{"id":309957,"date":"2025-12-15T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T12:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=309957"},"modified":"2025-12-15T05:45:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:45:04","slug":"israel-apologists-hasten-to-use-bondi-shooting-to-attack-anti-genocide-activists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2025\/12\/israel-apologists-hasten-to-use-bondi-shooting-to-attack-anti-genocide-activists\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Apologists Hasten to Use Bondi Shooting to Attack Anti-Genocide Activists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/jewish-bondi-beach-australia-nyt-antisemitism-zionism-terror.png\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-309958\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/jewish-bondi-beach-australia-nyt-antisemitism-zionism-terror-1024x536.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/jewish-bondi-beach-australia-nyt-antisemitism-zionism-terror-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/jewish-bondi-beach-australia-nyt-antisemitism-zionism-terror-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/jewish-bondi-beach-australia-nyt-antisemitism-zionism-terror-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/jewish-bondi-beach-australia-nyt-antisemitism-zionism-terror.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>It\u2019s so gross watching the tail-wagging excitement of Israel supporters in response to this shooting. They\u2019re so happy they have another rhetorical weapon with which to bludgeon pro-Palestine voices into silence. They can barely contain their glee. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>15 Dec 2025\u00a0<\/em>&#8211;\u00a0Two shooters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-12-15\/nsw-sydney-bondi-beach-shooting-hanukkah-jewish-community\/106141648\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attacked a Jewish Hanukkah celebration<\/a> at Bondi Beach on Sunday, killing fifteen people and injuring dozens of others. Police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-12-15\/bondi-beach-attack-gunmen-father-and-son\/106142630\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> that the shooters were a father and his son; the father was killed by police, and the son was captured.<\/p>\n<p>The shooters appear to have been Muslim, but, much to the inconvenience of those who would like to use this incident to fan the flames of western Islamophobic hysteria, the man who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20251214-australia-talks-about-hero-ahmed-al-ahmed-who-was-injured-while-bravely-disarming-gunman-in-sydney-attack\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">selflessly risked his life<\/a> to disarm one of them was also a Muslim father of two named Ahmed al-Ahmed.<\/p>\n<p>As usual we\u2019re seeing a lot of speculation about false flags and psyops regarding this incident, but I prefer to hang back from such commentary until I\u2019ve seen some solid evidence.<\/p>\n<p>I do have some thoughts about the public discourse we are seeing about the shooting right now, though.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=caitoz&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2000304692157722798&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fcaitlinjohnstone.com.au%2F2025%2F12%2F15%2Fisrael-apologists-hasten-to-use-bondi-shooting-to-attack-anti-genocide-activists%2F&amp;sessionId=d2cb6a11c5b56d5428e5fb71517e6607c06b9ea2&amp;siteScreenName=caitoz&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=500px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2000304692157722798\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Point 1:<\/strong> Obviously it is evil to massacre civilians for being Jewish.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Point 2: <\/strong>Obviously Israel\u2019s massacring of civilians must continue to be opposed, and will continue to be opposed.<\/p>\n<p>Today the worst people in the world are trying to pretend Point 1 and Point 2 are contradictory.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s so gross watching the tail-wagging excitement of Israel supporters in response to this shooting. They\u2019re so happy they have another rhetorical weapon with which to bludgeon pro-Palestine voices into silence. They can barely contain their glee.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=caitoz&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2000224873033986478&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fcaitlinjohnstone.com.au%2F2025%2F12%2F15%2Fisrael-apologists-hasten-to-use-bondi-shooting-to-attack-anti-genocide-activists%2F&amp;sessionId=d2cb6a11c5b56d5428e5fb71517e6607c06b9ea2&amp;siteScreenName=caitoz&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=500px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2000224873033986478\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Benjamin Netanyahu immediately scrambled to hold a press conference <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PamphletsY\/status\/2000303846883733973\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">proclaiming<\/a> that the attack was the result of Australia taking some steps toward the recognition of a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n<p>New York Times warmonger Bret Stephens penned an article titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/S2fae\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bondi Beach Is What \u2018Globalize the Intifada\u2019 Looks Like<\/a>,\u201d arguing that the shooters \u201cwere taking to heart slogans like \u2018resistance is justified,\u2019 and \u2018by any means necessary,\u2019 which have become ubiquitous at anti-Israel rallies the world over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iraq-raping war propagandist David Frum wrote a similar article for The Atlantic titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/gPLuo\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Intifada Comes to Bondi Beach<\/a>,\u201d saying the beach \u201chas been repeatedly targeted by pro-Palestinian demonstrators\u201d and denouncing the fact that \u201cMany in the western world have interpreted post-October 7 anti-Israel actions within the framework of free speech.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The virulently Islamophobic Australian senator Pauline Hanson swiftly slapped together a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PaulineHansonOz\/status\/2000139519975473527\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a> claiming that \u201cthe weekly anti-semitic protests across our nation\u201d and \u201cour obnoxious universities\u201d were \u201cwarning signs\u201d that such an attack was coming.<\/p>\n<p>Sky News hastened to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SaulStaniforth\/status\/2000150399865774293\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">give a platform<\/a> to Israeli Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sharren Haskel in an interview where she declared that \u201cthis is what it means\u201d to allow protesters to chant \u201cglobalize the intifada\u201d, saying that \u201cif you let that continue and run in your streets\u201d you are inviting further terrorist attacks. Haskel has previously called pro-Palestine protesters in Australia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/aug\/15\/sydney-harbour-bridge-protest-israel-minister-sharren-haskel-comments-ntwnfb\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cuseful idiots\u201d for Hamas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=caitoz&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2000315948084179229&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fcaitlinjohnstone.com.au%2F2025%2F12%2F15%2Fisrael-apologists-hasten-to-use-bondi-shooting-to-attack-anti-genocide-activists%2F&amp;sessionId=d2cb6a11c5b56d5428e5fb71517e6607c06b9ea2&amp;siteScreenName=caitoz&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=500px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2000315948084179229\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Political dynasty princeling Chris Cuomo <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChrisCuomo\/status\/2000195215559119268\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">took to Twitter<\/a> to assert that people who\u2019ve been accusing Israel of genocide helped \u201cfuel the hatred on bondi beach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Jewish Chronicle\u2019s Stephen Pollard <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/stephenpollard\/status\/2000148317863387403\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweeted<\/a> a video of pro-Palestine protesters in Birmingham with the caption \u201cIt you deny the connection between this and what happened at Bondi Beach you are part of the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KobieThatcher\/status\/2000173303651295488\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">viral tweet<\/a> from Australian right wing social media personality Kobie Thatcher features a video of a pro-Palestine protest with the caption \u201cThis was Sydney, Australia just 6 months ago. These scenes should have been an urgent warning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has used the attack <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-12-15\/albanese-told-to-endorse-antisemitism-plan-after-bondi-shooting\/106142578\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to demand<\/a> that Prime Minister Albanese shove through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caitlinjohnst.one\/p\/australia-unveils-plan-to-fight-antisemitism\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">authoritarian speech suppression plan<\/a> put forward by Australia\u2019s \u201cantisemitism envoy\u201d Jillian Segal earlier this year, arguing that \u201cWe have seen public landmarks turned into symbols of antisemitic hate. We have seen campuses occupied and Jewish students made to feel afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From the earliest moments after this attack Israel apologists have taken it as a given that it was an act of terrorism in response to Israel\u2019s genocidal atrocities in Gaza, but then framing the people peacefully protesting those atrocities as the problem.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re openly acknowledging that the genocide is violently radicalizing people, but instead of coming to the obvious conclusion that Israel should therefore not commit genocide, they\u2019re citing it as evidence that people should stop protesting the genocide.