Albanese's reply wasn't impressive and didn't matter anyway. Rabbi Eli Schlanger, among those murdered at Bondi Beach, wrote to Albanese in September as his government rewarded Hamas' attack on Israel by recognizing a Palestinian state: "As a Rabbi in Sydney, I implore you not to betray the Jewish people." Schlanger wasn't alone in his concerns—other members of the community share them.

J.D. Tuccille wants to tie the valid point of gun rights to the zionist points of genocide denial and colonialism.