The Bondi Beach massacre and the rise of antisemitic violence

邦迪海滩惨案与反犹太主义暴力兴起

The Global Story

2025-12-16

27 分钟
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Australia is reeling after its deadliest mass shooting in decades, in which gunmen opened fire on Jewish people gathered for a Hanukkah event on Bondi Beach in Sydney. At least 16 people have been killed – among them a 10-year-old and a Holocaust survivor. The massacre has triggered a reckoning in Australia and beyond. While some are asking how this horror could have happened, others believe an attack like this was grimly inevitable after a string of antisemitic incidents in Australia in the past few years. In today’s episode, we speak to the BBC’s Religion Editor Aleem Maqbool and the ABC’s Hamish Macdonald to explore why antisemitism has surged since October 7th 2023, and why many Jewish communities feel their governments aren’t doing enough to keep them safe. Producers: Cat Farnsworth and Lucy Pawle Mix: Travis Evans Senior news editor: China Collins Photo: Rabbi Yossi Freidman at a memorial for shooting victims at Sydney's Bondi Beach. Mark Baker /AP
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  • On Bondi Beach in Sydney, there's a massive pile of discarded clothes,

  • shoes, crumpled towels, beach chairs, all stacked up neatly on the sand.

  • They were left behind by people fleeing the shooting at a Honoka celebration on Sunday,

  • in which at least 15 people were killed, including a 10-year-old girl and a Holocaust survivor.

  • The Jewish community in Australia and around the world,

  • as well as non-Jews all over, have been horrified by the attack.

  • Many people have told the BBC that they felt something like this was inevitable,

  • after a series of anti-Semitic incidents in Australia over the past few years.

  • I'm Tristan Redmond in Paris, and today on The Global Story,

  • How antisemitism has risen around the world since October 7th,

  • 2023,

  • and why many Jews in Australia and beyond say that governments have to do more to protect them.

  • We'll be speaking to the BBC's religion editor,

  • Ali MacBool, about the concerning rise of antisemitism around the world.

  • But first, We wanted to go to Bondi Beach where the attack happened.

  • Hamish McDonald is a news presenter with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation,

  • the national broadcaster.

  • When news of the attack in Sydney broke, he rushed to get to Bondi Beach.

  • I was in Melbourne, another city in Australia.

  • I was competing in a sporting event and had about a dozen missed phone calls from the ABC asking me to get on air as soon