After Bondi, it's time for the Australian left to accept the Jewish community just as it is

The Australian left must understand how profoundly the Holocaust shaped the Jewish community's relationship with Israel and stop treating Zionism with such hostility – lest more Jews be reduced to labels like 'that Zionist bitch,' as I was

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After Bondi, it's time for the Australian left to accept the Jewish community just as it is

The Australian left must understand how profoundly the Holocaust shaped the Jewish community's relationship with Israel and stop treating Zionism with such hostility – lest more Jews be reduced to labels like 'that Zionist bitch,' as I was

Dana Segall

04:39 AM • June 07 2026 IDT

With the first block of public hearings into the "lived experience" of antisemitism in Australia – part of the royal commission established after December's mass shooting at a Sydney Hanukkah event – came the testimony of a university student in Canberra whose roommates asked her to move out after October 7 because they were uncomfortable living with a Zionist.

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