Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard attends a state funeral for John Laws at St Andrew's Cathedral on November 19, 2025 in Sydney, Australia (Getty Images)
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Tightening gun laws a ‘diversion’ from fighting antisemitism in Australia, claims former prime minister

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Sydney terror attack

Heroic grandad Reuven Morrison ‘went down fighting’: Victim’s daughter blames government for ‘incredible’ father’s death

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The 12 victims who have been named, top row from left: Peter Meagher, Yaakov Levitan, Edith Brutman, Marika Pogany. Middle row from left: Eli Schlanger, Tibor Weitzan, Boris and Sofia Gurman. Bottom row from left: Alexander Kleytman, Dan Elkayam and Reuven Morrison (Photos: Family handouts/Chabad)
Sydney terror attack

Three further victims named including couple who ‘selflessly and instinctively’ wrestled gun from assailant

Husband and wife Boris and Sofia Gurman were captured in astounding dashcam footage confronting one of the assailants before he opened fire

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Australian society has failed its Jews at every level

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Bondi shooter was follower of extremist preacher dubbed Sydney pro-Isis networks’ ‘spiritual leader’

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Sydney terror attack

Boris and Sofia Gurman died as they ‘instinctively and selflessly’ confronted terrorist before he opened fire

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Thousands join Chabad to light ‘beacons of hope’ on Chanukah after Sydney terrorist attack

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The intifada has been globalised

For what happened in Sydney could happen in any city in the world where one is still frivolous enough to believe that words are just words and that slogans bind only those who chant them

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