alongside the normalisation of rhetoric that dehumanises Jews.'

After Bondi Beach massacre:

600 global officials send solidarity letter to Australian mayor

Nearly 600 elected leaders worldwide send letter of solidarity to Australian mayor after Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre.l

After Hanukkah massacre

New South Wales tightens gun laws

NSW lawmakers pass sweeping gun and protest laws after the attack at a Hanukkah event on Bondi Beach which left 15 dead.

Australian PM invites Herzog to visit after Sydney attack

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese spoke with President Isaac Herzog following the terror attack on Sydney’s Jewish community and invited him to visit Australia in the near future.

After the attack:

New counterterrorism and public order measures in Australia

Gun purchase laws will be significantly tightened, and Australian police will be able to ban protests for three months.

New details on Sydney massacre

Terrorists threw explosive devices that failed to detonate

The Australian ABC network reveals that during the massacre, the two terrorists threw four explosive devices at the crowd - which did not explode

Eighth Hanukkah candle lit at Bondi Beach shooting site

In a ceremony alongside hundreds of members of Sydney's Jewish community, volunteers from ZAKA's international unit lit the final Hanukkah candle at the site where the attack occurred.

'Blood on your hands'

Australia’s Prime Minister booed at memorial vigil

Thousands attended a vigil to light the eighth candle of Hanukkah at the scene of the Bondi Beach attack under heavy security. The Australian Prime Minister was booed.

After Bondi attack

Australian state to ban ISIS flags, 'globalize the intifada'

New South Wales plans to outlaw ISIS flags, extremist symbols, and chants like “globalize the intifada” in the wake of the Hanukkah massacre on Bondi Beach.

$2.5M from supporters

Muslim hero who tackled Sydney terrorist honored

Ahmed al Ahmed, a Syrian man hailed for tackling terrorist in the Bondi Beach massacre, receives over $2.5M in donations from around the world as officials and citizens praised his bravery.

Australian PM unveils major gun buyback after Bondi terror attack

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces Australia’s largest gun buyback since Port Arthur, targeting illegal and newly banned firearms after the antisemitic Bondi terror attack.

Arsen's moments of horror

'I fell to the ground, no one could help'

Arsen Ostrovsky, a survivor of the Bondi Beach shooting, says he saw the terrorists with his own eyes and survived a shot to the head as he rushed to save his family.

Haunting Video:

Rabbi Eli Schlanger and Matilda - before both were murdered

A video posted by the father of Matilda, the 10-year-old girl murdered in the Sydney Hanukkah massacre, shows her and Rabbi Eli Schlanger on the beach - before both were murdered in the Bondi Beach shooting.

Hero Of Bondi:

'I knew they were killing Jews, and I would stop them again'

Lawyer Sam Issa, representing Ahmad al-Ahmad, who was wounded while fighting the terrorists in Sydney, described his condition and stressed, 'He only wanted to save lives.'

Miracle at Bondi Beach: Bullet stopped by radio

An Australian Hatzolah volunteer who treated victims in the Bondi Beach shooting was shot in the chest - and was saved by his radio stopping the bullet.

'Albanese - shame on you!'

MK Tal warns Australia over antisemitism and terror

During a Knesset debate on the Sydney terror attack, MK Ohad Tal accused Australia of justifying Hamas terror and warned that unchecked antisemitism leads to violence against Jews.

'You were my son, my friend'

Hundreds mourn Rabbi Eli Schlanger, murdered in Bondi attack

Hundreds gather in Bondi to mourn Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who was murdered in the terrorist attack targeting a Hanukkah festival. His father-in-law urges the Jewish community not to fear.