Families of Jewish victims’ full letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese calling for royal commission
Families of Bondi victims
The Bondi massacre, which targeted Australian Jews celebrating the first night of Hanukkah, killed 15 innocent people and injured dozens more on December 14, 2025.
Now 17 families linked to many of the victims have written to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to call for a royal commission into the rise of antisemitism in Australia and the failures that led to the worst mass murder in decades:
“We, the families of those killed and injured in the Bondi Beach massacre, call on the prime minister to immediately establish a Commonwealth royal commission to investigate the rapid rise of antisemitism in Australia following the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023 and the law enforcement, intelligence and policy failures that led to the Bondi Beach massacre.
We demand answers and solutions.
We need to know why clear warning signs were ignored, how anti-Semitic hatred and Islamic extremism were allowed to grow dangerously unchecked, and what changes need to be made to protect all Australians in the future.
As proud Australians and proud Jews, we have endured relentless attacks for more than two and a half years. Our children do not feel safe at school and university. Our homes, workplaces, sports fields and public spaces are no longer safe. This is an intolerable situation that no Australian should ever have to endure.
The federal government’s statements so far in response to the Bondi massacre are not sufficient.
Prime Minister, how could you not support a royal commission into the deadliest terrorist attack on Australian soil? Royal commissions were established into banks and aged care.
We lost our parents, our spouses, our children, our grandparents.
Our loved ones were celebrating Hanukkah at Bondi Beach, a festival of light and joy, in an iconic public space that was supposed to be safe.
You owe us an answer. You owe us responsibility. And you owe Australians the truth.
Senior legal, security and political leaders from across the country came together to demonstrate unprecedented public support for the Commonwealth royal commission. The rise of antisemitism in Australia goes far beyond the jurisdiction of a single state. This is a national crisis that requires a strong national response.
In just days following the Bondi attack, a Jewish family’s car was firebombed and a man was arrested in Western Australia after posting messages of support while stockpiling weapons and carrying Hamas and Hezbollah flags in the wake of the Bondi attack. This threat is real and growing.
The dangerous rise of antisemitism and radicalism in Australia is not going away.
We need strong action now. We need leadership now.
You can’t bring back our loved ones. But with a well-run Commonwealth royal commission and strong action you could save so much more.
Abesidon family
Amzalak family
Britvan family
Brutman family
Goldhirsch family
Gurman family
Gutnick family
Joseph family
Kastel family
Kleytman family
Levitan family
Morrison family
Schlanger family
Tetelroyd family
Tretyak family
Ulman family
Weitzen family
