"Shortly after the mass shooting targeting Australia's Jewish community on Sunday, Rabbi Levi Wolff of Central Sydney Synagogue told reporters that the inevitable has happened now. Wolff was speaking in Bondi, close to where two men armed with powerful rifles or shotguns had just attacked an event celebrating Hanukah, the Jewish religious festival. At least 12 people were killed, including one alleged gunman, and dozens were injured in Australia's deadliest mass shooting in almost three decades."
"His words will resonate with representatives of the Jewish community in Australia and across the world who have been warning policymakers about the clear and present danger of such an attack. Police officers guarding a restricted area after the Bondi attack Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images Experts point out that antisemitism was already widely prevalent before the bloody conflict in Gaza, provoked by the Hamas attack into Israel of October 2023, polarised opinions across the world."
A mass shooting targeted a Hanukah event in Bondi, Australia, where two men armed with rifles or shotguns attacked, killing at least 12 people including one alleged gunman and injuring dozens. The attack is Australia's deadliest mass shooting in nearly three decades. Antisemitism was already widely prevalent before the October 2023 Hamas attack into Israel and has intensified with the Gaza conflict. The Anti-Defamation League recorded 9,354 antisemitic incidents in the US in 2024, the highest since 1979, with a majority referencing Israel or Zionism. The UK's Community Safety Trust recorded 4,296 anti-Jewish incidents in 2023 and 3,528 in 2024.
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