Australia’s Royal Commission on Antisemitism: A Necessary Yet Limited Response to Rising Threats

In the wake of the horrific December massacre at a Sydney Jewish festival, Australia has initiated its most powerful form of public inquiry—a royal commission—to investigate the alarming rise of antisemitism. While this move signals seriousness from Canberra, it also reveals how far complacency and bureaucratic inertia have allowed threats to fester unchecked. How Did We Get Here? Security Gaps Amid Rising Extremism The tragic killing of 15 civilians by gunmen reportedly inspired by Islamic State extremist ideology was not only a devastating human loss but a stark failure of intelligence and law enforcement. The royal commission, led by retired...