The planned visit comes amid strained relations between Jerusalem and Canberra.

The problem is not lax gun laws. It is that Australia has ISIS adherents walking around its cities, a reality the authorities refuse to confront.

Police said Naveed Akram, 24, and his father, Sajid, recorded themselves denouncing the actions of “Zionists” while seated in front of an Islamic State flag and surrounded by firearms.

Public celebrations carried the weight of grief and fear, but also resolve.

London and Manchester police warned that anyone publicly chanting to 'globalize the intifada' will be arrested.

Chanukah is often softened into a generic story about 'light in dark times.' But that framing misses its harder truth.

Editors on the site, who are volunteer and often unnamed, are also reportedly trying to keep the names of the shooters out of the article.

Sunday’s attack at Bondi confirmed what many Australian Jews have been saying quietly, and sometimes loudly, for more than a year—that they no longer feel safe in the country they believed would protect them.

When the targets are Jews, and when the hatred can be draped in the language or symbols of the Palestinian cause, the rules change.

Footage from the scene shows al-Ahmad hiding between parked cars before suddenly lunging at the armed attacker, wrestling the weapon out of his hands.

Only a few months ago, he noted that attendance at the Bondi Beach Chanukah candle-lighting ceremony had grown significantly since October 7, even as threats and hostility increased.

Chabad emissary Rabbi Eli Schlanger, based in Sydney, was among those murdered in the attack.

Police told international media there were “multiple fatalities,” while a local government official said the death toll was expected to rise.