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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 621

Australia

(From L-R) Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Yesha Council chairman Yisrael Ganz, Transportation Minister Miri Regev and Likud MK Avichai Boaron at a ceremony marking the establishment of a new settlement in the southern West Bank called Mitzpe Ziv on June 10, 2025. (Courtesy)
June 11, 2025, 2:03 am
Smotrich moves to paralyze Palestinian economy in response to Western sanctions
Finance minister orders cancellation of waiver allowing Israel-PA bank ties, though Palestinian Authority not known to have been involved in UK-led decision to blacklist him and Ben Gvir
By Jacob Magid
Religious Zionism party party chief Bezalel Smotrich (right) and Otzma Yehudit party chief Itamar Ben Gvir are seen during a vote at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 10, 2025, 7:36 pm
UK, Canada and 3 other nations sanction Ben Gvir and Smotrich over settler violence
Far-right ministers slam travel ban, assets freeze by UK, Canada, Australia, Norway, New Zealand; FM calls measures ‘outrageous’
By Lazar Berman, Sam Sokol, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Erin Molan speaking at the Nikraim LaDegel's 'Salute to Israeli Independence Day' event in Tel Aviv, May 5, 2025. (Denis Kappel)
May 13, 2025, 12:09 pm
Erin Molan vs. the world: From Australian news anchor to pro-Israel firebrand
The journalist became a hero in Israel and a target at home for her unwavering support after October 7, but her new role on Elon Musk’s X brings its own set of contradictions
By Ariela Karmel
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (center), his partner Jodie Haydon and son Nathan react as they meet the party faithful after Albanese wins a second term following the general election in Sydney, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
May 3, 2025, 4:07 pm
Left-leaning PM Albanese triumphs in Australian election
Incumbent, who has been criticized over surge in antisemitism, wins contest defined by rising cost of living and Trump tariffs; opposition leader Dutton loses seat in parliament
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Footage posted to social media shows a fire blazing in the Adass Israel Synagogue in the Melbourne suburb of Ripponlea, Australia, December 6, 2024. (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 18, 2025, 5:53 pm
Australian political rivals pledge to rebuild Melbourne’s firebombed synagogue
Both the ruling Labour Party and the opposition Liberals say they’ll spend more than $20 million, with combating antisemitism a hot-button issue in May elections
By Zev Stub
Illustrative: Australian police block a street near a crime scene at Bondi Junction in Sydney, April 14, 2024. (Rick Rycroft/AP)
March 10, 2025, 1:23 pm
Australian police: Organized crime network faked synagogue bomb attack plot
Deputy national security commissioner says suspects prepared explosives, then informed authorities with the aim of ‘changing their criminal status’
By Agencies, Zev Stub and ToI Staff
Screen capture from an undated video of Israeli influencer Max Veifer (left) during a conversation with two nurses from a hospital in Sydney, Australia. (X: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 5, 2025, 6:43 am
Second Australian nurse charged for threatening to kill Israeli patients in viral clip
Ahmad Rashad Nadir arrested on charges of using a carriage service to menace or harass and illegal drug possession, week after other nurse in the video was indicted
By AFP
Police stand near houses vandalized with anti-Israel slogans in the Sydney suburb of Woollahra, Australia, December 11, 2024. (AP/Mark Baker)
February 26, 2025, 12:37 pm
Australian police charge seven for making Nazi salutes
Group makes gesture at club for Croatian expats, sparking condemnation from president of institution in Victoria’s Geelong
By AFP and ToI Staff
Screen capture from an undated video of Israeli influencer Max Veifer (left) during a conversation with two nurses from a hospital in Sydney, Australia. (X: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 26, 2025, 8:50 am
Australian nurse indicted for threatening to kill Israeli patients in viral clip
Sarah Abu Lebdeh charged with threatening violence to group; using carriage service to threaten to kill after she told influencer ‘I won’t treat [an Israeli patient], I will kill them’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Hundreds of demonstrators hold flags and pictures of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah at a protest rally in Sydney on September 29, 2024. (Saeed KHAN / AFP)
February 17, 2025, 10:17 am
Lebanese-Australian artist dropped from 2026 Venice Biennale over Nasrallah imagery
Khaled Sabsabi removed from show after article singles out 2007 work featuring late Hezbollah terror leader; Sabsabi says he is ‘extremely hurt and disappointed’ by decision
By ToI Staff
A member of the Jewish community reads messages attached to a fence where flowers have been left at the Adass Israel Synagogue in the Melbourne suburb of Ripponlea on December 9, 2024. (Martin Keep / AFP)
February 6, 2025, 10:18 pm
Australia investigating potential foreign influence amid wave of antisemitic attacks
Twelve people arrested by counterterror task force don’t share antisemitic ideology expressed in their crimes, cops say, as Australia passes new, bipartisan hate crime laws
By AP and ToI Staff
Swastikas daubed on a synagogue in Newtown on January 11, 2025, in Sydney, Australia. (Screen grab via ABC News)
February 6, 2025, 8:45 am
Australia passes tough hate crime laws in bid to stem wave of antisemitism
Legislation includes mandatory jail time for Nazi salutes, 6 years for those found guilty of terrorism; Prime Minister Albanese says perpetrators must be held to account
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Police stand near houses vandalized with anti-Israel slogans in the Sydney suburb of Woollahra, Australia, December 11, 2024. (AP/Mark Baker)
February 5, 2025, 10:02 pm
Australian man arrested for hurling bacon while scrawling antisemitic graffiti
68-year-old allegedly spat on and threw ‘packet’ of cured pork at a passerby who confronted him over the vandalism
By JTA and ToI Staff
An antisemitic slur is seen graffitied on a wall in King Lane, Randwick, Sydney, Sunday, February 2, 2025. (AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi)
February 2, 2025, 9:50 am
Two major Australian cities hit with antisemitic vandalism overnight
Police in both Sydney and Perth report swastikas, anti-Jewish messages graffitied on cars, homes; latest in a growing trend of targeting Jews in Australia
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of antisemitic graffiti found in Sydney, Australia, January 30, 2025. (9News. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 31, 2025, 1:17 pm
Australian Jews up security, conceal identity amid stream of antisemitic attacks
Police and private security stationed outside Jewish school as children return from summer break; community leader says some Jews removing kippot and mezuzot
By Alasdair Pal and Jill Gralow
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