Australia's Worst Terror Attack in 30 Years
What the Bondi Beach Massacre tells us about global ideological trends and the future of conflict.
Good morning,
Australia suffered its worst mass murder since the 1996 adoption of the successful National Firearms Agreement framework. Antisemitic terrorists and father-son duo Sajid and Naveed Akram recently returned from the Philippines, on what Australian authorities are investigating as a terrorism training trip—potentially with Islamic State’s Abu Sayyaf Group—and opened fired this weekend on Hannukah celebrants.
The pair killed at least 16 and injured more before Syrian-born bystander Ahmed al Ahmed intervened, tackling, disarming, and subduing the elder Akram. In the confrontation, al Ahmed suffered gunshot wounds to his hand and arm. He is in hospital, recovering.
Our hearts break for the people of Australia, and particularly for the Jewish community of Sydney.
The rise of reactionary ideologies in Europe, North America, and elsewhere in the collective ‘west’ have given rise to a resurgence of antisemitism and other ethno-religious and nationalistic discrimination. This …
