ABC News, 27 May 2026

Interview with Tahli Blicblau

The Australian, 27 May 2026

Holocaust denial, death threats directed at royal commission witnesses

By James Dowling

More than a thousand hateful or antisemitic messages have been directed at witnesses appearing before the Bondi royal commission this month, according to a Jewish non-profit which handed over its findings to authorities.

The Dor Foundation, whose chief executive Tahli Blicblau gave evidence to the Antisemitism and Social Cohesion Royal Commission, released on Wednesday an analysis of online hate directed at witnesses from the first hearing block, in which 74 individual witnesses testified.

ABC, 27 May 2026

Antisemitism victims abused online after giving evidence at royal commission into Bondi terror attack

By Phoebe Pin

Jewish people who have given evidence at a royal commission into antisemitism are facing a "dramatic increase" in online abuse, a report has found.

The Dor Foundation has revealed calls for executions and witnesses depicted as AI-generated animals.

Royal Commissioner Virginia Bell said the inquiry was "keeping a close eye" on the hateful messages.

The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 May 2026

‘Evil dog, pig’: Jews targeted with vile abuse after appearing at royal commission

By Matthew Knott

Witnesses appearing before the royal commission into antisemitism have faced calls to be sent to concentration camps, been labelled demonic and told to burn in hell in abusive and often misogynist online posts that have alarmed royal commissioner Virginia Bell.

A campaign of systematic intimidation of witnesses at the Royal Commission into Bondi’s terror attack - including death threats - has been uncovered by a group saying it confirms the need to hold it.

Not-for-profit The Dor Foundation which aims to stamp out anti-Semitism and hate in Australia has catalogued more than 1000 anti-Semitic and abuse posts online, aimed in many cases at specific witnesses after they appeared.

The shocking harassment, intimidation and hate attacks on people who delivered personal testimony about living in fear at the first block of hearings earlier this month have been so extreme Commissioner Virginia Bell put those behind it on notice earlier this week.

She told Tuesday’s hearing a “close eye” was being kept on the material, with one instance under investigation by the Australian Federal Police.

The Australian Jewish News: Dor Foundation CEO warns online attacks confirm 'vital' need for inquiry

News.com.au, 27 May 2026

‘Execute all’: Royal Commission witnesses cop death threats and vile abuse

By Harrison Christian

Her dad died a hero, hurling objects at the Bondi gunmen to save those around him. But this young mum’s testimony has exposed a vile underbelly lurking in Australia.

Witnesses giving evidence to a royal commission examining antisemitism in Australia have been targeted with death threats and vile abuse, prompting a federal police investigation.

The royal commission, launched in response to the Bondi terror attack, featured testimony from Aussies with lived experience of antisemitism earlier this month.

But after the witnesses gave their evidence, more than 1,000 abusive posts and comments were directed at them online.

The revolting comments included calls to “execute all Zionists” and “kill all Jews”, branding witnesses as “cockroach”, “parasite”, and “rat”.

They also featured Holocaust denial and conspiracy theories, described the Bondi attack as a “false flag,” and called for “concentration camps” to be set up in Australia.

“I wish I could tell you I was surprised,” Dor Foundation CEO Tahli Blicblau, whose organisation catalogued the abuse, told news.com.au.

“Unfortunately we have been aware of this sort of conduct online — and increasingly offline — for a long time. It certainly has escalated,” Ms Blicblau said.

The Nightly, The West Australian 27 May 2026

Federal probe launched after vile antisemitic abuse targets royal commission witnesses online

By Caitlin Vinci

A Federal investigation has been launched after witnesses giving evidence to the royal commission on antisemitism were targeted in what has been described as a campaign of online abuse, harassment, and intimidation.

The royal commission heard evidence between May 4 and 14 from experts, community leaders, and witnesses with lived experience of antisemitism.

Online monitoring by the Dor Foundation immediately identified extreme antisemitic responses targeting those who testified.

