Bondi Beach: here’s your social cohesion problem Australia 🇮🇱
And it's NOTHING to do with pro-Palestinians
Summary
This article looks at a peaceful Jewish-led Father’s Day pro-Palestine protest on Bondi Beach on 7 Sep 2025 - and how the response got out of hand.
It reveals a disturbing shift in the pro-Israel community from restraint from the “mainstream” organisations to a right-wing aligning with neo-nazi sentiment in Australia to aggressive confrontation.
And the whole thing reeks of orchestration.
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First published: 9 Sep 2025
Updated: 20 Nov 2025 (see version history)
Video
Short video - contrasting the Sky News reported view of pro-Israel protesters “motivated by love” - with the reality.
Contents
5. Morning of the event: pro-Israel rally - framing a narrative and inciting the crowd
APPENDICES
END PAPERS
1. Introduction
On Sunday 7th September 2025 a Jewish-led group organised a peaceful event Australian Father’s Day to remember Palestinian children who had lost their fathers and to wish the Global Simud Flotilla the best on their journey to Gaza to provide relief to starving Gazans. They did exactly what they had planned: made paper origami boats on the beach and had a paddle-out for Gaza.
This same right-wing in the pro-Israel community got wind of the event and took it as a threat to be directly confronted.
And this is the shameful events that happened.
Noting that this was after a month of polarised protest the ugly flag-waving right-wing of Australia had come out the previous weekend on the 31st Aug “March for Australia” - with another one planned a fortnight later.
The Bondi pro-Israel aggression is a convenient fabricated confrontation and demonisation of pro-Palestine protestors just before these new neo-nazi marches across Australia don’t you think? 🤔
2. The Planned Event
Family friendly event
Palestinian surfers having a paddle out
Making origami boats a children’s activity and showing solidarity with the boat flotilla
Peaceful
Marking father’s day
This article doesn’t focus on the actual pro-Palestine event as such more about the rhetoric and provocation against them. But the event is covered in Appendix A: The actual peaceful event.
3. Pro-Israel response before the event
3.1 Australian Jewish Association (AJA)
This right-wing Jewish group has a truly appalling track-record for extremist support for Israel and actions against pro-Palestine supporters.
And stunningly just two months ago in July 2025 the Mayor of Waverley appointed them to the council’s “multi-cultural advisory” committee1.
CEO Robert Gregory was interviewed on Channel 7 prior to the event saying
“they’ve got everyone on edge, everyone’s nervous … we know many of these people are troublemakers”
“they’re coming from outside our area”
“who knows what is their intention”
And this is after the AJA issued this ominous message prior to his interview:
It’s incredible this guy is given air time.
Over a number of years, the AJA has hosted Daniella Weiss and her organisation Nachala in various online events and one fundraiser in Double Bay in Sydney for her Deputy. This is the same extremist who was exposed worldwide in Louis Theroux’s documentary - and her organisation is sanctioned by the Australian Government2.
Last month Gregory took a tour group to Israel visiting various front line sites near Gaza and the West Bank. And on the day Ben-Gvir went to the Al-Aqsa mosque in a hugely provocative action - Gregory led the same tour group to actually “storm” the mosque. Ben-Gvir incidentally is sanctioned by the Australian Government.
And this is the guy who’s been voted on to a social cohesion multi-cultural advisory.
3.2 Mayor Will Nemesh
Nemesh noted he’d written to the Police Minister about this to try to get the event cancelled.
Nemesh has a mixed record himself. Notably Waverley Council sacked it’s Deputy Mayor after they tried to call for a ceasefire motion in October 20233.
Nemesh was a keynote speakers at the recent controversial Gold Coast “antisemitism summit” organised by an extreme US-based pro-Israel group the Combatting Antisemitism Movement (CAM)4.
Nemesh had produced a “model antisemitism strategy for local councils” as a fait accompli no doubt to be rolled out to all councils with a team of willing volunteers5.
