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Australia to tighten hate speech laws following Bondi massacre

The new measures will be accompanied by a crackdown on gun ownership, but a former prime minister has urged Canberra not to let them be a ‘diversion’ from tackling antisemitism

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

December 18, 2025 10:24

People visit a memorial at Bondi Pavilion before a candlelight vigil at Bondi Beach on December 16, 2025 in Sydney, Australia (Getty Images)

Murdered British rabbi’s two-month-old baby was hit in Bondi terror attack

Rabbi Eli Schlanger’s son was struck by shrapnel and remains in hospital

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

December 17, 2025 13:27

People participate in a candlelight vigil at Bondi Pavilion at Bondi Beach, December 16, 2025 (Credit: Audrey Richardson/Getty Images)

Timeline of terror: How a scene of family joy at Bondi turned to horror

A Chabad celebration on a warm summer evening in the heart of Sydney’s Jewish community became a massacre that claimed 15 lives

By Jane Prinsley

5 min read

December 17, 2025 09:25

Mourners gather to lay flowers at Bondi Beach on December 15, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. Police say at least 16 people, including one suspected gunman, were killed and more than 40 others injured when two attackers opened fire near a Chanukah celebration at the world-famous Bondi Beach. (Photo Getty Images)

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

Wissam Haddad has never been charged with a terror offence, but a former spy who infiltrated his prayer centre claimed that he has been a driving force behind the indoctrination of young Australian jihadists

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

December 16, 2025 15:55

Wissam Haddad departs the Federal Court of Australia in Sydney, Friday, June 13, 2025 (Alamy)

By Jack Pinczewski

Australian society has failed its Jews at every level

The offers of more security funding are beyond parody. There is no wall high enough to protect the community, for the true barriers to the outrage at Bondi are those built in the human mind

4 min read

December 16, 2025 15:15

A vigil at Bondi Pavilion in Sydney on December 16, 2025. (Image: Getty)

Tightening gun laws a ‘diversion’ from fighting antisemitism in Australia, claims former prime minister

John Howard urged his successor, Anthony Albanese, to take more action against Jew-hate, as an official report on combating the problem continues to sit on the PM’s desk

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

December 16, 2025 15:05

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)

‘It was like triage in a war zone’: Wounded Bondi attack survivor Arsen Ostrovsky speaks from hospital

The human rights lawyer was hit in the head as two gunmen linked to Islamic State opened fire on a Chanukah gathering on Sunday

By Mark Wood

2 min read

December 16, 2025 14:05

Israeli Diaspora Minister Amichair Chikli visits Bondi attack survivor Arsen Ostrovsky in hospital (X/AmichaiChikli)

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

Reuven Morrison was killed after throwing bricks at one of the terrorists

By Katie Grant

1 min read

December 16, 2025 11:33

Reuven Morrison 'jumped up the second the shooting started' and tried to disarm one of the assailants (Photo: Chabad)

Bondi terror victim Marika Pogany was ‘mensch’ award-winner for delivering 12,000 kosher meals

The 82-year-old Holocaust survivor was an avid volunteer

By Siam Goorwich

1 min read

December 15, 2025 17:22

Marika Pogany is pictured accepting a charity's Mensch Award for delivering more than 12,000 kosher meals over a period of 23 years (Picture: Facebook/ JCA)

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The unforgivable failure of liberals to confront anti-Zionists

Investigators swoop on Philippines hotel where the Bondi jihadis stayed while they ‘trained to kill’

New South Wales may ban anti-Israel protests for up to three months following Bondi massacre

Armed police in Sydney detain seven men in dramatic operation

Balloons and bumblebee stickers: Matilda, 10, remembered as funerals held for Bondi victims

Bondi shooter trained ‘how to hunt’ at local gun club prior to terror attack

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Australia to tighten hate speech laws following Bondi massacre

Murdered British rabbi’s two-month-old baby was hit in Bondi terror attack

Timeline of terror: How a scene of family joy at Bondi turned to horror

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

Australian society has failed its Jews at every level

Tightening gun laws a ‘diversion’ from fighting antisemitism in Australia, claims former prime minister

‘It was like triage in a war zone’: Wounded Bondi attack survivor Arsen Ostrovsky speaks from hospital

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

Bondi terror victim Marika Pogany was ‘mensch’ award-winner for delivering 12,000 kosher meals