CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 16, 2025
HOW MANY JEWS HAVE TO DIE BEFORE NATIONS TAKE ANTI-SEMETISM SERIOUSLY? THE MURDER OF AT LEAST 15 JEWISH AUSTRALIANS WHO WERE CELEBRATING THE FIRST DAY OF HANUKKAH AT BONDI BEACH IN AUSTRALIA DIDN’T HAVE TO HAPPEN. THERE WERE WARNINGS IN ADVANCE, BUT THEY WERE IGNORED. THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT HAS REFUSED TO DO MORE THAN ISSUE CONDEMNING STATEMENTS WHEN JEWS ARE ATTACKED. THE ALLEGED KILLERS WERE A FATHER AND SON. ONE IS DEAD, THE OTHER WOUNDED AND UNDER ARREST. A HERO BYSTANDER WRESTLED THE GUN FROM ONE OF THE SHOOTERS.
AUSTRALIA HAS SOME OF THE WORLD’S TOUGHEST GUN LAWS. REPORTS SAY THE TWO MEN USED REGISTERED LONG RIFLES. THE COUNTRY HAS ALLOWED ANTI-SEMETIC, ANTI-ISRAEL, PRO-PALESTINIAN AND EVEN PRO-HAMAS DEMONSTRATIONS TO TAKE PLACE FOR YEARS. IT HAS TOLERATED ANTI-SEMITISM ON ITS SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER PLATFORMS. IS IT ANY WONDER THIS MASSACRE WAS THE RERSULT?
IT WOULD APPEAR THAT WHEREVER TWO OR THREE JEWS ARE GATHERED, SECURITY GUARDS MUST BE PRESENT. UNFORTUNATELY, MORE AMERICAN CHURCHES ARE FINDING IT NECESSARY TO HIRE ARMED SECURITY INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THEIR PLACES OF WORSHIP. THE SAME WILL HAVE TO BE DONE FOR SYNAGOGUES AND OTHER PLACES WHERE JEWS GATGER IN LARGE NUMBERS AND MAKE INVITING TARGETS FOR THOSE WHO HATE THEM. I’M CAL THOMAS.
