This is the moment for leaders in the Arab and Muslim worlds to stop the insanity: Stop excusing antisemitism, stop laundering it through euphemisms, and start confronting it.
Bit by bit, a Turkish front is forming, more dangerous than Israel’s seven arenas since Oct. 7. Erdogan’s ideology and ambition require Israel to refocus on a higher strategic risk.
Australia failed the test on the night of the attack. It is now failing again in daylight. An internal review is not accountability. It is concealment dressed up as governance.
Hatred of Jews has taken many forms, but it has always returned to one target: the Jewish people’s bond to the Land of Israel.
Antisemitism was dismissed as rhetoric. Now Jews are being violently targeted because the world pretended that words don’t matter.
When the US president dismisses logic, the danger extends beyond politics to disaster for the world.
What should have been a moment of clarity and compassion was quickly overshadowed by denial of facts, false identifications, and a rapid reframing of the event.
Sydney should not be used to shut down legitimate criticism of Israel. But it should end the pretense that antisemitic intimidation, when cloaked in politics, deserves a pass.
This assault was no random act of violence; it was a deliberate terrorist attack on a peaceful Jewish community.
The critical question – rarely asked – is: where is Israel’s intent to destroy the Palestinian people?
The Maccabees prevailed because they refused erasure – militarily, culturally, and spiritually. Contemporary Jewish survival requires the same multi-front refusal.
