Terrorists always have sought to use acts of senseless violence to change our societies. It’s the job of our leaders to decide whether to concede them that power or deny it.
That’s the problem confronting Australia in the wake of Sunday’s attack on a Hanukkah festival on Bondi Beach, which left 15 dead. The father-and-son alleged perpetrators had explosive devices and Islamic State flags in their car and had traveled to an area of the Philippines last month where groups aligned with the extremist movement have operated, according to authorities.
Faced by such a targeted act of violence after years of increasing antisemitic attacks, it’s unsurprising that Jewish Australians feel they’ve been left unprotected.
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