A cursory glance at the document reveals key weaknesses similar to the Australian antisemitism envoys much criticised strategy document such as:
requiring adoption of the IHRA definition of antisemitism which can rule out criticism of Israel
quoting ADL mythologies and frameworks from the US - which the antisemitism envoy has described as “the gold standard”
quoting and encouraging referencing of ECAJ’s own bespoke antisemitism statistics - which have been called out as subjective and problematic again taking criticism of Israel as “antisemitic”
And this background of not allowing criticism of Israel is the real agenda here as was very apparent from the day.
3.3 Stand With Us: “Not in our backyard” counterprotest
In this fomented environment of fear a right wing group “Stand with Us” announced that they would be hosting their own event entitled “Not in our back yard”.
This was proposed to start an hour earlier than the pro-Palestine event at 9.30am in the morning.
The rhetoric around the counter event was not pleasant and "not in our backyard” I’m sure a nod to the racist scare campaigns by the Liberals over the years.
Stand With Us was launched the previous year and accelerated its operations to counter the protests at Australian universities.
The CEO Michael Gencher is a northern beaches councillor and martial arts instructor and personally went to Sydney University encampment with AJA CEO Robert Gregory to harass the students6.
Incidentally Gencher and Gregory were accompanied to the encampment with retired UK Army Colonel Richard Kemp. Kemp was exposed by Declassified UK as having links to IDF and Israeli Government - effectively out lobbying and suppressing for Israel as a direct state extension7.
It was clear the two organisations were again working in tandem to counter the peaceful protest.
4. Organiser response to pro-Israel groups before the event
Michelle Berkon of Jews Against the Occupation ‘48 on a Channel 7 interview noted again that the event was peaceful, totally committed to a family event - but also to challenged the assertion of the arranged counter-protest:
“these people have no right to claim Bondi is their backyard”
A fair point underscored by the protests on the day.
5. Morning of the event: pro-Israel rally - framing a narrative and inciting the crowd
The counterprotest was due to start a full hour before the pro-Palestinian event at 9.30am.
The organisers Stand With Us had arranged a number of speakers - and the tone of the speeches and rhetoric used was absolutely shocking.
It framed the event completely incorrectly, fomented fear and stoked division and basically incited the crowd into a frenzy before they went down to confront the pro-Palestine participants at the beach.
This was nothing short of irresponsible community leadership which put the police in an extremely difficult position. It was lucky in the end that no-one got really hurt - because the pro-Palestine supporters showed an incredible amount of restraint based on the level of abuse they were getting - as can be seen.
I’m going to carefully look at the words chosen by the speakers - to show how the rhetoric framed the pro-Palestinians. This is important in managing the expectations of the event and these guys expertly manipulated the outcomes.
🎥 Video of pro-Israel speaker rhetoric contrasted with pro-Palestine (2m35s):
5.1 Rabbi Yosef Eichenblatt
The Rabbi made a religious speech but stressed fear, tarring protestors and exceptionalism.
when the antisemites come here… with the intent of intimidating our people… we have the right to have our voices heard
we have unwavering support for Israel
we will not stoop to the level of those who spread hate
we are the people of the book - the Torah - of which Western Society was built upon ..
we will not respond with violence or hatred…
And the response was as will be seen exactly what the Rabbi said would not be the response.
But tarring the pro-Palestine protestors in his speech did not help and reinforced the narrative for others with some kind of “religious justification”.
The Rabbi saying “when the Antisemites come here…” before they even ARE there … this is just importing the “antisemitism trope” that everyone is tired of to whip up sympathy and against protestors.
We are all tired of this. Now coupled with the hyper-aggressive posturing - the real face of the pro-Israel movement - that was always there - is being unmasked.
And on the vein of whipping up non-existent blanket antisemitism…
5.2 Mark Leach
Mark Leach is an independent pastor I believe and founder of a group “Never Again Is Now” which is essentially a pro-Israel Christian Zionist lobby. He didn’t speak on the podium with the others but gave an interview with Channel 10 on the sand.
He was keen to give a blinkered view of the actual activities of the event and the reason behind it noting:
“what we see behind us in an attempt to divide Australia one from the other”
“to bring wars from the Middle East and ancient hatreds from the Middle East here into Australia”
He said almost exactly the same thing to Channel 7 and 9 - throwing in “antisemitism and hatred”. Sounds quite reasonable doesn’t it? Far from it - look at the orchestration and single narrative.
