India, Dec. 21 -- On 14 December two gunmen opened fire, killing 15 people (including children and a rabbi) and injuring twenty two people at Sydney's iconic Bondi Beach. The terror attack has been described as religiously motivated hatred against Jews amid rising global anti-semitism linked to the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza took place during a public Hanukkah celebration, the festival of light, celebrated with the lighting of candles. The terrorists wanted to extinguish the light.

Australia's Bondi shooting came amid a tide of rising antisemitism globally. Bondi was confronting, brutal and deeply unsettling. It shattered the ordinary rhythms of a place that Australians associate with life, leisure and community. There has been an e...