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Global antisemitic violence reaches highest level in decades, Tel Aviv University report finds

Rob Klein — Tue, 05 May 2026 21:47:47 +0000

Tel Aviv University has reported a sharp rise in violent antisemitic attacks worldwide, with 2025 recording the highest number of Jewish deaths from such incidents in more than 30 years. The university’s annual “Antisemitism Worldwide” report, found that 20 Jews were murdered in four separate attacks during the year, marking a significant escalation in severe […]

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Questions remain over Bondi shooters’ Philippines trip

AAP — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 04:26:54 +0000

The father and son duo who carried out the Bondi Beach attack might have travelled to the Philippines in a failed attempt to meet someone, an expert says. The Bondi gunmen acted alone and were not part of a broader terror cell, the federal police chief says as investigators continue to probe their mysterious month-long […]

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Hate preachers on notice as Bondi victims mourned

AAP — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 05:02:39 +0000

The youngest and oldest victims of the Bondi Beach terror attacks have been laid to rest as the government moves ahead with cracking down on extremist clerics. Two grieving Jewish families forever linked by the Bondi Beach terror attack have laid to rest loved ones as authorities target hate speech in schools and religious centres. […]

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Plan to expel preachers spewing hate after Bondi attack

AAP — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 01:45:04 +0000

People found to be spouting racial hatred could have their visas cancelled as the government seeks to stamp out extremism after the deadly Bondi attack. Hate preachers will be targeted under strengthened laws that will strip people of their right to be in Australia if found to be sowing division. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese […]

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Bondi terror accused Naveed Akram faces 59 charges

AAP — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 06:28:40 +0000

Accused terrorist Naveed Akram has been charged with murder among 59 offences over the deadly Bondi Beach attack. Akram, 24, did not appear or apply for bail during a brief court hearing on Wednesday afternoon. He is charged with 15 counts of murder – one for each of the victims – and one count of […]

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Why is US justice for its victims of terror still thwarted?

Arnold Roth — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 07:45:40 +0000

This week, my family should be joyously marking a child’s birthday. Malki—vibrant, sweet-natured, empathetic, musically talented, everyone’s friend and lovingly devoted to caring for her youngest, very disabled sister—was our first daughter. She would now be 40. But she never reached her sixteenth birthday. Malki’s life ended in the Hamas-orchestrated bombing of a bustling pizzeria […]

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Kibbutz Nir Oz mourns Aryeh Zalmanovich and Tamir Adar

Pesach Benson — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 06:20:00 +0000

The remains of two fallen hostages returned from Gaza have been identified as Aryeh Zalmanovich and Tamir Adar on Wednesday morning, bringing closure to Kibbutz Nir Oz, where both hostages lived. “My father was a man who never asked for anything for himself, who loved his home and his land,” said Boaz Zalmanovich, Aryeh’s son, […]

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Remains of hostages Uriel Baruch, Tamir Nimrodi and Eitan Levy identified

Pesach Benson — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 09:22:47 +0000

The families of soldiers Uriel Baruch, Tamir Nimrodi and civilian Eitan Levy announced on Wednesday morning that their bodies were among the four returned by Hamas overnight. “We sat shiva but couldn’t bury him. Now, at last, we can,” the Baruch family said in a statement. “After two years of agonising uncertainty, full of hope […]

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Washington Israel embassy shooting suspect charged with hate crime

Associated Press — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 04:52:29 +0000

The US has brought federal hate crime charges against the man accused of fatally shooting two Israeli embassy staffers outside a Jewish museum in Washington. A man accused of fatally shooting two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington outside a Jewish museum has been indicted on federal hate crimes charges. The indictment, filed […]

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Israeli army failed to defend Ofakim: local responders prevented massacre

Ehud Amiton - TPS — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 08:22:52 +0000

The Israel Defence Forces released its investigation findings today into Hamas’ October 7 attack on Ofakim, concluding that the military failed in its mission to defend the city and that police officers, civilians, and soldiers who engaged the terrorists were responsible for preventing a greater massacre. The investigation, led by Brig. Gen. Oren Simcha revealed that 15 […]

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