So what … there’s no chance people are protesting against Israel’s brutal actions in Gaza and it’s starvation of children supporting the primarily symbolic world flotilla?
It’s just about attacking Jewish people? Really?
If the pro-Palestinian protestors behaving en masse behaved half as badly as the pro-Israel protestors did to today he may have had a point.
But as usual - it’s just simply fomented lies to hit up the “antisemitism” ticket for the NewsCorp Media to swallow up.
Leach had just been a keynote speaker at the Gold Coast “antisemitism summit” the previous week no doubt giving this blinkered one-sided interpretation to all the local councillors in attendance.
5.3 Hylton Chil Chik
No idea who this guys is - seems to be a pro-Israel musician. He was given the stage for an impromptu speech - which is disappointing after some of the posts he did in the run up to the event.
He posted his own speech on social media with the caption “My impromptu speech at today’s counter lunatic pro terrorist rally at Bondi Beach”.
He talked of confrontation - and being loud and seen. Taking action - and delivering what are by the IHRA definition “antisemitic tropes” himself - “we need to take action …. we’ve got lawyers, we got powerful people”… and a whole lot of other ways to take action.
The organisers should never have given this extremist the stage but speaks volumes that they did.
5.4 Michael Gencher, CEO of Stand With Us
Gencher made an angry speech - angry at the Government for “empty words”.
this protest in support of terror and hate (gesturing towards the beach) is because we have had words
we have not had actions - the police could have stopped this, the Government could have stopped this (cheering)
how many times does the red line have to move?
we are not claiming Bondi Beach as ours - Australia is ours (cheering)
we are targets of an absolutely provocative, intimidating and harassing rally
it started in Greenacre, it went to the harbour bridge, it consumed our city, it took the harbour bridge and now we are meant to be intimidated where we live?
So at this point - he’s demonised the protestors, demonised the protest, claimed not just Bondi but Australia as a place to be free of protest against Israel.
He’s called out Western Sydney suburbs and again demonised protests in the city centre and harbour bridge - and setting up Bondi Beach as “the homeland”.
Entitled, cleverly framed, and inciting the crowd.
Then he went on to say:
but our leadership has put up with it and that is the stark reality
Which is a veiled criticism of Jewish “peak bodies” such as ECAJ, AIJAC and ZFA. One of the guys on the stage with Gencher was wearing a “Lions of Zion” black shirt - an extremist group that started in Melbourne last November with markedly aggressive rhetoric. This same group openly criticised ECAJ a few weeks back.
After the Australian Government announced its intention to recognise Palestine, Netanyahu hit back at Albanese for being “a weak leader, fueling antisemitism in Australia”. This prompted further rhetoric back from Australian Ministers in a tit-for-tat.
Then ECAJ sent a letter to both the Australian and Israeli Governments criticising rhetoric to try to tamp down tensions. It was unprecedented stepping into the situation and a self-important letter implying that Netanyahu should have consulted with them before making comment. But it also defended Albanese and criticised Netanyahu’s rhetoric directly.
The Lions of Zion instagram account began openly abuse at ECAJ’s actions on the thread.
Remember this was two weeks before the nazi actions of 31st August and three weeks before today’s open confrontation. They were clearly champing at the bit for a chance to confront - as Gencher reiterated in his speech.
The account was heavily criticising management of ECAJ and other bodies expecting a blunt response, calling for them to be disbanded which was reiterated by many others on the thread. Notably they call out AJA as being a “true independent voice” - and we’ve seen their extreme views - valued by Mayor Nemesh of Bondi.
However - they said the “quiet bit out loud” as an expectation:
“in relation to Israel, diaspora Jewry have one job. Support the State. That is it.”
In line with the messaging today - unwavering support for Israel.
Never mind the slaughter in Gaza - no criticism whatsoever of the Government.
Which is an even more extreme position than a significant number of the Israeli population.
Back to Gencher’s speech today. Gencher went on:
no more words
there’s no point in meeting today unless something comes out of it because then we’re just words
I challenge all of you today, I charge you today we’re launching “no more words”
So he’s clearly calling for action.
