Australia
At 6:47 p.m., memorials and moments of silence honored those slain in the antisemitic attack in Sydney.
Anthony Albanese also announced a gun buyback plan and a “day of reflection” to be marked on Dec. 21, one week after the massacre on Bondi Beach.
Tehran’s influence operations span continents, creating conditions for antisemitic attacks. The Sydney Chanukah assault may be ISIS-linked, but Iranian infrastructure enables extremism worldwide.
The termination was announced a day after the Chanukah terrorist attack on Sydney’s popular Bondi Beach.
“It’s quite intense policing for Australia,” a Jewish community leader told JNS.
New South Wales Police identified 50-year-old father of four, a non-Jewish passerby, as the 14th victim killed in the Bondi Chanukah massacre.
The delegation includes experts in trauma response, mass-casualty events and community recovery.
The Jewish community mourns 15 victims murdered by terrorists during the Bondi Beach holiday celebration, including Shoah survivor and a 10-year-old.
“These enemies of the Jewish people are not playing games,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said. “They mean to end our existence as a people. We will not allow that.”
Australian prosecutors charged the surviving accused gunman with 59 terror-related offenses over the Chanukah attack that killed 15 and wounded dozens.
Investigators are probing a Philippines training trip the father-and-son gunmen took weeks before the Bondi Beach shooting that killed 15 people.
Alex Edelman, a Tony- and Emmy-Award winner, also lit a menorah on stage as the audience seemed to sing the blessings along with him.
