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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Melanie Lidman

Shooting at Jewish event on Bondi Beach comes amid rising antisemitism in Australia

At least 11 people were killed Sunday in an attack on a Hannukah celebration at a popular Sydney beach and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was quick to call it an act of antisemitic terrorism.

Antisemitism has been on the rise in Australia, fuelled in part by Israel's war in Gaza, even as local Jewish groups have decried the lack of support from authorities.

Worldwide, Australia and Italy experienced the biggest increase in antisemitic attacks in 2024, according to Uriya Shavit, who oversees an annual report about global antisemitism from Tel Aviv University.

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