6. Start of the event: a forced altercation
Straight after those speeches the pro-Palestinians protestors found their way to the sand blocked by pro-Israel supporters - geed up by the words of the speakers.
The pro-Palestinian rally organisers had went out of their way to avoid confrontation printing maps of where not to go to avoid the counterprotest for a peaceful rally starting at 10.30am on the sand.
However - they found that close to the start time the prior event in the park had finished or almost finished and the counterprotestors gathered as a huge baying crowd at the entrance to the beach.
Just after they had been geed up with the speakers described previously.
This meant that pro-Palestinians had to walk through the pro-Israel crowd just after those speeches and not surprisingly there were one or two scuffles
Based on what was heard in public shouted by the crowds later you can imagine what conversations or physical altercations would take place between groups of pro-Israel protestors and the pro-Palestinians trying to get through.
What I’d say from looking at the footage of the image below is that the pro-Israel guy with the black striped top and balding hair appears to be the aggressor swinging punches from he top of the stairs. The other three guys are trying to separate it as the police arrive.
In the background someone is shouting “deport them all!”.
7. Pro-Israel crowd behaviour
The following details some specific examples of the intimidation and abuse that the pro-Israel crowd carried out during the course of the event. References to social media posts where available are included so you can review the context - but really the incidents speak for themselves and are perfectly in line with the tone of the organisers.
7.1 This is our land! Go back to Lakemba!
This is our land! We don’t come to Lakemba - you don’t come to Bondi!
Go back to Lakemba!
And shouting - “OFF THE BEACH!”
This comes back to the observation that Bondi Beach is for everyone - as is the suburb. Nobody has digs on a “land”. However - it appears that possessive aggression has been in place for some time. Deepcut News noted in an article after the event that Eastern Suburbs business owners had faced vandalism and abuse for their support of Palestine if it was visible8.
7.2 Send them home, send them home!
These guys were chanting “send them home” repeatedly and pointing at the Arab pro-Palestinian protestors.
“Send them home” was one of the several chants use by NSN (NeoNazis) at the rallies on the 31st August in promotion of the NSN policy of forced deportation of non-white Australian citizens.
These chants were rolled out according to a coordinated plan by the NSN in all the different rallies across the country, including Sydney.
The use of this chant by that crowd indicates they were either NSN members, or they were NSN supporters who learned the chant at the rallies. Either way, it's noteworthy.
This is from Channel 7 footage - notably with Mark Leach standing right next those chanting.
7.3 Confrontation on the sand
The police had clearly warned the protestors to stay apart but despite this a group of pro-Israel protestors walked down on to the beach and surrounded a woman with a small child and set up a sign and waved flags. They were moved over and confronted the pro-Palestinians before finally moving back to the boardwalk but deliberate confrontation and they really didn’t care about the small child right in the middle.
Noting signs confronting the concept of “from the river to the sea” which is about freedom and equality in that geographic area - “from the river to the sea, indigenous to Jews always was, always will be” - reinforcing the ownership and supremacy of one religious group in the area.
There’s no grey area here - that’s incitement and deserves to be given the amount of scrutiny “from the river to the sea” has been given by our AIJAC-friendly Parliamentarians.
7.4 Gloating, blasting music
“full frontal confrontation - Loud & Proud in the face of the pro-terrorist jihadists ad Bondi Beach Australia. You want to come into our backyard?”
He’s actually self-promoting a song here also.
But worth noting the kind of person the organisers give air time to - and what they are inciting in the crowd.
Can you imagine if this were to happen on the edge of say a “Never Again Is Now” protest in the Domain? Blasting music to drown out the speeches.
I think there would be a very different response.
7.5 They’re terrorists! Get them out of here! (this one backfired)
Tell them to go! They’re being provocative!
they’re allowed to be here, you’re allowed to be here
walk on mate, you’ve got to leave
“they’re disturbing the peace” - at the moment you’re disturbing the peace
if you don’t leave you’re going to be arrested for breach of the peace - you have to leave, stop causing shit
I think this particular altercation is pretty much symbolic of the pro-Israel enabling behaviour of the various organisations in Australia to this point. Except that the authorities haven’t taken the appropriate action of dismissing their concerns.
