Evening Edition: Are Politics Inspiring Anti-Semitic Violence?

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🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

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. This weekend, a father and son duo in Australia killed fifteen people and injured more than two dozen others at a Hanukah celebration, which authorities are now formally describing as 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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0:29.8	I'm Abby Hornacek. I'm Ben Dominic. I'm Dana Perino, and this is the Fox News Rundown.
0:38.1	Tuesday, December 16th, 2025.
0:41.5	I'm Eben Brown.
0:43.0	The father and son gunman who killed 15 people at Australia's Bondi Beach, who were
0:48.4	gathered to celebrate the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, found their motivation from
0:53.0	ISIS, the Islamic State Terror Syndicate,
0:56.0	and few are surprised to see such a bold move by jihadists in a land where they're not always condemned.
1:02.0	It's not just a problem of, oh, they're being silent in the face of extremists.
1:07.0	They endorsed extremists. In the wake of October 7th, to the delight of Hamas,
1:12.6	the Australians decided to recognize a Palestinian state.
1:16.4	This is the Fox News Rundown evening edition.
1:23.8	There is palpable shock since this weekend's attack upon Jews celebrating Hanukkah in Australia.
1:30.7	A beachside Hanukkah celebration where a menor was to be lit was tarred by a father and his adult son shooting and killing 15 people
1:38.2	before both a civilian and law enforcement could stop the carnage.
1:42.6	Two rabbis were among the victims killed,
1:45.0	along with an elderly Holocaust survivor and a 10-year-old girl.
1:48.8	And now Australia's Prime Minister is forced to admit
1:51.6	the gunmen were, in fact, motivated in their attack by jihad,
1:56.0	having found ISIS flags in their car,
1:58.7	along with unused improvised explosives. And while Prime Minister
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