On Friday, anti-Semitic graffiti was reported in Sydney. Hours later, Islamophobic graffiti was found. Jewish historians say the trend is in line with a complex issue underlying Australian society.
A series of antisemitic attacks occurred in Sydney’s Dover Heights. Vehicles were defaced, set alight, and hateful graffiti vandalized a former Jewish community leader’s home. The incidents have led to increased security and government promises to strengthen hate crime laws.
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.
A synagogue in Sydney was daubed in antisemitic graffiti on Friday, police said, the latest in a spate of incidents targeting Jews in Australia.
A Sydney radio station is being investigated by the media regulator after a number of complaints were made about anti-Israel content first exposed by Sky News.
Police say the incident at the Allawah synagogue is believed to have happened in the early hours of Friday morning.
Newtown synagogue, which was covered in swastikas, was also target of attempted arson, says New South Wales premier, blasting 'escalation' in antisemitism
Australia’s ice hockey federation has pulled out of hosting a lower-tier men's world championship event featuring Israel’s national team citing security concerns.
The complainants simply don't have a case,' says a pair of academics accused of antisemitism over comments made following the October 7 attacks on Israel.
A few weeks ago a senior executive at one of Australia’s great sandstone universities, a person I have known for several decades, asked me whether it was OK to civilly discuss – and even advocate for – a one-state solution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
Anti-Israel graffiti and swastikas daubed on bicycles in Jewish neighborhoods of Australian city for over a year; community leaders accuse operator Lime of not tackling problem