On December 14, 2025, a chilling act of terror shattered the peace at Bondi Beach when gunmen opened fire on a Hanukkah gathering, killing a dozen people and wounding dozens more in what officials have declared an antisemitic terrorist attack. The images coming out of Sydney — chaos on a sunny beach, families fleeing, and a community left grieving — should awaken every free nation to the reality that no public space is immune from hate.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese rightly called the massacre an “act of evil antisemitism” as he convened the national security committee and pledged that Australia would not bow to division or hatred. Security agencies have been mobilized and ASIO briefed ministers that the national terror threat remains at “probable,” underscoring that the danger is real and ongoing.
Eyewitness accounts and police reports describe two attackers — one killed at the scene and another critically injured and taken into custody — firing from an elevated position and even leaving behind an improvised explosive device in a linked vehicle. Amid that horror, ordinary citizens and first responders displayed courage; a bystander tackled one of the shooters and helped prevent even greater slaughter.
Let there be no mistake: this was not random violence or the tragic byproduct of social media. It was targeted, symbolic, and driven by a poisonous ideology that authorities and political elites have been too slow to confront. For conservatives who cherish liberty and the rule of law, the response must be fierce, clear, and practical — more than platitudes and candlelight vigils, we need policies that protect communities and punish perpetrators with the full force of the state.
Warnings that antisemitic vitriol was rising in Australia after the Middle East escalation in October 2023 were repeatedly made by community leaders and official envoys, yet those warnings went unanswered for too long. When law-abiding citizens sound the alarm about threats to their synagogues, schools, and gatherings, governments cannot reply with indifference; they must act decisively to prevent this slide from hateful words to murderous deeds.
Practical steps are obvious and necessary: beefed-up security funding for vulnerable communities, tougher enforcement against radicalization, smarter border and immigration vetting for known risks, and clearer lines of accountability for authorities who fail to act. This attack was not an isolated street crime but a coordinated assault with symbolic intent, and it demands a coordinated, no-nonsense policy response from leaders who still believe protecting citizens is their first duty.
We should also celebrate the bravery shown that day — Australians, like Americans, do not cower when evil arrives; they run toward danger to save neighbors and strangers alike. That courage must be honored with action: resources for victims, lasting support for the Jewish community, and a political backbone capable of calling out antisemitism wherever it hides.
This moment must harden, not soften, the resolve of free people everywhere. To my fellow patriots in America and allies around the world: stand with the Jewish community, demand accountability from governments that failed to prevent this, and insist on laws and leadership that put the safety of citizens above appeasement and empty rhetoric. Justice must be done, and the memory of the victims must spur a relentless campaign to defeat the poisonous ideologies that led to Bondi Beach’s darkest day.
