Israel urged Australia to do more to halt an "epidemic of antisemitism" in the country as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his government was doing all it could to combat attacks that he says include domestic terrorism.
Discovery of sprayed slogans including 'Jew dogs' comes day after announcement of apparent bomb plot against Jewish targets amid escalation in antisemitic incidents in Australia
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Israel’s foreign minister said antisemitism was “spreading in Australia almost unchecked” and he expected more action to stop attacks on the Jewish community.
Australian city's Jewish community on edge after police — who kept the incident secret until it was leaked — say they're probing possible connections to recent antisemitic attacks
Sydney has experienced several anti-Semitic attacks, mainly in Sydney's eastern suburbs where many Jewish people live, which have been met with widespread community outrage and a heavy police response.
Australian police believe explosives found on Sydney’s outskirts were evidence of a deadly escalation in a campaign of antisemitic arson and graffiti crimes that has been waged in major cities for months.
A home in Sydney previously owned by a senior Jewish community leader was vandalised on Friday morning and two cars were set on fire, with one spray painted with an antisemitic slur, Australian authorities said.
Sydney police reported that a caravan laden with enough explosives to create a 40-meter blast wave has been found in Sydney’s north-west suburb, with notes suggesting a Jewish synagogue could be a target, reported the Sydney Morning Herald.
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