00:01The leader of one of the world's most high-profile Jewish organisations says Australia is facing
00:07a crucial test on how it tackles the rise of anti-Semitism.
00:12The CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, Jonathan Greenblatt, today visited the site of the
00:17Bondi Beach terror attack.
00:19He says the world is watching as the Royal Commission examines Australia's anti-Semitism
00:24problem.
00:25He's on the front lines of tackling anti-Semitism in the US.
00:29Now it's Australia that has the attention of this top Jewish leader.
00:33We need our spiritual strength, that's more than ever.
00:36Getting a first-hand sense of the grief.
00:39It is gut-wrenching to see the memorial in the faces of these people.
00:43And the lingering consequences.
00:45I think the massacre in Bondi is an indelible stain on Australia.
00:51Really, this is an injury that Australia always will bear.
00:57The question is how Australia moves forward from here.
01:01The Royal Commission on Anti-Semitism, he argues, is a world-leading step.
01:06I think it's very important for the Royal Commission to understand, for the elected government here
01:12to appreciate and for the public to know, the world is watching you right now.
01:18Tomorrow, a pro-Palestinian protest outside the Opera House in 2023 will be in the frame
01:24at the inquiry.
01:25You had protesters show up on the streets here in Sydney celebrating openly the humiliation
01:32and the murder of Jews.
01:34Freedom of speech is not the freedom to slander people.
01:38Freedom of expression is not the freedom to incite violence.
01:42But it's hoped Australia's status as a safe haven for Jewish people could be restored once
01:48again.
01:48I think my message would be Australia, get this right, we can't afford for you to lose.
01:58A high bar to clear, but the stakes couldn't be higher.
02:02It's not the case, I think!
02:06Certainly the stakes are no big.
02:07But the difference is that we're going to have to be visible in the phones.
02:07You
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