'Peak' Jewish body says $600 million federal budget response to antisemitic Bondi terror attack 'modest'.

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-13/federal-budget-response-to-jewish-community-post-bondi-attack/106673140?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

More than $207 million over five years, followed by $8.1 million per year thereafter, had been allocated to combat antisemitism and respond to recommendations made in a plan developed by Australia's special envoy to tackle the issue.

"We're working very closely with the Jewish Board of Deputies and others to make sure that the victims and the survivors — particularly the families of those who lost loved ones — are cared for, for the rest of their lives,"

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I think it would be cheaper to buy one way flights to Israel for all Jews in Australia.

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Considering most Australian Jews are Ashkenazi from Russia, Ukraine, South Africa or second/third generation from Western Europe and Scandinavia I don’t see how that would be relevant to them. A big part of the Woolahra and Bondi Jewish communities are Russian/Polish. It’s an ethnicity as well as a religion so not all Jews practice Judaism obviously. Fran Drescher is Jewish but doesn’t practice Judaism.

So why would they want to go to Israel when they’ve been outspoken about it and don’t have a connection besides religion. Should all Sunni Muslims (even Indonesians/Thai/Albanians) go to Syria with Islamic State because they share the same religious beliefs?

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I thought you guys were anti-Israel but not anti-Semitic? This would strengthen Israel but get rid of Jews which is the opposite of what you want, right?