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Royal commission lays bare the fear and anger of JewishAustralians. But has it got to the heart of antisemitism?

Hearings began amid the grief of the Bondi attack. The community hopes the inquiry will ‘help us to go back to the Australia that we love’

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Adeshola Ore29 Aug 2026, 12:00 amUpdated 22h ago1 min readAsiaAustralia

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Royal commission lays bare the fear and anger of Jewish Australians. But has it got to the heart of antisemitism?

Hearings began amid the grief of the Bondi attack. The community hopes the inquiry will ‘help us to go back to the Australia that we love’

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As the university student Liat was excused from the witness stand of the royal commission into antisemitism and social cohesion, she felt a weight lifted off her chest.

“It was certainly very cathartic for me … having gone through the majority of my university life in a state of fear,” she says.

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Source: The Guardian · Adeshola Ore. Published 29 Aug 2026, 12:00 am.

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