I note in writing this that the instagram account posting this footage of the altercation with the police has been deleted. Perhaps he’s planning action? He was incredibly antagonistic and a bit of a dick - I would say this is a possibility. Happy to provide the footage!
7.6 “It’s not their beach - they just need to rack off back to Gaza”
Nuff said.
7.7 Go and rape some more Israeli women you dog!
7.8 You can stick your Palestine up your hole!
Parroting the clip of Northern Ireland football fans going viral. Sitting outside a pub watching a Palestine march going back and shouting football chant “you can stick your [whatever] up your hole!”
Three observations
A bunch of drunken football fans will shout whatever
A bunch of drunken Northern Ireland football fans are generally fanatically Unionist. Meaning Brits. Union Jacks. And not Glasgow Celtic football side - arch enemies on the religious and historical divide. And who do Celtic - a typically Republic of Ireland side - support? Palestine. Hence the [whatever] line. They’d shout anything.
And finally
“You can stick your Palestine up your hole” is utterly hilarious in a toneless South African accent - in particular where they don’t know whether to say arse, hole, or mixed up. Brilliant.
But offensive in this context? Absolutely.
7.9 There’s not one Australian flag amongst them
Doubled down on by pastor Mark Leach:
“can you see a single Australian flag amongst that mob? they are flying the flag of Palestine, terrorist supporting”
This is literally becoming a “trope” about how the pro-Palestine community are un-Australian. Here’s some LOGIC.
Why would you carry the flag of country of the Government you are protesting against?
It’s the same globally - and the same for EVERY issue not just the war in Palestine.
And the same neo-nazi elements feed off this globally and wave their national flags alongside Israeli flags - which have become symbolic of right-wing hate. Which is exactly what it is with their conduct in Gaza.
There’s nothing un-Australian about not carrying Australian flags to a Gazan protest.
As someone said on Bondi beach - calling for the deportation of people protesting this genocide is un-Australian.
But easy fodder for the neo-nazi marches coming up this weekend, right?
Also a cynical manipulation of the pro-Israel lobby to try to show how aligned they are with Australian values. Look at the language used by ECAJ in its own policy platform9.
This is just a policy rushed in last November to rubbish the ICC when the arrest warrants were issued for Netanyahu but there are similar policies supporting Israel’s actions in Gaza.
“enhance general Australian values of democracy and human rights, individual freedom and the rule of law, social justice and compassion, mutual understanding and respect and a fair go for all”
Really?
What you see here in black and white is unconditional support for the State of Israel. And in ECAJ’s case they will do whatever they must - with direct access to lobbying Government - to get it.
In-line with other messages:
“unwavering support for Israel“ (Rabbi Yosef Eichenblatt at speech before rally”
““in relation to Israel, diaspora Jewry have one job. Support the State. That is it” (Lions of Zion - present at today’s rally and clearly involved - comments on ECAJ social media after their unprecedented gentle rebuke of Netanyahu)
And clearly the pro-Israel right wing elements will do whatever they must to get it.
Final point on the flags - I read one pro-Palestinian comment on social media in accusation of the Aussie flag waving pro-Israel element calling them “fake Aussies”.
I think that counter-accusation actually hits the nail on the head - you’re Aussie when it suits you leveraging nationalism - that happens to be in the country you’re in now.
But hey - the IHRA definition of antisemitism also has that sewn up - even when the evidence is plain to see. An antisemitic definitional point is10:
Accusing Jewish citizens of being more loyal to Israel, or to the alleged priorities of Jews worldwide, than to the interests of their own nations.
What I would say to that however is that the criticism is NOT of all Jewish citizens as a collective. It’s criticising those of any religion or creed who support Israel’s actions to the hilt no matter what. So that would apply to Christian Zionists and so forth. Won’t stop it being wheeled out though.
7.10 Terrorists! Terrorists! and Here’s the Jews! Here’s the Jews!
Chanting protestors to be terrorists - not just terrorist supporters. I have to say I was genuinely impressed with the next chant.
