{"id":10335,"date":"2026-02-24T15:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T02:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/?p=10335"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:10:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T01:10:58","slug":"australia-defined-by-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/?p=10335","title":{"rendered":"Australia defined by choice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Opinion: <strong>Joey Sacharow<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cAustralia has a choice to make.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Its character \u2014 for generations to come \u2014 will be defined by its response to the Bondi Beach shooting.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>And I&#8217;m not talking about just Australia&#8217;s government.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s in the hands of every Australian, not just politicians, to decide the country&#8217;s direction.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Australia&#8217;s deadliest terrorist attack wasn&#8217;t random. It was an intentional massacre of Jews during a holiday celebration. That must be stated clearly.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Because no society is judged by how it treats its majority \u2014 but by how safe its minorities feel.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Right now, Australian Jews don&#8217;t feel safe.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There is still time however to turn the ship around.<br>Australia is a great country and its core values haven&#8217;t changed because of Bondi. Most Australians still believe in inclusion, security, and dignity for all.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>But the silent majority must speak. The hate behind the attack grew in Australia&#8217;s backyard \u2014 and it didn&#8217;t happen overnight.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This is my plea to every true blue Aussie who believes in their country:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stand up. Call out hate wherever you see it. Help make Australia a safe place for everyone, regardless of their race, religion, or politics.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>And more than ever, stand with your Jewish mates.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What happens next will say more about Australia than the attack itself.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About the Authors: <strong>Joey Sacharo<\/strong>w is an Israeli Advisor &amp; Program Manager (Australia &amp; New Zealand) | Strategic Partnerships &amp; Diaspora Engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opinion: Joey Sacharow \u201cAustralia has a choice to make. Its character \u2014 for generations to come \u2014 will be defined by its response to the Bondi Beach shooting. And I&#8217;m not talking about just Australia&#8217;s government. It&#8217;s in the hands of every Australian, not just politicians, to decide the country&#8217;s direction. Australia&#8217;s deadliest terrorist attack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[327,255],"coauthors":[709],"class_list":{"0":"post-10335","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-opinion","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-opinion"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10335"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10339,"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10335\/revisions\/10339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10335"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=10335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}