Understanding antisemitism

The newly announced Royal Commission on the horrific Bondi massacre shouldn’t shy from the social divisions which motivated the murders and must offer practical recommendations which are acted upon to ensure this outrage never happens again.

Bondi royal commission finally announced

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese prides himself with being in tune with the public mood, but holding out for weeks against a royal commission into antisemitism misjudged that mood, making Thursday’s backdown a humiliation.

Six questions for the Royal Commission

After weeks of mounting pressure, the government has called a Royal Commission to look into antisemitism and social cohesion in Australia – here are six questions it might ask.

See no evil

We can no longer live with tenuous polite fictions obfuscating the more profound national security consequences of laissez faire immigration settings, a lack of proactive national integration, and the coddling of political extremism and violence since 7 October 2023.

A royal commission for Bondi?

The Federal government remains reluctant to call a Royal Commission to investigate the Bondi terrorist attack or accept the root cause of violent hostility to Jews within Australia’s large and growing Muslim population.

Beware of quick fixes

If Bondi becomes just another episode of blame followed by forgetfulness, we’ll have failed ourselves. If instead it becomes a catalyst for serious, evidence-based reform, Australia may yet emerge stronger and more resilient.

Albanese stumbles over a Royal Commission

Anthony Albanese’s refusal to call a national royal commission in the wake of the Bondi massacre may have any number of political motivations but sorely misjudges the public mood.

From darkness into light

In the wake of the Bondi massacre, Australia should protect the targeted, punish the guilty, confront the ideology of hate, and refuse the degradation of collective blame.

Time to take responsibility

In a stark reminder of the strong Jewish backlash against the prime minister, Anthony Albanese was not invited to attend the Wednesday funeral of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, among the first of the Bondi massacre victims to be farewelled.

On Bondi

The Bondi terrorist attack was a brutal assault against Jewish Australians; and the response must make Jewish Australians safer while strengthening, not undermining, the principles of a free society.