A Statement on the Hanukkah Terrorist Attack on Bondi Beach, 2025

12/14/2025

Oct7th +800

     At around 18:40 hrs (6:40pm) UTC+11, on December 14 2025, the First night of Hanukkah, gunmen descended on Bondi Beach and attacked a ‘Hanukkah by the Sea’ community event. Multiple casualties have been reported, and at the time of writing, 16+ are confirmed dead with numerous wounded. May their memory be a blessing.

     This act of antisemitic terrorism is the latest in a long string of antisemitic incidents in Australia, and globally. This is the result of unchecked antisemitism and hate left to fester, and silence of those unwilling to speak up on it. 


On October 7th, 2023, Jews were massacred, raped, and kidnapped on mass. Just because they were Jewish.


From October 8th, 2023 onwards, Jewish students were targeted, assaulted, and harrassed on mass on campuses all over America. Just because they were Jewish.


On November 8th, 2024, Jews in Amsterdam were targeted, beaten up and battered. Just because they were Jewish.


On May 21st, 2025, a Jewish couple were gunned down to death in cold blood outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington D.C. Just because they were Jewish.


On June 1st, 2025, in Boulder Colorado, a group advocating for the Oct 7th Hostages were firebombed. Just because they were Jewish.


On August 27th, 2025, a crazed gunman shot up a Catholic day school in Minneapolis Minnesota. His weapon was riddled with antisemitic slurs and slogans.


On October 2nd, 2025, a man was stabbed and killed on his way into his synagogue for Yom Kippur in Manchester UK. Just because he was Jewish.


On December 14, 2025, a community Hanukkah party at Bondi Beach, Australia was suddenly and deliberately attacked by gunmen. Numerous dead and wounded, Men, Women, and Children. Just because they were Jewish.


   If you ever heard someone chant ‘Globalize the Intifada’, this is what they are endorsing and cheering for. Don’t let their deceptions and social justice language fool you.

     We will not let hate extinguish our light. We will be the light of this dark hour. To our friends in Australia, I am standing with you and mourning alongside you. You are not alone.


May the memories of the dead be a blessing to us all

May the bereaved find comfort

May the wounded find healing

May the distressed find peace

O G-d, Hear us when we cry to thee, we are in peril in the dark


We are in dark times, be the light.


Chag Sameach

Am Yisrael Chai

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