Editorial
Reflections on Bondi attack
The Echo
19/12/2025
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Abstract
I for one am reeling. I am overwhelmed with sorrow and grief for the murdered and their families, friends, and communities. It is a time, above and well before all else, for supporting them – no community or religious group should be killed or live in fear no matter their beliefs, customs, or even allegiances. Children, Holocaust survivors, religious leaders all have had their fundamental right – to life – abridged by a father and son on a mission. Because they were Jewish. No more, no less – just because of their faith. And in this initial period, I know what it is not time for. It is not time to blame Albanese for failing to do what Netanyahu or some in the Jewish community demanded. It is not time to stifle criticism of Israel under guise of stopping antisemitism. It is not time (yet) to investigate the possible failings of our intelligence services in failing to anticipate and stop this. It is not time to ban protests and shy away from our international obligations. It is not time to shy away from democracy with overreach laws.
Details
- Title
- Reflections on Bondi attack
- Creators
- David Heilpern - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- The Echo
- Publisher
- The Echo; Australia
- Identifiers
- 991013395349602368
- Copyright
- © 2026, The Echo.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Editorial