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On December 14, 2025, a brutal, antisemitic terror attack at a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach left the world reeling and a proud, peaceful community paying the price for the failure of leadership. Reports confirm multiple dead and dozens wounded as gunmen targeted Jews gathered for worship and family, turning a night of light into a scene of horror.
Joel Burnie of the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council has been sounding the alarm for months, warning that unchecked street vitriol and political posturing have normalized hatred and made violence inevitable. His recent commentary and interviews point to a simple truth conservatives have been saying for years: words have consequences and leaders who flirt with anti-Israel rhetoric help create the environment for terror.
Even Israel’s prime minister publicly accused Australia’s leader of fanning the flames by taking antagonistic positions toward Israel, underscoring how international politics trickles down into violence on our streets. When governments rush to signal virtue to hostile regimes or reward violent groups, they send a message that Jewish lives are negotiable; that is unacceptable and dangerously naive.
Australian Jewish organizations warned repeatedly that rhetorical tolerance for antisemitism would metastasize into arson, assault, and now mass murder — warnings that were ignored until it was too late. This is not just a local failure; it is a global failure of leaders who prefer moral preening to decisive action, and who equate criticism of violent extremism with intolerance.
The response must be relentless: vigorous intelligence work, ironclad protection for vulnerable communities, tighter scrutiny of extremist networks, and zero tolerance for political leaders who sanitize hatred through diplomatic gestures. Conservatives know that security is not a slogan but a practice — secure borders, strong policing, and aggressive counterterrorism measures are the difference between life and massacre.
America and our allies should stand shoulder to shoulder with the Jewish community, not offer hollow words and performative gestures while extremists plan their next attack. The left’s double standards — condemning some violence while excusing or enabling other forms of antisemitism — have consequences that land on the heads of innocent people.
Hardworking patriots everywhere must demand accountability from politicians who prioritize optics over safety, pray for the victims, support the survivors, and insist that our governments stop enabling the narrative that breeds terror. If we do not get serious about confronting antisemitism and the political currents that feed it, more lives will be lost and more communities will live in fear.
