The Bondi Beach shooting was a horrific act of violence, but the aftermath reveals a deeper sickness: the selective humanity, weaponized grief, and propaganda that dehumanizes entire communities while sanctifying others.
On December 14, 2025, a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach turned into a massacre. Two gunmen — a father and son — opened fire on a crowd of over 1,000, killing 15 people, including a 10-year-old girl, a Holocaust survivor, and a British-born rabbi. The elder attacker, Sajid Akram, was shot dead by police. His son, Naveed Akram, was critically injured and remains hospitalized, expected to face charges.
The attack was swiftly labeled a terrorist act targeting Jews. Authorities apparently found an ISIS flag in the attackers’ car and confirmed the elder Akram had a license for six firearms used in the shooting. Yet, as the media dug into Naveed’s background — a quiet student, a bricklayer, a son who called his mother from a fishing trip — a storm of outrage erupted.
Zionist commentators accused journalist Noora Mykkanen of “humanizing a monster,” demanding condemnation without context, grief without nuance.
But here’s the venomous truth: grief has become a weapon, wielded to silence inquiry and enforce a narrative. The moment someone asks “why,” they’re branded as sympathizers. The moment someone shows that even perpetrators have families, histories, and motives, they’re accused of betrayal.
I responded to one such comment on MSN board — a sanctimonious lament that the world “won’t properly condemn” — by pointing out that people kill people, not a religion or nation. If we want to prevent violence, we must understand it. That means knowing the attackers’ timeline, their grievances, their triggers. But the pro-Israel megaphones don’t want understanding — they want labels. “Terrorist.” “Muslim.” “Monster Iran.” Strip away humanity, and you strip away accountability.
Another commenter attacked the article’s author for having a name similar to the suspect. That’s not critique — that’s racism. I replied: What a disgusting comment. The author showed that even those who commit atrocities are human beings — not to excuse them, but to understand them. That’s journalism. That’s truth.
I condemn violence. I mourn the victims. But I also condemn the hypocrisy. Jewish victims get names, stories, tears. Palestinian victims get numbers. Israel launched its genocidal crusade after October 7, 2023, when 1,200 Israelis were killed. But who will launch a crusade against Israel for its raids in the West Bank and its slaughter in Gaza — over 70,000 dead and 175,000 wounded?
Who will remember Ahmed al Ahmed, the Muslim fruit seller who risked his life to save Jewish lives at Bondi Beach? He’s the kind of hero who defies the narrative — and that’s why he’ll be forgotten.
This is not justice. This is propaganda. This is hate dressed as grief. And until we name it, confront it, and dismantle it, the blood will keep flowing — and the hypocrisy will keep screaming.
