CITY JOURNAL
The Massacre at Bondi Beach Was Inevitable
Douglas Murray
December 16, 2025

…Just this past June, Australia barred an Israeli called Hillel Fuld from coming into the country. Fuld is a pro-Israel activist whose brother Ari Fuld was stabbed to death by a jihadist terrorist in 2018. Ari Fuld was a hero in his life and in his final moments when, taking on the terrorist, he saved many more lives. But the Australian authorities were persuaded that the brother of the slain Ari could cause a risk to “health, safety or good order” in Australia. And so, he was barred from entry. It is worth digesting that for a moment. A man whose brother was killed by a terrorist should not enter Australia because he could potentially alert people to the threat of Islamist terrorism. Which could in itself cause public disorder. READ MORE

FUTURE OF JEWISH When Jews start packing suitcases, everyone should be concerned. There is a statistic so chilling, so historically resonant, that it should dominate every front page, every political speech, every national conversation in Britain….According to new polling by the Campaign Against Antisemitism, 61 per cent of British Jews have considered leaving the UK. Last year it was 50 per cent. This year, 51 per cent say they no longer believe they have a long-term future in this country…“History teaches us one clear truth: When Jews begin eyeing their suitcases, the whole of society is already in deep trouble. Because whatever corrodes the safety of Jews corrodes the nation that houses them”

YESHIVA WORLD ‘Duty to Kill Jews’: Men Convicted in ISIS-Inspired Plot to Unleash Mass Shooting on Jews in Manchester Two men who plotted a mass-casualty gun attack aimed at British Jews—an assault police say could have become the deadliest terrorist atrocity in UK history—have been found guilty after their plan was dismantled by an undercover operative…The court heard that Walid Saadaoui harbored a “visceral dislike” of Jewish people and was determined to carry out a large-scale shooting at a Jewish gathering, deliberately seeking out firearms and ammunition because lesser weapons were, in his words, “not good enough.”