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Research by Australia’s The Tackling Hate Lab shows online Lab’s analysis of over two million Australian social‑media posts and hundreds of offline hate targeting Jews incidents confirms that anti‑Jewish and Muslims surged anti‑Muslim hate spiked after the Oct 7 2023 Hamas attack and the July 2023 Bondi Beach shooting. Anti‑Jewish Identity‑attack posts targeting Jews rose from about 0.3 to 17 about 16.8 per day, day; anti‑Muslim posts jumped from 2.8 to 42, 42 per day, with a brief post‑Bondi peak of over roughly 1,300 anti‑Muslim identity‑attack posts per day following the beach attack. By early 2026 hate levels remained elevated, driven by a before settling near 224. A small cluster of prolific accounts, accounts drives most of the online toxicity, prompting a researchers to call for a permanent Observatory of Hate to monitor and intervene. In the United States, the Bondi Beach massacre has been cited as a catalyst for the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion proceeds. highest level of antisemitic incidents in 46 years, according to the ADL. FBI data for the first half of 2026 show Jews accounting for 15 % of hate‑crime reports—525 % higher than their population share—with 566 reports—566 anti‑Jewish incidents nationwide, especially in New York, California and New Jersey. State prosecutors such as out of 3,750 total—despite comprising only 2.4 % of the adult population. Los Angeles County DA Nathan Hochman have pledged tougher prosecutions. In July 2026 Australia deepened its response: aggressive prosecution of hate crimes, emphasizing the need for proper legal classification. Australian policy debates have intensified. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke defended the religious‑motivation clause in counter‑terrorism laws; laws, while Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accepted 35 of 54 recommendations in the from a national Islamophobia report. Former Attorney‑General Mark Dreyfus testified about that Jewish Australians feel a “breach of sense of safety” for Jewish Australians, noting abusive safety,” recounting personal slurs and coordination between community security groups such as “genocidal Zionist” and police. Royal Commission hearings later that month highlighted the strain on volunteers “kapo.” Rabbi Allison Conyer reported growing social isolation of the Jewish children, bomb threats, and a 25 % drop in enrolments at progressive‑Jewish preschools. Community Security Group, who are Group volunteers now logging log up to 40 extra hours per week and treating weekly, describing the role workload as a second full‑time job. Volunteers report psychological stress that spills into their personal lives and family routines. Rabbi Allison Conyer told the commission that Jewish children are being excluded from birthday parties, school events job and social‑media groups, that friends “cancel” non‑Zionist congregants, noting severe psychological strain. The Royal Commission linked certain government policies—visa refusals and public statements—to an environment that families conceal trips to Israel to avoid ridicule. “eggs on” antisemitism.