“here’s the Jews” … a counter to the “where’s the Jews” said at the Opera House in October 2023 (and not “gas” the Jews as the AJA had falsely labelled footage)11.
Interestingly - the witness who swore she heard “gas the jews” at the opera house back in October 2023 until the truth came out that it was not that phrase was none other than now Sky News Australia presenter Freya Leach, daughter of Never Again Now founder Mark Leach.
And the Opera House is of course we know definitely reserved “pro-Israel land”. Is the same expected of Bondi Beach now? I expect NSW Premier Chris Minns will announce in the award in a press conference this week.
I shouldn’t jest. Any statement Minns makes on the Bondi confrontation will come down heavily on the side of the pro-Israel crowd despite the evidence of their appalling behaviour and the incitement.
8. Right wing groups
I had noted there were “Lions of Zion” elements in the crowd - a fairly extremist group that Mark Leach was happy to conduct a brief interview with. Slogan at the top in Hebrew “together we will win”. This was the same man on stage at the rally beforehand.
Interesting to note the comments from the man Leach introduced as “my mate Yaakov” - Yaakov Travitz of the Lions of Zion.
unity, courage and pride
when we come together we are stronger, prouder
we can stand up to any provocations and any enemies who are coming at us
together we can and we will win
So going a step further to paint the peaceful protest on Bondi Beach as “enemies”. If that’s the view - it’s one-sided. There’s no attacks, aggression or confrontation with the pro-Israel community from pro-Palestinians to warrant this view.
The attacks and aggression are clearly coming from the pro-Israel community to the pro-Palestinian. To paint them as “enemies” and as part of a more aggressive campaign to silence the protest.
And is he talking about Bondi Beach or a broader battle? In Australia or Israel?
Also - interesting bodycam he was carrying on his T-shirt. Seems a pretty professional piece of kit. I had noted some comments that returning IDF soldiers were protesting on Bondi and noted his military-type salute standing up on the bins facing the pro-Palestine crowd as a Rabbi blew a horn (a shofar meant to mark Rosh Hashanah the Jewish New Year - but facing off to the pro-Palestine crowd with the saluting Lions of Zion guy sounded like some kind of war horn - clearly inappropriate).
I wonder.
Updates:
Lions insta posts do indicate a military fixation.
There is footage of a singer Avraham Fried in Melbourne at a packed event on 11 Sep 2025. He has large screens behind him projecting images of IDF soldiers with footage posted of himself in Israel from October 2024 trying on an IDF uniform.
The below shocking event was posted by the Lions of Zion around 19 Nov 2025 - a children’s party glorifying the IDF. This was the initial post:
Notably a day after the original post was spread on social media the event page was updated with a more neutral sounding tone.
Noting themselves a “lead” role in the Bondi counterprotest.
9. Conclusions from the day
This shows - on examination rather than what is projected in the media that there was only ONE group of people who were hyper aggressive and confrontation - to a family protest
Intrerestingly - it would appear that the ringleaders of these groups are recent immigrants themselves - South African, American - not first or second generation Jewish people. But they are white so that’s OK?
Themes coming out:
blind polarisation - at every stage the message is support Israel no matter what - and that clearly extended to suppressing, sabotaging, demonising those who think otherwise
demonisation of others - and racism
parroting Israel propaganda
Collective punishment - free Gaza “from Hamas”
Proportionality and Value of Palestinian life v Israeli - “but October 7th … families killed”, “hostages”
Illogical argument “you have never once denounced Hamas or called for release of the hostages”
Nationalist sentiment: but where are the flags?
Entitlement and almost local colonialism - “no not in our back yard” …
You’re also seeing whipping up panic before.
AJA CEO “they’ve got everyone on edge…” …”we know many of them are troublemakers… they come from outside the area… who knows what their intentions are …”
And the irresponsible inciteful language of the organisers before - including platforming that extremist who called for action. I also noticed the Lions of Zion guy got on the stage too.
Say what you like about EJAC etc. - but at least they keep the community in check to a certain extent (even if the same more skilfully manipulated outcome for pro-Israel causes).
These ringleaders are whipping up crowds leading unpleasant chants, with young men with bravado taken along.
