I wanted to post something about the dreadful Chanukah attack in Bondi Beach, Australia. But as the Elder of Ziyon‘s post exactly matches my thoughts and perspective (and since reading through the reports and some of the social media responses has been so exhausting) I will take the easy option and simply direct you there.

I also want to repeat his concluding words.

The calls to “Globalize the Intifada” and “By Any Means Necessary” are exactly as offensive, exactly as disgusting and exactly as inciteful as “Gas the Jews.” There is no difference. Yet the tolerance of the “pro-Palestinian” phrases is exactly what leads to the horrific events of today in Bondi Beach. 

It is long past time for the media and political class to confront reality: these protests are not about peace, human rights, or justice. They function as permission structures, inciting people to attack Jews while cloaking themselves in moral language.