Australia, Antisemitic and Foreign Actors

Australia can’t blame foreign actors for its anti-Semitism shame
Australia is supposed to be a nation of tolerance and acceptance – the one place in a troubled world where people of different ethnicities, cultures and faiths can get along. That no longer feels
Australia investigating if overseas actors funding anti-Semitic activities
The Australian Federal Police said it has opened an investigation on Wednesday to determine if local criminals are being paid by "overseas actors of individuals" to commit anti-Semitic acts there.
Australia Investigates if Foreign Actors Were Behind Recent String of Antisemitic Attacks
Detectives in Australia are investigating whether foreign actors paying criminals are behind the recent string of antisemitic attacks.
Australia Holds Antisemitism Summit After Childcare Attack
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has held a meeting of state and territory leaders to tackle a wave of antisemitic attacks across the country, the latest involving the suspected firebombing of a childcare center in Sydney.
Police investigate whether foreign actors are paying for antisemitic crimes in Australia
Australian detectives are investigating whether foreign actors are paying criminals to commit antisemitic attacks in the country
Spate of Violent Antisemitic Attacks Rattles Australia
The police said they were investigating whether “overseas actors” were involved the vandalizing of synagogues and a day care center.
Foreign Actors May Be Funding Antisemitic Attacks, Australia Says
Australian detectives are examining whether foreign entities are funding criminal groups to carry out antisemitic attacks in the country.
Australia Probes Possible Foreign Funding Behind Anti-Semitic Attacks
Australia is investigating whether local criminals were paid by foreign actors to carry out a spate of anti-Semitic attacks, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday.
'Endemic and unreported': Special envoy says Islamophobia 'normalised' in Australia
In an interview with SBS News, Australia's special envoy to combat Islamophobia, Aftab Malik, said Islamophobic incidents have increased by more than 600 per cent — but many are going unreported.
Former attorney-general George Brandis backs beefing up of Australia's hate crime laws amid anti-Semitism attacks
George Brandis, who is now a professor of national security at the Australian National University, says Australia's hate ...
Authorities vow action after cars torched, home vandalized in latest antisemitic attack in Australia
Four vehicles and the former home of a Jewish community leader were defaced in Sydney early Friday, with two cars set alight, ...
Grattan on Friday: Whatever the government does, Albanese struggles to strike the right note in antisemitism battle
Anthony Albanese can’t escape the impression of seeming perennially on the back foot and often lacking adequate empathy and ...
Is Australia really facing an antisemitism crisis? The evidence is clearer than some would have you think
Since 7 October 2023 incidents of antisemitic hate have increased in Australia, not only in number but in their extremity.
'Raising fear': Former AFP detective superintendent David Craig questions authorities' antisemitism response
Former Australian Federal Police detective superintendent David Craig has questioned authorities' slow response to the nation's antisemitism crisis, suggesting Senate Estimates may need to examine why ...
Israel piles on criticism of Australia over antisemitism while answers to key questions elude authorities
The Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel has taken aim at the Albanese government for the second time this week.
Albanese struggles to strike the right note on anti-Semitism
Anthony Albanese points to the array of measures his government has taken to tackle the scourge of anti-Semitism. But he can't escape the impression of seeming perennially on the back foot and often ...