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We pleaded with Federal and State governments to do more: Joel Burnie on Sky News
AIJAC executive manager Joel Burnie spoke to Sky News’ Gabriella Power about the factors that contributed to the Bondi massacre.
Read MoreWarnings about hateful rhetoric went unheeded: Joel Burnie on Sky News UK
AIJAC executive manager Joel Burnie spoke to Sky News UK about the political climate in which the Bondi massacre took place.
Read MoreAntisemitism has become normalised: Colin Rubenstein on Sky News
AIJAC executive director Dr Colin Rubenstein spoke on Sky News about the Bondi terrorist attack.
Read More‘Everybody’s worst nightmare’: Paul Rubenstein on Sky News
AIJAC NSW Chairman Paul Rubenstein says the Bondi massacre is “not unexpected” for the Jewish community. Mr Rubenstein told Sky News host Chris Kenny that the whole situation is “everybody’s worst nightmare”. “I think a lot of people are feeling particularly vulnerable.”
Read MoreJewish Australians are shocked but not surprised
We already know that the atmosphere of vicious antisemitism and incitement must have contributed. It’s something our Jewish community has been pleading with governments and authorities to act on vigorously for more than two years.
Read MoreWhat kind of Jewish life is possible in this country?
However, even as we struggle to understand and come to terms with what happened, one thing we do know is that this event must represent a transformational watershed in Australia’s approach to the scourge of anti-Semitism that has plagued our country for over two years.
Read MoreMass shooting on Sydney’s Bondi Beach: Jamie Hyams on NPR radio
NPR’s Steve Inskeep talks to Jamie Hyams, director of public affairs for the Australia Israel & Jewish Affairs Council, about the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach.
Read MoreThe community is devastated: Jamie Hyams on Sky UK
AIJAC public affairs director Jamie Hyams spoke to Sky News UK about the Bondi massacre.
Read MoreI warned the PM about terror risk, but his office didn’t listen
Every Sunday for two years, people in Melbourne marched down the street displaying Hezbollah symbols without being arrested. They chanted genocidal chants. They shouted slogans calling Jews terrorists. Police stood by and watched.
Read More“We were not listened to”: Dionne Taylor on CNN
AIJAC communications manager Dionne Taylor spoke with CNN’s Richard Quest about the Bondi massacre.
Read MoreCalls for the Federal Government to do more to stop anti-Semitism: Colin Rubenstein on ABC Radio National
Speaking to Kylie Morris on The Radio National Hour, Dr Colin Rubenstein says the federal government needs to do more to stamp out anti-Semitism.
Read More‘I’m a Jewish woman living in Australia. This doesn’t just feel personal, it is personal.’
Show solidarity publicly. Make antisemitism reprehensible. Intolerable. It’s how homophobic and other racist sentiment changed. Reach out to Jewish people you know — or don’t. Because Jews are the ‘canaries in the coal mine’. It never ends with us.
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