From Sydney to October 7: The same hatred, the same Western blindness
An antisemitic shooting in Sydney, during Hanukkah.
Jews murdered for being Jews.
Families celebrating light, cut down by hatred.
How can one not think of October 7?
Same logic. Same hatred. The same pogrom—geographically displaced.
This crime is the culmination of an ideological climate that has been nurtured, legitimized, rewarded, and de facto encouraged by Western political leaders—not only by the far left.
Since October 7, a clear message has been sent to the world:
Massacring Jews can produce political results.
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The recognition of a Palestinian state as applause for Islamist Palestinian terrorists
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Diplomatic pressure against Israel
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The relativization of the pogrom
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Silence about Hamas and the amplification of its lies
Every rushed recognition, every concession extracted under the pressure of violence, every speech that dissociates the “Palestinian cause” from Islamist terrorism reinforces the idea that mass murder pays.
And the West bears an overwhelming responsibility for this—from Macron to the Australian prime minister, who was among the first to endorse this premature mistake called the Palestinian state.
The pro-Palestinian slogans chanted in Western streets—“intifada,” “From the river to the sea”—which authorities allowed to flourish, are not political opinions.
They are calls for killing.
Those who tolerate them, normalize them, or justify them fuel hatred.
They prepare the ground.
Others act on it.
Sydney is the proof.
It is a warning signal.
Jew-hatred did not begin in Gaza.
It will not end in Gaza.
It thrives every time the West yields, remains silent, or looks away.
October 7 was never condemned without ambiguity.
Everyone should have supported Israel’s resolve.
Instead, Western leaders chose to appease the worst antisemites at home.
And today, as yesterday, Jews are paying the price for this Western cowardice—not only for Islamist barbarity.
The hatred that killed in Sydney is the same hatred that killed in Israel.
And those who feed it will one day have to answer for it.
Hanukkah Sameach, in spite of them.
The light will not go out.
