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Behind the Aegis

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Thu Dec 25, 2025, 12:47 AM Dec 25

(JEWISH GROUP) Bondi Beach and the creeping culture of antisemitism [View all]

My family and I were supposed to be at Bondi Beach earlier in the evening. We were late because my daughter fell asleep in the car and I was with my parents.

That small delay - so ordinary it barely registered - placed us behind the gunmen instead of ahead of them.

My brother was there. He was on duty, volunteering for community security. Twenty minutes before the attack, his commander moved him from the bridge where the shooters would later take position.

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Australians around the country were shocked, but many in the Jewish community were not. Jews have seen this movie before. Allegedly inspired by ISIS, the terrorists did not target the Australian government, they targeted Jews - families, children, even Holocaust survivors.

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