I can't believe what happened at Bondi. I am absolutely sickened, horrified, and honestly, furious. What we saw yesterday wasn't just a terrible event; it was a devastating, bloody slap in the face to every single Jew.
This was a calculated, hateful, antisemitic terror attack, targeting people who were celebrating our faith. And I refuse to let anyone water down that fact. This wasn't 'random violence'—it was a political act of hate, and it should have been prevented.
How many warnings did the Australian Jewish community have to issue before the politicians and the police took this rising tide of hatred seriously? We have watched the climate of antisemitism escalate drastically for months, and now we are paying the price in innocent blood. This is a moral and institutional failure!
We talk a big game about tolerance and inclusion, but when it mattered most, the system failed to protect Jewish people from the very real and present danger of organized bigotry. Fifteen people are dead, and dozens more are injured, all because hate was allowed to fester and be armed.
Yes, I saw the heroes, Ahmed al-Ahmed—the incredible person who jumped in, the first responders—and they deserve every ounce of praise and respect. But their heroism doesn't absolve the systemic failures that put them in that terrible position to begin with.
My rage is a demand: We need a governments that stops prioritizing political optics over the physical safety of its vulnerable communities. We need action now. Anything less is a betrayal of the dead.
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