I don’t think guns were the problem on Sunday. Australia already has some of the tightest gun laws in the world.
This is a race relations problem.
This attack was predictable. There was no shortage of warnings.
Jewish businesses have been set alight in recent years, synagogues have been attacked, obviously Jewish people have been hassled, Israeli people have been denied customer service in Melbourne, cars have been set alight in an anti-Semitic attack and two nurses in Sydney lost their jobs for bragging on TikTok that they would kill Jewish patients.
There is a timeline on Time magazine’s website of all the events leading up to Sunday that is confronting.
The Albanese Government knew there was a problem brewing. They asked the special envoy on anti-Semitism to give them a set of recommendations.
For the last six months they’ve had those recommendations and done nothing.
So, tightening up gun laws is never a bad thing. Checking in on a licence holder every few years rather than never must be a good thing.
But if the Aussies think that’s the fix for what just happened, they are misguided and allowing themselves to be distracted.
Heather du Plessis-Allan is a journalist and commentator who hosts Newstalk ZB's Drive show. This article was sourced from Newstalk ZB.
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The Jews at Bondi booed Minister Tony Burke and said he had blood on his hands. This could cost Marxist Albo the next election.
Islam is not a race, so Bondi was not a 'race relations problem'.
The perpetrators of attacks such as these may be Arab but they may also be Persian, Afghan or Pakistani, to name just three.
Defining a problem is a first step towards solving it. Defining it wrongly only makes things worse.
Root cause analysis is not a strength of most politicians, particularly those of the left who find that an inconvenient impediment to their idealistic aims. The situation in Australia is sadly no different. The root cause here is not the guns but those who are radicalised and choose to take up weapons to further their warped aims. Yes, miss-defining the problem wrongly only makes things worse. A sad facet of human behaviour is that most "solutions" result in other problems.
The warning's were there for all to see, leading up to the Bondi slaughter. Here is a timeline of Anti-Semitic events in Australia, from an article by Will Bennett in the Spectator:-
Oct 8, 2023: Hundreds gather at Sydney Opera House to chant ‘Gas the Jews!’
Dec 2023: Multiple bomb threats are made to several synagogues across Australia.
May 25, 2024: Australia’s largest Jewish school is graffitied with hateful slogans.
Oct 13, 2024: Antisemitic graffiti is sprayed on a Jewish bakery in Sydney.
Oct 20, 2024: A kosher restaurant is torched in an arson attack.
Nov 21, 2024: Cars are set on fire and buildings vandalised in Sydney’s Jewish neighbourhood.
Dec 6, 2024: The Adass Israel Synagogue is torched in Melbourne during an arson attack.
Jan 7, 2025: A man allegedly threatens worshippers at Chabad North Shore Synagogue in Sydney.
Jan 10, 2025: Allawah Synagogue in Sydney is vandalised with swastikas.
Jan 11, 2025: Attempted arson and vandalism of Newtown Synagogue is reported in Sydney.
Jan 21, 2025: A Jewish childcare centre in Sydney is set on fire and vandalised.
Feb 12, 2025: Two Sydney nurses allegedly declare they would harm Jewish patients.
Aug 3, 2025: Activists march across Sydney Harbour Bridge, some of them waving Ayatollah placards.
Sep 9, 2025: A large pro-Palestine rally takes place on Bondi Beach.
July 4, 2025: Shabbat dinner at East Melbourne Synagogue is targeted in arson attack.
December 14, 2025: The mass shooting at Jewish celebrations on Bondi Beach takes place.
The (other) two heroes all the msm seem to have overlooked...
https://dailytelegraph.co.nz/news/dashcam-shows-bondi-couples-final-act-of-courage-as-they-tried-to-disarm-gunman/
Netanyahu’s comments in the aftermath were 100% correct- albo has gotta go
I'd like to see AI solve the problem the West now faces from violent extremists and growing acts of terrorism.
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