10. What’s next?
As with all Sleekit Scotsman articles I’ll be updating this baseline as events develop (with version history at end).
I’d expect:
response from “mainstream” pro-Israel leaders (this is new vernacular from the Jewish community themselves referring to ECAJ etc.)
response if any from Jillian Segal the antisemitism envoy - who spoke at the Gold Coast summit and said she wasn’t commenting on Nazi protests. I think she’s keeping a low-profile whilst the global SECCA organisation she’s part of finds a friendlier face with the same agenda to force on PM Albanese
What you saw at Bondi was the start of a worrying trend.
The launch of this “words enough” initiative and a call now I’ve seen in posts to “confront every Hamas rally from now on with heavy resistance” is going to increase the aggression.
After over two years of mass pro-Palestine protests in the city centres with virtually no trouble - literally zero in Sydney - when Israel’s backs are against the war these guys come out causing the most vile trouble.
It shows the true nature of supporters of this monstrous regime.
In our own communities.
I also don’t think the timing of the launch of the “Stand With Us” confrontational approach is coincidental.
On 31st August we saw the shameful racism and alignment with neo-Nazis of the “March for Australia” rallies across the country. Many of the chants from the rallies - which seemed to be orchestrated across the country - of “SEND THEM HOME!” - were chanted today.
I wouldn’t be surprised if there is an alliance between these extremist zionist groups and neo-nazis going forwards to confront and bait the pro-Palestine rallies going forwards. Using neo-Nazis who may physically attack protestors.
In the face of desperation - it feels like this is the dangerous end game for such groups.
I just hope the pro-Palestine community shows the restraint they showed today - but if there’s a confrontation at a much larger rally, there’s a broader cross-section of people and more difficult to regulate responses.
The police need to be all over this latest tactic and publicly criticising those who were in the wrong today to nip it in the bud would be the right response.
Epilogue: After the Event
I note that the Australian Jewish News is now continuing the fiction of this being a “peaceful” event. “Zionist pride” I concur with12.
But again it underscores the point - supporting Israel at all costs. Zero criticism - even in the face of the most heinous crimes, blatant disregard for international law. Every pressure is going to be brought to silence criticism of Israel - and now extending to open, aggressive confrontation.
Surely people can now see this for what it is - blatant foreign influence on every level.
But hey, remember - not only is it antisemitic to criticise Israel - it’s also antisemitic to point out people in your own country are working to stifle protest against Israel at every opportunity.
The definition needs to be clear - and it would seem that the management of “representative” organisations and media are continuing to tow the line claiming to speak on behalf of all Jewish people - clearly not the case when today’s event was organised by a Jewish group and attended by others.
The following day after the event on Monday 8th September a bizarre sight on Bondi. Another huge Palestinian flag … but this time held by a man on horseback galloping down the beach. An equestrian pro-Palestinian protestor, who had apparently been on various other beaches - grabbing a bit of controversy. But quite a sight.
🎥 Insta Video: ABC Sydney 9 Sep 2025:
APPENDICES
Appendix A: The actual peaceful event
Photo credits: Lee Rhiannon13
Yes there were drums, yes there were chants calling for an uprising against Israel “intifada” but that certainly wasn’t the focus of the event nor the majority of the time (though of course caught for the Sky News Edit appendix).
Wesam Charkawi summarised the contrast between the two protests. Through the wind on his mic you can hear the jeering behind him even from far away on the boardwalk and he comments on some of the racist terms. he heard.
The police were forced to form a cordon to escort the pro-Palestinians off the beach at the end simply to protect them from the pro-Israel crowd - who still jeered and cajoled them as they left.
Appendix B: Father’s Day protest 2024
In case anyone was unaware of the family tragedy of Gaza that today’s Father’s Day event was meant to highlight - here are some terrible images from the harrowing Father’s Day protest event I attended in Sydney the previous year on 1 September 2024.14
And would you believe accusations of staged “Pallywood” for this BS? Do you see international films made of this like the October 7th extravaganzas? This is an ongoing daily nightmare - a real family tragedy of unspeakable volumes - that is only getting worse.