Daily Telegraph Exclusive: The Dor Foundation uncovers AI-generated personas spreading antisemitic content online, exposing emerging tactics used to normalise and amplify hate.

Dor CEO Tahli Blicblau talks about the Royal Commission and how antisemitism is affecting young Australians.

ECAJ YouTube, 12 May 2026

CEO of the Dor Foundation Tahli Blicblau addressing the Royal Commission.

The Australian, 11 May 2026

‘No friends left’: Jewish teen’s heartbreaking words after school kids targeted him with anti-Semitic abuse on Minecraft

By Clareese Packer and Samina Rakhshani

A Jewish teenager told his parents “I have no friends left” after kids from his school hurled anti-Semitic abuse at him while they played the popular online game Minecraft, a hate inquiry was told.

The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 May 2026

‘Is this 2023 Australia, or 1933 Berlin?’ Deborah Conway stunned by pro-Palestinian protesters

By James Dowling

Singer-songwriter Deborah Conway has been yelled and hissed at during her concerts and writers’ festivals because of her support for Israel, the Royal Commission into Antisemitism has heard, while another musician feared for his safety after the doxxing of a Jewish WhatsApp group.

The Australian, 11 May 2026

Jewish artists tell royal commission how boycott campaigns and doxxing stunted careers

By James Dowling

Most Australians don’t recognise antisemitic tropes despite years of escalating violence against the Jewish community, the royal commission has been told, as Jewish artists detailed boycott campaigns that stunted their careers.

The Guarian, 11 May 2026

Jewish musicians faced abuse over Zionist beliefs, royal commission toldBy Angus Dalton and Alexandra Smith

Deborah Conway describes anti-Zionism as a ‘genocidal impulse’ as inquiry hears how Jews are targeted with Nazi comparisons

WA Today, 11 May 2026

As it happened: Nine witnesses set to give evidence on day six of the hearings

By Angus Dalton and Alexandra Smith

Antisemitic incidents are going under-reported, said Tahli Blicblau, chief executive of anti-hate organisation The Dor Foundation.

Australian Jewish News, 11 May 2026

‘No one in this whole sorry story has been held accountable’

By AJN Staff

Hearing block one continues this week, with brave community members coming forward to share their stories.

The Australian Jewish News, 4 May 2026

Thousands join national storytelling night

By Bruce Hill

About 2000 Australians joined a national storytelling event on antisemitism ahead of Royal Commission submissions.

The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, Courier Mail, The Advertiser | 4 MAY 2026

The Spaces Between the Words Tell the Real Story

I was trained to read the spaces. Here's what I see.

Today, for the first time, the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion will hear from Jewish Australians about the lives they have been living. And, as with its interim report released last week, the words that remain unsaid will tell us as much as the words themselves.

More than 5,700 Australians have already submitted to the Commission. Nearly 2,000 of those in the past week alone. More than 1,000 submitters are not Jewish, meaning this is not only a community crying out, but a country beginning to reckon with what it has allowed to happen. Their testimonies span education, employment, the arts, sport, health and online life. Together they describe not a single catastrophic event, but a slow, corrosive erosion. Quiet prejudice that became hurtful words, then harmful actions, then deadly violence on a beach on a Sunday evening at a festival of light.

That is the story the hearings will begin to tell. And it is the reason the interim report, released just days ago, matters as much as it does.

PRESS RELEASE | JOINT STATEMENT | 3 MAY 2026

JEWISH AUSTRALIANS TO SPEAK AS ROYAL COMMISSION OPENS

The Dor Foundation, ECAJ, NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, JCCV, Zionist Federation of Australia, NCJWA, AIJAC

The lesson of history is that hatred, left unchallenged, does not stop at speech and ends in violence. The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion was established in the wake of the worst terrorist attack on Australian soil, but what the Commission will hear over the coming fortnight is not only about that day, but the climate that has been building long before Bondi.