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New South Wales police officers stand near members of the Australian Jewish community holding a memorial service for six Israeli hostages whose bodies were recovered from the Gaza Strip, at Sydney's Bondi Beach on September 2, 2024. (DAVID GRAY / AFP)
May 25, 2026, 11:15 am
Australia’s spy chief: Antisemitism was left unchecked after Oct. 7, became normalized
Testifying to inquiry into Bondi massacre, ASIO head says lack of response to hatred ‘gave more permission for violence,’ some celebrated the Hamas onslaught before Israel responded
By Agencies and ToI Staff
This screen grab made from UGC handout video footage courtesy of Timothy Brant-Coles shows two gunmen dressed in black firing multiple shots on a bridge at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 14, 2025, in an attack on a Hanukkah event. (Handout / various sources / AFP)
December 15, 2025, 8:45 pm
Australian leaders dodge questions over how Bondi shooter was licensed gun carrier
PM, minister back authorities when asked why older terrorist legally held six guns despite probe of son by domestic intelligence; leaders back strengthening gun control laws
By Michael Horovitz and AP
This handout photo taken and released by the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet on December 10, 2024, shows Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (2nd R) and Rabbi Shlomo Kohn (R) visiting the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne on December 10, 2024, after it was set ablaze on December 6 (Handout / DEPARTMENT OF PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET / AFP)
August 28, 2025, 1:19 pm
Israeli intel helped Australia uncover Iran’s role in antisemitic attacks – report
Sky News Australia says Israel gave investigators lead on a firebombing, noting it shows intelligence-sharing still strong despite diplomatic spat between Jerusalem and Canberra
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Heavily armed police and the Star Force stand guard at the entrance to the Westfield Marion shopping centre in suburban Adelaide on June 23, 2024 (MICHAEL ERREY / AFP)
August 5, 2024, 8:07 am
Australia raises terror threat level to ‘probable,’ citing ‘extreme ideologies’
Top intelligence official says homegrown extremism increased during pandemic and amid Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza
By Laura CHUNG
Illustrative: Australian police at a crime scene in Melbourne on November 9, 2018. (William West/AFP)
October 17, 2019, 8:16 am
Australian spy agency says right-wing extremist threat is increasing
In wake of Christchurch attack, allegedly carried out by Australian, ASIO says networks more organized than in the past but Islamists remain the chief terror threat
By AFP
Newly elected leader of the Liberal Party, Scott Morrison addresses media at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Aug. 24, 2018 (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)
October 18, 2018, 11:20 am
Australia’s spy agency said to warn embassy move may spark Palestinian violence
Top-secret bulletin says formally recognizing Israeli capital will ‘attract attention’; PM Morrison hits back at criticism from opposition, calls NSW Labour party ‘anti-Semitic’
By Tamar Pileggi
Ben Zygier. (Screenshot ABC TV via Youtube)
From the WebFebruary 22, 2013, 5:19 pm
Israeli intelligence told Aussies Zygier was in jail
Inside source further refutes speculation that Zygier was in direct contact with Australian security services, the Brisbane Times reports
Ben Zygier in IDF uniform (YouTube screenshot)
February 22, 2013, 6:59 am
Canberra denies Zygier spilled Mossad info
Attorney general says security services never received secrets from Israeli-Australian — the reported reason for his arrest by Israel
By Joshua Davidovich
The Ayalon Prison complex in Ramle, central Israel. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
February 21, 2013, 9:24 am
‘Zygier hung dead for an hour before jailers found him’
Prison guards reportedly fell asleep at the monitors and didn’t notice their charge had committed suicide
By Ilan Ben Zion and Ron Friedman
Tombstone of Ben Zygier at Chevra Kadisha Jewish Cemetery in Melbourne, Australia (photo credit: AP/Andrew Brownbill)
February 20, 2013, 5:45 pm
Being away from his growing family ‘may have been factor in Zygier’s suicide’
Australian reporter who spoke several times with Mossad man says Zygier told him nothing that could have justified his arrest
By David Horovitz
Ben Zygier's Australian passport (Screenshot Channel 10)
From the WebFebruary 20, 2013, 6:55 am
How the Mossad works: The Mystery of Israel’s ‘Prisoner X’
Der Spiegel: Australian intelligence tracked Zygier, two other Israeli-Australians, because of travel to Iran and frequent name changes
The Ayalon Prison complex in Ramle, central Israel. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
February 20, 2013, 6:45 am
Prison staff may pay the price for Zygier suicide
Two officers and two guards could face criminal charges for negligence following release of investigation report
By Ron Friedman
Ben Zygier. (Screenshot ABC TV via Youtube)
February 19, 2013, 10:39 pm
Israel denies Zygier talked to Australian spy agencies
Analyst says PMO announcement doesn’t rule out possibility that deceased Mossad agent leaked information to other sources
By Ilan Ben Zion
A scene from the Australian television program on Zygier (photo credit: screen capture/ABC News via YouTube)
February 19, 2013, 4:33 pm
‘Zygier hanged himself from a wet sheet in the shower’
Court releases part of investigation into Mossad agent’s death, concludes that it was suicide, but allows for legal possibility of other cause
By Asher Zeiger
Ben Zygier's Australian passport (Screenshot Channel 10)
February 19, 2013, 3:11 pm
Court okays partial release of Zygier suicide report
Announcement comes on heels of revelation about how jailed Mossad agent hanged himself in prison
By Gabe Fisher
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