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Bondi beach mass shooting

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habin · 14/12/2025 10:00

Just horrendous. There was a big Jewish gathering on the beach. Jewish festival goers targeted by two gunmen. At least ten people dead according to police.

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seafoamhair · 14/12/2025 13:00

EasternStandard · 14/12/2025 12:59

Don’t be dismissive. It’s multiple gun men in this attack.

Two, actually.

PurpleThistle7 · 14/12/2025 13:00

EmpressOfTheThread · 14/12/2025 12:45

Yom Kippur and Hanukkah have been targeted.
Jewish people must be fearful of celebrating their cultural and religious events.
Which is terrible.

Yes we are. We have a Chanukah event this afternoon and considering cancelling as the parents are so scared. It’s been an absolute nightmare for years now and only getting worse. I’m so scared for my kids I can’t think.

Greysowhat · 14/12/2025 13:01

EasternStandard · 14/12/2025 12:59

Don’t be dismissive. It’s multiple gun men in this attack.

Dismissive of what? And how ??

EmpressOfTheThread · 14/12/2025 13:01

PurpleThistle7 · 14/12/2025 13:00

Yes we are. We have a Chanukah event this afternoon and considering cancelling as the parents are so scared. It’s been an absolute nightmare for years now and only getting worse. I’m so scared for my kids I can’t think.

Oh my god, how awful for you. 💐
I really hope that you can celebrate peacefully, but I can understand your fear.

ChristmasMantleStatue · 14/12/2025 13:02

3 gunmen. Officials have not formally confirmed the existence of the third but there were 2 wearing all black on the bridge (clearly seen together in footage and referred to by eye witnesses) and the one disarmed by the hero Mr Ahmed who wore white trousers.

EmpressOfTheThread · 14/12/2025 13:03

I am watching the BBC. They are showing the two men with weapons, shooting innocent people on the beach.
It's truly distressing.

Appalonia · 14/12/2025 13:05

Footage of the brave man who disarmed one of the gunmen
x.com/i/status/2000187737840713737

EmpressOfTheThread · 14/12/2025 13:05

Anthony Albanese spelling it out.
It's an act of violent antisemitic terrorism on what should be a day of joy.

Grammarnut · 14/12/2025 13:06

habin · 14/12/2025 10:05

yep, blatant antisemitic hate marches happening all the time. As David Baddiel says in the title of his book: Jews don’t count.

Along with women.

MeouwKing · 14/12/2025 13:06

What does "anti-Zionist" mean? Is it the same as anti-semetic?

sciaticafanatica · 14/12/2025 13:07

@LeonMccoghdo you understand the difference between being Muslim & an Islamic terrorist??

EmpressOfTheThread · 14/12/2025 13:07

The BBC are saying that the brave man hasn't been named, but I've seen the footage, he's incredible.

Beachtastic · 14/12/2025 13:10

sunshinestar1986 · 14/12/2025 12:51

And yet it was westerners who kicked the jews out of Europe after genociding them.
So why would it be an Islamic issue?

Because radical Islam poses the same threat as the old fascisms we know all too well from history, but cannot even be discussed because of the fear of Islamophobia - if we learned anything from the past century, it is that racism is always wrong.

In my view, not understanding the difference between Islam and radical Islam is itself a form of racism, and a very dangerous one. For one thing, this ignorance conflates all branches of the world's second-largest religion as though they all mean the same thing.

More importantly, for the state of the world right now, including the UK, it gives a free pass to malevolent forces that literally have as their goal the destruction of Israel and the Jewish people, and permits so-called "liberals" to respond to such atrocities with "Yes, but..."

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habin · 14/12/2025 13:12

yeah and that’s what the Free Palestine puppets don’t realise. They want Jews eradicated, they don’t want a peaceful resolution. They want death to all Jews and the destruction of Israel.

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Greysowhat · 14/12/2025 13:13

habin · 14/12/2025 13:12

yeah and that’s what the Free Palestine puppets don’t realise. They want Jews eradicated, they don’t want a peaceful resolution. They want death to all Jews and the destruction of Israel.

That is just not true.

billysboy · 14/12/2025 13:14

The very brave man has been named as Ahmed Al Ahmed , good for him ,what a total hero

Greysowhat · 14/12/2025 13:14

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This is blatant bullying of @Whenlifegiveslemons

ChristmasMantleStatue · 14/12/2025 13:14

Greysowhat · 14/12/2025 13:13

That is just not true.

Again- what do you think 'Globalise the intifada' means?

Greysowhat · 14/12/2025 13:14

billysboy · 14/12/2025 13:14

The very brave man has been named as Ahmed Al Ahmed , good for him ,what a total hero

Agreed.

sciaticafanatica · 14/12/2025 13:15

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BackToLurk · 14/12/2025 13:15

Greysowhat · 14/12/2025 13:13

That is just not true.

It’s part of the Hamas constitution. Hamas, the group who were elected by the people of Gaza.

HappyFace2025 · 14/12/2025 13:17

Greysowhat · 14/12/2025 13:13

That is just not true.

It is. It's the Hamas charter.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 14/12/2025 13:17

Greysowhat · 14/12/2025 13:14

This is blatant bullying of @Whenlifegiveslemons

Nonsense. If someone posts as carelessly (again being charitable) as that, they must expect others to take issue with what they say and point out where it's factually incorrect and badly phrased.

IsEveryUserNameBloodyTaken · 14/12/2025 13:19

sciaticafanatica · 14/12/2025 12:33

@Outside9”The Palestinian cause” a trendy bandwagon that antisemetic people around the world have used to openly declare their support to those who hate and want to kill Jewish people!

THIS.

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