{"id":194342,"date":"2025-12-21T03:59:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T03:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/194342\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T03:59:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T03:59:08","slug":"auckland-rally-condemns-rising-anti-semitism-after-bondi-hanukkah-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/194342\/","title":{"rendered":"Auckland rally condemns rising anti-Semitism after Bondi Hanukkah attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

Green Party co-leader Chloe Swarbrick was repeatedly named by speakers unhappy with what they see as political inaction.<\/p>\n

Speakers also criticised academics, union leaders, and the media.<\/p>\n

One speaker read out the names of the Bondi massacre victims as the crowd bowed their heads.<\/p>\n

The crowd was receptive and largely remained silent during the speeches, other than a few calls.<\/p>\n

\"DeputyDeputy Prime Minister David Seymour was standing among protesters as they listened to speeches that have been sharply critical of the Government\u2019s response to rising anti-Semitism. Photo \/ Sylvie Whinray<\/p>\n

New Zealand Jewish Council president Juliet Moses told the rally that for more than two years, Jews worldwide had faced \u201cmarginalisation, harassment, intimidation, threats, discrimination, arson, vandalism, doxing, boycotts, sexual violence, assaults, and murder\u201d, often dressed up as social justice or humanitarian concern. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe war on the Jewish people is always at heart, a war on history, on ideas, on truth, and on freedom itself,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

\u201cJews flourish in free societies, and when they struggle, when they are shunned and imperilled, it is a sign that society is decaying.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHanukkah is the celebration of light over darkness, and that\u2019s the kaupapa of our event,\u201d organiser Lucy Rogers told the Herald on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cNew Zealand is now a country which posts armed police outside Jewish schools and synagogues<\/a> to keep them safe.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis cannot become the new normal. We must draw a line in the sand.\u201d<\/p>\n

Australian authorities say two gunmen, Sajid and Naveed Akram, opened fire on families celebrating Hanukkah at Bondi Beach on Sunday evening, in one of the country\u2019s deadliest shootings in decades. <\/p>\n

In response, New Zealand police have increased patrols and enhanced security at Jewish sites nationwide.<\/p>\n

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