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.
Australian police say they suspect explosives stashed 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.
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.
The police have offered no evidence of any connection between recent arson and graffiti attacks and the mass opposition to the Australian government-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza.
Crimes against Jewish communities have been escalating across Australia. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has defended his government's response to such acts.
The explosives located in a caravan could have caused a 'potential mass casualty event', authorities have said.
Victorian authorities continue to chase down almost 20,000 unpaid Covid fines totalling up to $30m, despite other states abolishing the penalties.
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The NSW police are continuing their investigation before charging the individual, according to Webb taking their time because the immediate threat had been averted.
Thousands of police officers have been deployed to patrol Melbourne suburbs to tackle what Chief Commissioner Shane Patton describes as a “huge rise” in antisemitism across Victoria.
Australia’s fight to eradicate anti-Semitism is undermined by frontline state and federal police being under-resourced, overworked and jurisdictionally hindered.