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Deadly Hanukkah attack at Bondi Beach comes after years of escalating antisemitic incidents in Australia

JL;DR SUMMARY Australia's Jewish community is grappling with a surge in antisemitic violence that culminated in a tragic attack during a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach, where gunmen killed 11 people and injured nearly 30 others. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CommunityAustraliaIsraeli ResponseTerrorist AttackJewish SafetyHanukkahAntisemitic ViolenceAustralian GovernmentBondi BeachIranian Involvement

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Bondi Beach, New South Wales, Australia
"The Bondi Beach massacre, during an event hosted by Chabad of Bondi in Sydney marking the first night of Hanukkah, involved at least two gunmen firing on hundreds of attendees from a footbridge overlooking the crowd."
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
"In Melbourne, an Orthodox synagogue was firebombed in 2024, causing damage and injuring at least one person."
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
"As a matter of principle, Iran condemns the violent attack against civilians in Sydney, Australia, tweeted a spokesman for its foreign ministry, Esmaeil Baqaei."
Iran
"The government expelled Irans ambassador and designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, calling the attacks extraordinary and dangerous acts of aggression carried out on Australian soil."
Buenos Aires, Argentina
"Iran has a track record of orchestrating attacks on Jewish and Israeli targets abroad and is seen as having been involved in some of the deadliest attacks on Jewish targets that have taken place, including the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people."

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