"Even before the terror attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney, for many in Australia, the surge in antisemitism since the Hamas attacks had not been confined to protests, headlines or social media."

"But even these shocking statistics do not capture what it feels like to live as a Jew in Australia, as several personal stories suggest. Karen Firestone, a Sydney-based fundraising professional, said that in her previous role as a philanthropy manager at Lifeline Australia, a crisis support hotline, and among her social circle, she slowly realized she was being ostracized. "I was definitely persona non grata," Firestone, who is now the director of fundraising and donor relations at Jewish National Fund Australia, recalled following one lunch meeting with colleagues after October 7. Firestone said one of her close friends accused her of being a genocidal baby killer after she visited Israel and showed support for the Jewish state by painting her nails blue and white. She ultimately cut ties with that friend as well as others she once considered close. She said that they viewed her as a "filthy Zionist." Leibler, the Zionist federation president, described the practice of shadow-banning in the arts world, with venues calling Jewish artists to say they could no longer host them out of fear of being targeted by pro-Palestinian groups or boycotts. He added that many anti-Israel artists, whose careers had been built in large part through Jewish philanthropy and whose works hang in Jewish homes and..."

"Australias Gandel Foundation contributed millions of dollars to establish the two-year-old Gandel Rehabilitation Center at Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus in Jerusalem."

"In one example, in July 2025, the prime minister issued a statement alleging that the situation in Gaza has gone beyond the worlds worst fears and that it is in the grip of a humanitarian catastrophe."

"Leibler noted that there has been an increase in aliyah files opened since October 7, and he expects that some of those files will turn into flights following the Bondi attack."