Middle East Eye: Israel Politicises Bondi Attack, Says Jewish Australian Artist Michelle Berkon
December 16, 2025
Yet once again, a horrific act of violence is being weaponised, twisted, and dragged into geopolitical talking points that serve power, not truth.
When even grief becomes a tool, we have to ask:
Who benefits from politicising pain?
Who profits from fear?
Calling this out isn’t antisemitism.
It’s integrity.
Truth doesn’t belong to states.
It belongs to people.
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English Script:
Press: Are you able to tell us why you came here today?
Michelle Berkon: Absolutely, I’m very happy to tell you why I came here today. I’m entitled to speak, and they’re entitled to ask me. I came here today because I’m a Jewish person. Because my family was murdered in the Holocaust. Because I have community members murdered here. And I’m being threatened with arrest for talking with the press. Were there no Israeli flags here, we would not have worn a keffiyeh. Because this community has politicized this tragedy, we are standing here because the flag of Israel represents genocide. All Jews are entitled to mourn. Take away the Israeli flags
