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Dec 9, 2024, 3:03 PM

Catastrophizing the Melbourne synagogue attack

Messages and flowers are seen attached to the fence at the Adass Israel Synagogue in the Melbourne suburb of Ripponlea on December 9, 2024. - Australian police said on December 9 they are hunting for three suspects linked to a Melbourne synagogue blaze, which authorities have designated as a terrorist act. (Photo by Martin KEEP / AFP)

With our history of trauma, an act of terror can seem to prove that Jews are wholly unsafe. That's a mistake – and a win for the terrorists

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Ron Levy is a professor at the Law School of The Australian National University.