FM says Australia not doing enough to protect Jewish community, after apparent Sydney synagogue attack plot foiled

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29 January 2025, 1:26 pm

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Amy Spiro is a reporter and writer with The Times of Israel

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar attends a hearing of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, January 21, 2025. Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar accuses Australia of not doing enough to protect its Jewish community after Sydney police foiled an attack plot believed to be aimed at a synagogue.

“The attempted antisemitic terror attack at a synagogue in Sydney is intolerable,” writes Sa’ar.

The latest incident, the foreign minister says, “joins a long list of antisemitic attacks in Australia, including setting fire to a childcare center in Sydney, firebombing a synagogue in Melbourne, and many other antisemitic attacks.”

Sa’ar says the “epidemic of antisemitism is spreading in Australia almost unchecked. We expect the Australian government to do more to stop this disease!”