Yesterday
AFP warns MPs and Jewish community in extremists’ sights
Religiously motivated violent extremism remains the biggest terrorism challenge, Australian Federal Police commissioner Krissy Barrett has warned.
Antisemitism envoy says her warnings were not heeded
Jillian Segal said she had warned about the threat posed by extremism before the Bondi attack and she wished Labor had worked faster to enact her plan.
Sydney protests were a failure of all sides
The only way out of the valley of tribal echo-chambers is by upholding the Enlightenment principles of open inquiry and debate in a tolerant, pluralistic public square.
Australia thought it had solved immigration. It hadn’t
The hard-won “Tampa settlement” of the Howard era has now all but fallen apart. It’s no longer enough to be tough on borders.
‘Test is in the outcome’: Herzog offers olive branch to Albanese
Israeli President Isaac Herzog says his meetings with Anthony Albanese after the Bondi attack are about repairing ties after “many arguments” over Israeli policy.
Jewish Council does not speak for Jewish Australians
When an already maligned, grieving community is spoken for by those who not only don’t represent their views but hold opposing ones, it feels like a secondary attack.
This Month
Two years of agony preceded Bondi: Herzog
Israeli President Isaac Herzog told a Jewish community event in Sydney that rising antisemitism was a prelude to the Bondi terror attack.
Herzog’s welcome visit shouldn’t limit the right to dissent
State-enforced limitations on speech rarely change minds and sanitising the public square drives extremist sentiments underground or galvanises protesters.
$131m royal commission at risk as secrecy loophole threatens evidence
Teal independent Allegra Spender – whose seat of Wentworth covers Bondi Beach, where 15 people were gunned down – wants Labor to implement changes to secrecy offences.
Not all Jewish Australians welcome Herzog here
The Israeli President’s visit has exposed a widening chasm within Australian Jewry and a persistent failure by our leaders to acknowledge it.
Herzog protests show tribalism’s taken over truth about Israel
Criticising any government is legitimate. But disinformation blurs the line between disagreement and demonisation and becomes a permission structure for violence.
Israeli president’s visit will test new laws in divided community
Isaac Herzog’s visit to mourn the Bondi terror attack with Jewish Australians poses a major test for cohesion under new laws.
Major donor walks out, pulls funding over show ‘repulsive’ to Jews
Jacqui Scheinberg has accused the Sydney Festival’s flagship show of including comments that demean Holocaust victims.
I was a major donor to the Sydney Festival. No longer
As an Australian Jew, I do not feel safe any more in a space that excuses or normalises language that demonises Jews under the guise of “art”.
Why do athletes unite us while artists divide us?
Australia is now split into two increasingly incompatible, hostile cultures at war with each other. One is epitomised in sport, the other in the arts.
Jewish artist says exhibition combats ‘pro-Hamas bias’
Rebel gallerist Nina Sanadze is highlighting a massacre she says has been downplayed by the pro-Palestine artists dominating the Biennale of Sydney.
Sydney Biennale’s olive branch amid anti-Zionist claims
The arts festival will give a Jewish representative an advanced look at its exhibitions, and the opportunity to express concerns.
Ban AI ‘Slopoganda’ spreading antisemitism
We can’t tackle extremism without confronting the disinformation ecosystem that thrives on digital platforms.
New judge accused of antisemitism attacks those who ‘ignore’ truth
Phillip Boulten, SC, a prominent criminal barrister, was appointed to the NSW bench on Tuesday despite disquiet from Jewish groups over his online commentary.
Australia will pay for its Darwin Port mistake
Readers’ letters on the Darwin Port sale, Chalmers’ efforts on inflation, Adelaide Writers’ Week, the RBA’s interest rate decision, and AI and climate action.
