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Killed ‘simply because they are Jews’: Australian inquiry opens public hearings into Bondi shooting
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Australia's Attorney-General Michelle Rowland (L) speaks on the Royal Commission on last year's antisemitic attack where two gunmen killed 15 Jews at Australia's Bondi Beach, while Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (R) and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke look on during a press conference in Sydney on April 30, 2026. (Saeed KHAN / AFP)
An Australian inquiry opens public hearings into an antisemitic shooting that killed 15 people at a Jewish Hanukkah event on Sydney’s Bondi Beach.
“The sharp spike of antisemitism that we have witnessed in Australia has been mirrored in other Western countries and seems clearly linked to events in the Middle East,” inquiry chief Virginia Bell says in opening remarks.
“It’s important that people understand how quickly those events can prompt ugly displays of hostility towards Jewish Australians simply because they are Jews.”
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