Australian Senator David Shoebridge Condemns Claims Linking Gaza Refugees to Bondi Terror Attack
September 27, 2026
“THAT IS A SHAMEFUL SLIGHT ON PEOPLE COMING FROM GAZA.”
The Bondi Beach attack was carried out by two men with no connection whatsoever to Palestinian refugees or the pro-Palestine movement. Zero. Even Jewish community voices in Australia have said as much. And yet, in its aftermath, some politicians saw an opening to target an entirely unrelated, already-vulnerable community instead.
Senator David Shoebridge’s answer was direct: “We absolutely support” people fleeing Gaza — people fleeing genocide and bigotry, not the cause of an unrelated tragedy. Palestinian refugee applications to Australia are overwhelmingly refused, even as families flee a warzone, while the actual attackers’ backgrounds get quietly left out of the conversation.
Real hate deserves a real response. Not a political opportunity to blame people who are themselves fleeing the very violence they’re being accused of bringing.
The race to the bottom on immigration doesn’t make anyone safer. It just finds a new group to punish for something they didn’t do.
Source: @davidshoebridge
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