Bondi Beach Attack: Preventable? Missed Warnings & Intelligence Failures

• The Bondi Beach attack, Australia's deadliest mass shooting in decades, killed over a dozen people, prompting questions about prevention.
• One of the attackers, Naveed Akram, was known to Australia's intelligence agency (ASIO) since 2019 due to links with an Islamic State terror cell.
• ASIO investigated Akram in 2019 but concluded he posed no ongoing threat, a decision now under scrutiny.
• Eyewitnesses reported a slow police response, and Israeli intelligence reportedly warned Australia about threats to the Jewish community, though local police denied specific threat intelligence for this event.
• The attack occurred amid a significant rise in anti-Semitic incidents in Australia, a concern highlighted by intelligence agencies and Jewish community leaders.

Why It Matters: It highlights potential intelligence failures and rising antisemitism in Australia.