Category Archives: Democracy And Terrorism

Andrew L. Urban. What with July 7*, October 7 and December 14 marked as dark days in the calendar, we don’t need the 25th anniversary of 9/11 as the Americans have it, to raise our consciousness about the implacable evil … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban. As the Bell Royal Commission closes down taking incoming fire over its ultimately limp, incomplete approach to its task of exploring how Australia could so quickly be so rocked by antisemitism, perhaps we can help … 

Andrew L. Urban. Both foreign and domestic policy decisions by the Albanese Labor government are being skewed by the Muslim vote in a handful of seats, mostly in Western Sydney. Protecting this vote has fused Labor’s anti-Israel sentiment in foreign … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban. Like the PM who aimed at guns not radical Islam in response to the Bondi massacre, the Royal Commissioner is also blind to a key question: what role did the Government’s actions, inactions and behaviour play in … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban. I made my submission to the Royal Commission on February 25, 2026. The main thrust of it is that the socio-political environment in Australia which tolerated antisemitic demonstrations and riots was in large part stimulated by the … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban  Citizen Vigilante is an ugly film, writes acclaimed author and columnist Douglas Murray in The Free Press. “It has been banned in Germany, viewed by millions of people on X, and is currently the number one film in … Continue reading →

Shiite activist Haj Hassanain Rajabali echoes historical Catholic antisemitic narratives. He accuses Zionists of controlling global media, wars, and moral decay – which doesn’t readily explain the global rise of antisemitism, carried by global media. The Middle East Forum reports … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban You could have heard a hand grenade pin drop … Australia should be a multiracial, Judeo-Christian monoculture, not multicultural, Senator Pauline Hanson said in her June 17, 2026 speech at the National Press Club, planting her stake … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban The pizzas famously delivered to them after their hide ‘n’ seek arrival made angry headlines. But that’s only the crust of the matter. The second group of women who left Australia to join the men of the … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban Legislation won’t stop the hate that drives antisemitism, but legislation can stop manifestations of it. So can public intolerance of such hate. So can robust condemnation by political and social leadership. If revulsion to antisemitism were as … Continue reading →