Evening Edition: Are Politics Inspiring Anti-Semitic Violence?

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🗓️ 31 December 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Examples of anti-Semitic and terror attacks towards Jews around the world have surged in recent years, especially since October 7th and the ensuing war. Last month, a father and son duo in Australia killed fifteen people and injured more than two dozen others at a Hanukah celebration, which authorities called an ISIS-inspired terrorist attack. Following the attack, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he warned Australia that the country’s policies began festering an anti-Semitic tone after calling for the formation of a Palestinian State. FOX’s Eben Brown speaks with Rabbi Yaakov Menken, the Executive Vice President of the Coalition for Jewish Values, who says these anti-Semitic attacks should not just be viewed as hatred towards Jewish lives, but hatred towards all life. Click Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:42.8	The father and son gunman who killed 15 people at Australia's Bondi Beach,
0:47.5	who were gathered to celebrate the Jewish Festival of Hanukkah,
0:50.6	found their motivation from ISIS, the Islamic State Terror Syndicate, and few are
0:55.8	surprised to see such a bold move by jihadists in a land where they're not always condemned.
1:01.5	It's not just a problem of, oh, they're being silent in the face of extremists. They endorsed
1:06.8	extremists. In the wake of October 7th, to the delight of Hamas, the Australians decided to recognize a Palestinian state.
1:15.8	This is the Fox News Rundown Evening Edition.
1:22.8	The shooting attack upon Australian Jews celebrating Hanukkah earlier this month created a palpable shock.
1:29.5	The beachside Hanukkah celebration where a menorah was to be lit was tarred by a father and his adult son shooting and killing 15 people before both a civilian and law enforcement could stop the carnage.
1:41.4	Two rabbis were among the victims killed.
1:44.0	Forty other people were left
1:45.7	injured. And now Australia's prime minister is forced to admit the gunmen were in fact motivated
1:51.2	in their attack by jihad, having found ISIS flags in their car, along with unused improvised
1:57.4	explosives. And while Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has used the term
2:01.1	pro-Palestine or extremism to describe this massacre, he's also coming under heavy criticism
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