A horrific mass shooting at a Hanukkah gathering on Australia’s Bondi Beach left at least 15 people dead and dozens wounded, marking one of the country’s deadliest attacks in decades. The victims were Australians, the crime occurred on Australian soil, and the investigation properly belongs to Australian authorities. Yet within hours, foreign intelligence agencies were already shaping the narrative. Israeli intelligence, including Mossad, inserted itself into the story almost immediately, despite no indication that Israeli citizens were targeted or harmed. Within hours the blame was pointed squarely at Iran, with no evidence of any foreign involvement. Media coverage leaned heavily on speculation and anonymous intelligence claims rather than confirmed facts. We should ask why Mossad is involved in this investigation at all. This attack had nothing to do with Israel. It was an attack on Australians, on Australian soil. Israel claims responsibility for Jews worldwide, but that claim has no legal or jurisdictional basis. This would be like an African country investigating the Buffalo, NY supermarket shooting because the victims were Black. This story is tragic enough without a foreign government stepping in to “help” while shaping the narrative. Another way the narrative has been distorted is by calling the victims “Holocaust survivors.” One of the deceased lived in exile in Siberia during World War II. The Nazis never controlled Siberia and living in exile as a person displaced by war does not a Holocaust survivor make. Maybe ask a person who survived the Jewish ghettos or concentration camp how they feel about that label being thus applied. The thing is, this man’s death does not need embellishment. It is horrific on its own. The dishonor comes not from the victim, but from media outlets that layer emotional manipulation onto an already devastating story. That kind of narrative inflation makes people suspicious and it ultimately harms the very communities it claims to defend. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went further, blaming the Australian government for the attack and claiming that its support for Palestinian statehood fueled antisemitism. That assertion raises obvious questions. Why would a Muslim attacker target Jewish Australians because Australia endorsed statehood for Palestinian Muslims? I don’t get it. He said that he now “expects” Western governments to “take action” against antisemitism. We can only guess what he means by that. The post A Tragedy, Then the Spin appeared first on Redacted.