Bondi Beach Hanukkah Massacre:
The Islamic Ideology Driving Jihadist Violence Worldwide
Dec 15, 2025 7:00
In an exclusive RAIR Foundation USA interview, the Jihad Watch director explains why the Bondi Beach attack fits a global pattern of Islamic jihad violence targeting Jews and Christians.
The Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre, carried out by a Muslim father and son aligned with ISIS, is not an anomaly. It is the predictable outcome of decades of denial, mass migration without assimilation, and the systematic refusal by Western governments and institutions to confront Islam.
In an exclusive RAIR Foundation USA interview conducted on the day of the Islamic terror attack, Jihad Watch Director Robert Spencer, one of the world’s leading authorities on Islamic doctrine and jihadist ideology, explained that the events at Bondi Beach follow a well-documented global pattern. According to Spencer, such violence is not spontaneous or inexplicable, but the downstream consequence of Islamic indoctrination combined with political unwillingness to name and confront its source.
The targeting of a Jewish Hanukkah celebration reflects a recurring reality seen across Europe, North America, and Australia: when Islam is excused, shielded from scrutiny, or deliberately mischaracterized, violence follows. The refusal to confront the doctrine driving these attacks has not prevented bloodshed; it has enabled it.
“The ideology behind this attack is exactly the same, 100 percent, with no difference whatsoever, from the ideology of those who have been attacking Christmas markets in Europe,” Spencer said.
Jews in Australia, Christians in Europe – Same Ideology, Same War
- reject the media narratives attempting to separate antisemitic attacks from anti-Christian jihad violence, explaining that while the targets may differ, the Islamic doctrine does not.
“People think the targets in Australia were Jews and the targets in Europe were Christians, so they assume these are different situations. They’re not,” Spencer explained. “The clear tie between the two is jihad ideology.”
According to Spencer, Western analysts repeatedly misdiagnose these attacks because they refuse to acknowledge the religious doctrine driving them.
“Islam is political, aggressive, and expansionist,” he said. “It calls for warfare against and the subjugation of both Jews and Christians. That’s why they attack Hanukkah celebrations and Christmas markets—those are moments where Jewish and Christian identity is strongest.”...
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