In Canada, not only do we tolerate jihadist rhetoric, we reward it as well

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After the killing of 15 Jews on Bondi Beach in Sydney on the first night of Hanukkah, the Australian government proposed new gun controls.

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But Australia doesn’t have gun a problem, at least not one that could have prevented this mass killing. After the Port Arthur massacre on Tasmania in 1996, Australia had already implemented some of the toughest gun controls in the Western world.

Instead, what Australia has are antisemitism and jihadist problems.

Following this horrific event, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the two shooters, a father and son, were inspired by “Islamic State ideology.” But did he propose a crackdown on Islamic extremism? Did he shut down websites responsible for the hateful, anti-Jewish indoctrination of Muslims and others?

Nothing will improve until Western politicians get over their political correctness surrounding pro-Palestinian rallies, even those that promote violence and are often violent themselves, that block streets in front of churches to permit Muslim prayers or cheer radicals in their communities who firebomb and shoot at Jewish schools and places of worship.

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Too often since the bloody Hamas execution of 1,200 Jews in Israel a little more than two years ago, authorities in Australia, Canada, Britain and elsewhere have turned a deaf ear to chants like “globalize the intifada” and “from the river to the........

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