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The inevitable link between Oct. 7 and Australia's Hanukkah massacre

AFP,AP/Mark Baker,EPA/LUKAS COCH

Commentary

The inevitable link between Oct. 7 and Australia's Hanukkah massacre

by Adi Nirman

December 14, 2025

Bondi Beach shooting fulfills Jewish community's "ultimate nightmare" as antisemitism in Australia reaches new peak.

World News

Local Muslim identified as hero who disarmed Sydney attacker

Neta Bar

Antisemitism

Murdered Sydney rabbi's plea to Australian PM revealed

Mor Shpaier

Jewish World

Hanukkah 2025: Everything you need to know

Miri Weissman

Antisemitism

Netanyahu: Australia enabled Hanukkah 'antisemitism cancer'

ILH Staff

Lukas Coch/AAP/via REUTERS; Mike Ortiz / UGC / AFP;

Explosives found at Bondi Beach as police raid suspect home

Erez Linn and Neta Bar

Israeli official on Bondi Beach attack: 'Iran is behind it'

Israeli official on Bondi Beach attack: 'Iran is behind it'

Danny Zaken

Sydney shooting exposes cost of government inaction on antisemitism

DAVID GRAY / AFP

Sydney shooting exposes cost of government inaction on antisemitism

ILH Staff

Analysis

The terrorist loved by Hollywood: Who is Marwan Barghouti?

Over 200 entertainment figures signed petition calling to free the notorious murderer Marwan Barghouti from Israeli prison. Who does Hollywood want to crown as "Palestinian Mandela" and the future leader of a Palestinian state?

December 12, 2025

Magazine

The Lebanese woman helping Israel win

Born into civil war chaos with every reason to hate Israel, a 1975 hospital visit changed everything. Now this former refugee stakes her life on defending the Jewish state to a hostile world.

December 12, 2025

Magazine

The magic formula for Netanyahu's pardon

Several proposals have landed on the president’s desk outlining what to do with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request for a pardon. Here is an option that could square the circle on the pardon itself.

December 11, 2025

Explainer

Netanyahu pushes 9/11 style probe, facts prove otherwise

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed his plan to establish a “national committee” to investigate the events of October 7, saying it would be “balanced, broad and clean.” Although he compared the move to the US investigation of the September 11 attacks, a review of the facts reveals three significant gaps between the American commission and the model Netanyahu is promoting.

December 11, 2025

Magazine

'Europe is lost': Muslim Brotherhood's plan revealed

Europe is funding, sometimes unknowingly from taxpayer coffers, organizations linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, and these organizations are advancing a subversive ideology aimed at changing the continent's face from within.

December 11, 2025

Magazine

'Even smart people fall into the trap': The crypto scam fooling Israelis

"In many cases, the funds are still sitting in the thief's wallet, and sometimes there's a possibility to freeze them. The problem is that most victims give up in advance," Attorney Tzabar Shoali said.

December 5, 2025

Analysis

The fall of Abu Shabab

As conflicting accounts circulate in Gaza and Hamas supporters celebrate, the uncertainty around Abu Shabab’s fate exposes deeper fractures within newly formed militias operating under Israeli coordination.

December 4, 2025

Magazine

The scenario that should worry Netanyahu

In an ironic twist, Netanyahu's interest lies in a strong Arab alliance that would prevent the opposition from securing a majority. Within the Arab parties, there is growing conviction that Bennett and Abbas, former coalition partners, are preparing precisely for this scenario. Also: Why is Netanyahu, who appointed Katz, now sidelining him? And why is Katz, who appointed Zamir, sidelining him in turn?

November 27, 2025

Magazine

'The terrorist stripped me, looking for a GPS chip'

Maxim Herkin details the brutality and psychological toll of his 738 days in captivity. "I couldn't see anything, but I suddenly felt my clothes being pulled off. One of the terrorists took a knife and just cut them away until I was naked."

November 26, 2025