Attack proves Israel’s warnings right as antisemitism thrives amid global appeasement and regional moral failures
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio forcefully denounced a deadly shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, calling it a terrorist attack deliberately aimed at a Jewish religious gathering. Rubio stressed that targeting a Jewish holiday is not random violence but ideological hatred rooted in antisemitism.
“The United States strongly condemns this terrorist attack against a Jewish celebration in Australia,” Rubio said, adding that antisemitism has no place in any society. He expressed solidarity with the victims, the Australian Jewish community, and the people of Australia during what he described as a moment of shared grief and resolve.
The attack highlights a growing global pattern in which Jewish communities are increasingly targeted far beyond the Middle East. Israeli leaders have long warned that antisemitism does not stop at borders and thrives when radical ideologies are tolerated, excused, or politically rationalized by regional actors and international institutions.
While Israel confronts terrorism directly, Jewish communities worldwide continue to pay the price for decades of denial, weak enforcement, and moral evasiveness by governments that refuse to name and confront extremist ideologies at their source.
