AFP anti-Semitism taskforce 'Avalite' established after synagogue attack
3 months, 1 week ago

AFP anti-Semitism taskforce 'Avalite' established after synagogue attack

ABC  

Australian Federal Police taskforce Operation Avalite will be established to combat anti-Semitism following an arson attack on a synagogue in Melbourne that is now being investigated as a terror incident. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the taskforce was being stood up in response to three recent anti-Semitic attacks: the attack on the Adass Israel synagogue in Ripponlea, an attack on Jewish Labor MP Josh Burns' electorate office, and an incident in Woollahra in Sydney where a car was torched and buildings vandalised with anti-Israel messages. "Special Operation Avalite will be an agile and experienced squad of counterterrorism investigators who will focus on threats, violence, and hatred towards the Australian Jewish community and parliamentarians," Commissioner Kershaw said. Albanese declines to mention 'Islamophobia' amid row over language On Monday morning, Coalition MPs criticised the language of government ministers who had raised the issue of Islamophobia alongside anti-Semitism when discussing the arson attack. Liberal senator and former ambassador to Israel Dave Sharma told Sky News "any time any senior minister mentioned anti-Semitism in the last 12 months they also mentioned a fictitious Islamophobia which was not going on".

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Australian authorities foil possible antisemitic attack after finding trailer packed with explosives
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Australian authorities foil possible antisemitic attack after finding trailer packed with explosives

CNN  

Brisbane, Australia CNN — Australian authorities say they’ve foiled a potential “mass casualty” attack with the discovery of a trailer packed with explosives in northwest Sydney, and “some indications” it was to be used against targets in the Jewish community following a spate of antisemitic incidents. “This is the discovery of a potential mass casualty event,” New South Wales Premier …

Australia is grappling with a rise in antisemitic attacks. Police are investigating links to paid criminals
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Australia is grappling with a rise in antisemitic attacks. Police are investigating links to paid criminals

CNN  

Brisbane, Australia CNN — Sydney restaurateur Judith Lewis couldn’t save the mezuzah, a framed parchment inked with Hebrew prayers, that was hanging in her family’s café when arsonists set it alight in the early hours one Sunday in late October. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters Wednesday: “It’s unclear who or where the payments are coming from.” Albanese wouldn’t be …

Australia antisemitic attack: Authorities vow action after cars torched, home vandalized in Sydney
2 months ago

Australia antisemitic attack: Authorities vow action after cars torched, home vandalized in Sydney

CNN  

Brisbane, Australia CNN — Four vehicles and the former home of a Jewish community leader were defaced in Sydney early Friday, with two cars set alight, in the latest antisemitic attack condemned by Australian authorities, who vowed to “hunt down” the perpetrators. Ryvchin told reporters it wasn’t clear if his family was the target of the attack, but if not, …

Sydney man first to be charged under new AFP operation targeting anti-Semitism
2 months ago

Sydney man first to be charged under new AFP operation targeting anti-Semitism

ABC  

A Sydney man has become the first person to be charged under a new operation dedicated to addressing anti-Semitic behaviour over alleged deaths threats towards a Jewish organisation. AFP Counter Terrorism and Special Investigations Command Assistant Commissioner Stephen Nutt said the charges marked the first since Special Operation Avalite was launched, and that the community should expect further charges. Established …

Sydney synagogue daubed in swastikas in latest anti-semitic attack on Australian Jews
2 months, 1 week ago

Sydney synagogue daubed in swastikas in latest anti-semitic attack on Australian Jews

The Hindu  

A synagogue in Sydney was daubed in antisemitic graffiti on Friday, police said, the latest in a spate of incidents targeting Jews in Australia. Police will deploy a special task force to investigate the attack on the Southern Sydney Synagogue in the suburb of Allawah that happened in the early hours of Friday morning, New South Wales state Police Assistant …

Australian police launch a special operation to investigate increased antisemitic attacks
3 months, 1 week ago

Australian police launch a special operation to investigate increased antisemitic attacks

Associated Press  

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian federal police launched a special operation to investigate an increase in antisemitic threats and violence since the war between Israel and Hamas began last year. Here’s a look at some of the main cases investigated by Special Operation Avalite: Dec. 11: Antisemitic graffiti attacks in the eastern Sydney suburb of Woollahra Police are looking for two …

Anthony Albanese is heckled as he tries to leave synagogue - as large crowd swarms around him
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Anthony Albanese is heckled as he tries to leave synagogue - as large crowd swarms around him

Daily Mail  

Anthony Albanese was rushed back into his car after abruptly cutting short a press conference outside a Melbourne synagogue that was firebombed in a suspected terror attack. Mr Albanese visited the Adass Israel Synagogue in the heart of the city's Jewish community on Tuesday and had planned to take questions from the media outside destroyed temple shortly after 1pm. Anthony …

Vandals attack Jewish area in Sydney in latest antisemitic attack
3 months, 1 week ago

Vandals attack Jewish area in Sydney in latest antisemitic attack

CNN  

Brisbane, Australia CNN — Vandals attacked a Jewish area of Sydney overnight, torching a stolen car and scrawling antisemitic words on walls, prompting a swift response from authorities who say antisemitism has no place in multicultural Australia. Speaking Wednesday alongside the New South Wales Police Commissioner and Jewish community leaders, state Premier Chris Minns said the latest vandalism was “a …

Australian synagogue fire declared terrorism in a decision that increases investigation resources
3 months, 1 week ago

Australian synagogue fire declared terrorism in a decision that increases investigation resources

Associated Press  

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian law enforcement authorities on Monday declared an arson attack on a synagogue last week a terrorist act in a decision that increases resources available to the investigation. But the investigation was taken over on Monday by the Joint Counter-Terrorism Team which involves Victoria state Police and Australian Federal Police as well as the Australian Security Intelligence …

Melbourne, Australia: Adass Israel Synagogue attack to be investigated as a terrorist incident
3 months, 1 week ago

Melbourne, Australia: Adass Israel Synagogue attack to be investigated as a terrorist incident

CNN  

CNN — An arson attack on a synagogue in Melbourne last week is being investigated as terrorist incident, Australian officials said Monday, as the government announced it was establishing a new task force to combat antisemitism. Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton on Monday said the “horrific, callous and targeted” attack was “likely a terrorist incident” and would be investigated …

Australia’s PM launches anti-Semitism task force after synagogue arson
3 months, 1 week ago

Australia’s PM launches anti-Semitism task force after synagogue arson

Al Jazeera  

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces task force as police say they are treating attack as ‘terrorism’. Australia’s prime minister has announced the launch of a police task force on anti-Semitism following a spate of attacks aimed at Jewish people, including an arson attack at a synagogue. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made the announcement on Monday as police said they were …

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