NSW Police revealed they turned down a request for greater presence at the Chanukah event in Bondi Beach from a Jewish security group.

Counter-terror authorities and police will face the royal commission this week as haunting photographs of the festival later targeted by terrorists emerge.

The royal commission was told that the "harrowing" details of 14 December must be examined "sympathetically but unflinchingly".

SYDNEY: Australia’s spy agency was “stretched” by threats on many fronts in the lead-up to an antisemitic mass shooting at Bondi in December, the nation’s intelligence chief said…

SYDNEY: Australia's spy agency was "stretched" by threats on many fronts in the lead-up to an antisemitic mass shooting at Bondi in December, the nation's intelligence chief said…

By Christine ChenSYDNEY, May 25 (Reuters) - Antisemitism in Australia was left unchecked after the October 2023 outbreak of the Israel-Gaza war, fuelling violence against Jewish…

Commission also told NSW police declined to provide static police presence at Chanukah by the Sea but four officers were at event when attack began

Unchecked antisemitism after Oct. 7 helped normalize threats and violence against Jewish Australians, ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess says, as inquiry examines police…

NSW Police revealed they turned down a request for greater presence at the Chanukah event in Bondi Beach from a Jewish security group.