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=caitoz&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2000286538438222137&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fcaitlinjohnstone.com.au%2F2025%2F12%2F15%2Fisrael-apologists-hasten-to-use-bondi-shooting-to-attack-anti-genocide-activists%2F&amp;sessionId=d2cb6a11c5b56d5428e5fb71517e6607c06b9ea2&amp;siteScreenName=caitoz&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=500px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2000286538438222137\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>They could blame the shooting on the actual shooters. They could blame the people committing genocide for radicalizing the shooters. But instead they\u2019re blaming the violence on the most peaceful people in the equation: the ones holding signs and saying violent massacres should NOT happen.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s about the craziest, most evil manipulation you could possibly come up with.<\/p>\n<p>After the Manchester synagogue attack this past October, I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caitlinjohnst.one\/p\/on-the-manchester-synagogue-attack\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">made the observation<\/a> that \u201cWhenever western Jews get hurt these days you always see the Israel supporters having a big parade where they go \u2018Okay that\u2019s it, wrap it up, nobody gets to criticize Israel\u2019s behavior anymore because you\u2019re causing terrorism!\u2019 And then everyone ignores them and goes back to protesting the genocide, because that\u2019s ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re seeing that same parade again today, and it\u2019s just as ridiculous now as it was then.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-4\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=caitoz&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-4&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1973849726786392329&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fcaitlinjohnstone.com.au%2F2025%2F12%2F15%2Fisrael-apologists-hasten-to-use-bondi-shooting-to-attack-anti-genocide-activists%2F&amp;sessionId=d2cb6a11c5b56d5428e5fb71517e6607c06b9ea2&amp;siteScreenName=caitoz&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=500px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1973849726786392329\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Massacring civilians is wrong. It\u2019s wrong in Bondi Beach, and it\u2019s wrong in Gaza. Today the worst people in the world are trying to claim that because the former happened, everyone needs to stop protesting the latter. This is pure, cynical manipulation designed to protect a genocidal apartheid state from criticism. It deserves nothing but a scoff and a dismissal.<\/p>\n<p>My heart is heavy for everyone who woke up today to their first day on the planet without their loved one. No doubt every breath taken today will feel like an impossible challenge. Each of these deaths will flatten their family, their friendship groups, their workplaces, their various communities, and their religious community like a nuke, and the trauma will take years to get over. That\u2019s done; that\u2019s baked in. This is as true in Bondi as it is in Gaza. My heart breaks for everyone who found themselves suddenly standing at the foot of this seemingly-unscalable mountain of grief today.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s still a lot of information on this incident yet to emerge, but it\u2019s safe to assume it will be used as an excuse to target pro-Palestine activists and further outlaw criticism of Israel in Australia, as has been happening to a greater and greater extent in this country for the last two years. Zionism is the single greatest threat to free expression in the entire western world.<\/p>\n<p>________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Caitlin-Johnstone.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-180156\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Caitlin-Johnstone.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Caitlin Johnstone is a rogue journalist, poet, and utopia prepper<\/em>. <em>Contact: <\/em><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/TRANSCEND\/T%20M%20S\/TO%20POST\/A%20BYLINES\/admin@caitlinjohnstone.com\">admin@caitlinjohnstone.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com.au\/2025\/12\/15\/israel-apologists-hasten-to-use-bondi-shooting-to-attack-anti-genocide-activists\/\" >Go to Original &#8211; caitlinjohnstone.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>15 Dec 2025\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0It\u2019s so gross watching the tail-wagging excitement of Israel supporters in response to this shooting. They\u2019re so happy they have another rhetorical weapon with which to bludgeon pro-Palestine voices into silence. They can barely contain their glee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":309958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[225],"tags":[3287,2067,1668,1686,2552,1855,1335,234,335],"class_list":["post-309957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spotlight","tag-anti-zionism","tag-antifa","tag-antisemitism","tag-australia","tag-jews","tag-mainstream-media-msm","tag-mass-shooting","tag-media","tag-muslims"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":309959,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309957\/revisions\/309959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}