Appendix C: The Sky News edit of the pro-Palestine event
A section where I try to imagine what Sky News Australia and the rest of the Murodoch enabling press will be pushing out from the protest. Literally what 1-2% of images they can take out and make those the take away from the day.
This is what I had written before looking at any media reporting from the Bondi event - imagining the content:
There was literally two guys giving “piss off” hand gestures to the pro-Israel counterprotestors. Arabic looking - you can bet this will be the edit.
Thomas Sewell ? John Brown - showing up in Zionist T-Shirt (think he got marched off by police)
One guy winding up the pro-Israel crowd recently “IDF Supporters”, “Fake Aussies”…
The big Palestinian guy holding the flag - the regular drum man with the protests was apparently caught saying “death to America” at one rally - which takes away from the measured interview he gave with Channel 10 (from zionist social media posts)
Pro-Israel crowd notably flying Australian flags - and making a very noted clear point about the lack of Australian flags by the pro-Palestinian crowd
Pro-Israel crowd shouting “Ozzie, Ozzie, Ozzie” and singing “Advance Australia Fair”
…. And sure enough…
Hilarious to find the cheerleader Sky News Australia has reproduced almost exactly what I’d suggested was in their edit! Actually it’s not hilarious - this stuff feeds the right-wing in a vicious circle of hate.
In fact it’s downright dangerous as it will be jumped on by the neo-Nazi elements at the following Weeknd’s march as “evidence of the “treacherous nature of these divisive elements in our society” (note to neo-Nazis: I can be hired for speech-writing, reasonable rates)
The presenter of the Sky News response in fact Mark Leach’s daughter Freya Leach in her new show “Freya Fires Up”. Honestly - you need to see the transcript of this … fantasy.
This was just the immediate, scripted response in the hours after the event.
It’s almost as if it was written and extremely rehearsed beforehand.
Which of course it wasn’t.
Appendix D: Australian network news coverage
After two years of ignoring the huge protests finally there is coverage - hopefully not just because of the novelty factor of confrontation. The main stations covered that evening with links below.
Channel 7
“what was meant to be a peaceful demonstration in support of Palestine has descended into chaos on one of our most iconic beaches”
So what do you think the assumption would be with an opener like that?
Channel 9
A more balanced report from channel 9 - making it clear that the protest was Jewish organised. They even gave some coverage of the flotilla itself.
Channel 10
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https://sleekitscotsman.substack.com/p/settler-extremism-isnt-just-an-israeli
ABC 27 Oct 2023 “Waverley Council sacks deputy mayor who backed move to condemn Israel's bombing of Gaza“ - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-27/waverley-council-sacks-deputy-mayor-over-palestine-amendment/103031094
Sleekit Scotsman “Australian Gold Coast Propaganda Holiday: Councillors on Israel’s Free Ride: 1,000 local officials invited to a paid 3-day IHRA ‘antisemitism’ training. Here’s why you should demand answers.“ (first published Aug 19 2025) -
https://sleekitscotsman.substack.com/p/australian-gold-coast-propaganda
Waverley Council Model Antisemitism Strategy August 2025 - https://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/248509/Model_Antisemitism_Strategy.pdf
Sleekit Scotsman “Submission to the Australian People's Inquiry into Campus Free Speech on Palestine: 2.3 Student safety and pro-Israel actors on campus“ (first published Apr 16 2025) - https://sleekitscotsman.substack.com/i/161419498/student-safety-and-pro-israel-actors-on-campus
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Executive Council of Australian Jewry website: policy platform - https://www.ecaj.org.au/about/our-policies/
International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Working Definition of Antisemitism - https://holocaustremembrance.com/resources/working-definition-antisemitism
Sleekit Scotsman “Sydney Opera House Audio FALSELY-CAPTIONED: Pro-Israeli Lobby Group complicit in fraud ... but the damage is done“ (first published Feb 2 2024) -
https://sleekitscotsman.substack.com/p/sydney-opera-house-audio-faked
Australian Jewish News: Shan Destianik 9 Sep 2025 “Thousands stand up against anti-Israel Bondi rally“ - https://www.australianjewishnews.com/thousands-stand-up-against-anti-israel-bondi-rally/
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