Australia, Bondi Beach and Terrorist Cell
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An investigation that extended to the Philippines of two men accused of shooting dead 15 people at a Sydney Jewish festival has found no evidence that they were part of a “broader terrorist cell,” police said on Tuesday.
The Australian government has been accused of failing to heed warnings about antisemitic threats ahead of the deadly attack.
Judges, lawyers and academics have supported a federal royal commission into the Bondi terror attack, but Labor maintains unnamed ‘experts’ are against the proposal.
He has noted that in July 2024 his government appointed Australia’s first-ever special envoy to combat antisemitism; that in February 2025 it tightened hate-speech laws; and that it has found money to safeguard synagogues and other Jewish sites.
President Donald Trump is facing growing pressure from his base to fire Attorney General Pam Bondi or face a growing MAGA backlash ahead of next year’s midterm elections. Ten months after appointing Bondi as the nation’s top justice official,
Families of victims of the recent Sydney massacre are urging more federal action to investigate rising antisemitism and security failures.
"The Bondi beach attack in Australia sits at the intersection of growing antisemitism, fractured social cohesion, enduring influence of Islamic State ideology, and mishandling by the government," writ
Representative Thomas Massie asked his social media followers to weigh in on whether Bondi should be impeached.