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Australia bars far-right MK hours before visit to meet victims of antisemitic attacks

Simcha Rothman was accused of ‘spreading hate and division’ by Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke

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Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rothman has been banned from entering Australia hours before he was due to visit the country to meet the victims of recent antisemitic attacks (Image: Flash90)

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced his government's intention to recognise a Palestinian state next month (Image: Getty)

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Australia to recognise Palestinian state next month

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Pauline and John Gandel, whose family foundation partially funds the National Gallery of Victoria (Image: Gandel Foundation)

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Billionaire Jewish family to continue funding Australian gallery despite pro-Palestine pressure

By Jamie Shapiro

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The man was caught on CCTV dressed all in black with the mask on (Image: Victoria Police)

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Australian police seeking man in ‘Scream’ mask over repeated targeting of Melbourne synagogue

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Protesters in Sydney reportedly chanted "long live the intifada", while others allegedly waved Hamas and Islamic State flags (Image: Getty)

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Sydney protesters chant ‘long live the intifada’ at anti-Israel march

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An arson attack on the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne forced congregants to flee as flames engulfed the building early on Friday morning (Getty)

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Less than a quarter of Australians view Jews positively, says new survey

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Worries have arisen that the report conflates pro-Palestine protests at universities with antisemitism (Image: Getty)

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Australia tells universities they will face cuts if they fail to tackle antisemitism

By Jamie Shapiro

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Man charged over alleged Friday night arson attack on Melbourne synagogue

Australian Prime Minister Albanese condemns “act of violence and antisemitism” and pledges federal police and intelligence support

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July 6, 2025 09:45

A man with a keffiyah walks past the burnt front entrance of the Melbourne Synagogue after an alleged arson attack on it (Image: Getty)

Police arrest 14 over violent attacks on Jewish buildings in Sydney, but dismiss antisemitism as motive

The authorities have described the suspects as ‘criminals for hire’

By Ellie Grant

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March 11, 2025 16:32

New South Wales Police Deputy Commissioner David Hudson speaks to the media at a press conference in Sydney (Picture: Getty)

Australian nurses who joked about killing Israeli patients charged

Ahmad Rashad Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh were filmed by Israeli influencer Max Veifer laughing as they said they would send sick Israelis “to Jahannam” (the Arabic word for hell).

By JC Reporter

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March 5, 2025 12:13

The two Australian nurses who joked about killing Israeli patients have been charged, according to New South Wales police (Image: X)

Prominent Muslim groups claim reaction to Sydney nurses video is ‘selective outrage’

The groups said the nurses were being unfairly targeted

By Ellie Grant

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February 18, 2025 14:51

NSW Health nurses Rashad Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh were filmed making violent threats against Jews (Image: X)

Nazi graffiti sprayed on shop founded by Holocaust survivors

The vandalism is the latest in a disturbing series of antisemitic attacks in Australia, with officials investigating the possibility that they are part of a concerted campaign

By JC Reporter

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February 17, 2025 12:33

The former site of a shop founded by Holocaust survivors in Melbourne, Australia has been defaced with Nazi graffiti

Midwife ‘warned about NSW nurses’ a year before antisemitic rant went viral

The health worker claimed that she nearly lost her job after raising concerns about hate speech in the hospital system

By Ellie Grant

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February 13, 2025 14:38

An Australian midwife has claimed she raised concerns about antisemitism in the health service a year before the latest nurses scandal (Image: Facebook)

Nurses suspended after ‘sickening’ antisemitic rant goes viral

The pair threatened to ‘kill’ Israeli patients in a ‘sickening’ social media video

By Ellie Grant

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February 12, 2025 12:39

Two NSW nurses stood down after video appears to show they would 'kill' Israeli patients (Image: X)

By Osher Feldman

Australian Jews now wake up every morning wondering, ‘What’s next?’

The discovery of a caravan packed with explosives is just the latest example of an escalation in Jew hate

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January 29, 2025 14:28

The Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne after an arson attack in December (Getty Images)

Australian University blasted for ‘disturbing antisemitic lecture’ during ‘anti-racism’ conference

An event hosted by the university saw speakers accuse Jewish groups of being complicit in the spread of ‘racism, Islamophobia, and anti-immigrant sentiment’

By Ellie Grant

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January 24, 2025 15:06

The Queensland University of Technology has been blasted after a speaker at its 'anti-racism' conference was accused of presenting an antisemitic slideshow (Image: X)

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Australia

Australia bars far-right MK hours before visit to meet victims of antisemitic attacks

Australia to recognise Palestinian state next month

Billionaire Jewish family to continue funding Australian gallery despite pro-Palestine pressure

Australian police seeking man in ‘Scream’ mask over repeated targeting of Melbourne synagogue

Sydney protesters chant ‘long live the intifada’ at anti-Israel march

Less than a quarter of Australians view Jews positively, says new survey

Australia tells universities they will face cuts if they fail to tackle antisemitism

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