But so does the anger.
That anger is now squarely directed at the Labor government — at Anthony Albanese, Penny Wong, and Tony Burke. Not because of what they say now, but because of what they failed to do for years.
The Jewish community has laid out the failures clearly:
the refusal to stop repeated hate-filled demonstrations;
the failure to implement the government’s own antisemitism report tabled six months ago;
the tolerance of extremist hate preachers in Sydney and Melbourne;
and the repeated failure of police to halt open antisemitic chanting on Australian streets.
After months of denial, Albanese has finally stirred. He now promises to implement the long-ignored recommendations, and he has unveiled a gun buyback scheme. The first is progress. The second is a distraction.
Because the core problem remains untouched.
The government — Albanese, Wong, and Burke — still refuse to name the ideology driving the surge in antisemitism. The cause is not vague “hate” or abstract “tensions.” It is Islamist extremism — a political creed that seeks a global caliphate under fundamentalist Sharia law. This ideology has been rejected by the vast majority of Muslim-majority nations, yet Western democracies remain paralysed, afraid even to speak its name.
Why? Electoral fear. Labor governs electorates with large Muslim populations and appears unwilling to risk political backlash.
A government that will not name the ideology driving antisemitic violence cannot be trusted to defeat it. You cannot police chants you refuse to condemn, nor stop terror while pretending its roots are unknowable. Until Albanese and his ministers find the courage to speak plainly — not in slogans, but in truths — every promise they make will ring hollow. Leadership begins with honesty. Australia has yet to see it.
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