Australia After the Attack: From Physical Security to the Battle for Public Consciousness

The terrorist attack in Australia is not a local incident, nor is it detached from the growing wave of antisemitism and ideologically driven violence targeting Jewish communities across the Western world. What happens in Melbourne or Sydney is part of the same pattern we have seen in Paris, London, and New York: a dangerous convergence of radical ideology, online incitement, and the failure of governments and societies to confront the root causes of extremism.

In this reality, the Jewish and Israeli communities in Australia must act simultaneously on several interconnected levels: security, political influence, public narrative, and deep engagement with Australian society at large.

The first and most immediate circle is physical security — without illusions.
There is no longer room for the assumption........

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