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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 498

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Swastikas daubed on a synagogue in Newtown on January 11, 2025, in Sydney, Australia. (Screen grab via ABC News)
January 15, 2025, 11:47 am
As Australia touts efforts to combat antisemitism, Jewish leaders demand more action
While a new task force dedicated to fighting anti-Jewish violence has begun to work, recent arson and graffiti attacks on local synagogues leave the community vulnerable, angry
By Zev Stub
Activists demonstrate on behalf of the Hamas-held Israeli hostages on International Women's Day, March 8, 2024. (Courtesy of J-United)
August 22, 2024, 1:20 am
Aussie Jews step up pro-Israel activism as rebel anti-Zionist group raises its profile
Post-Oct. 7, most of the Jewish community was caught off guard by a lack of public support, which it has made up for with grassroots and institutional efforts to aid the Jewish state
By Nomi Kaltmann
Australia former Prime Minister Bob Hawke listens during a campaign launch in Sydney, Sunday, June 19, 2016. (Mick Tsikas/Pool Photo via AP)
May 16, 2019, 5:39 pm
Bob Hawke, ex-Australian PM and advocate for refuseniks, dies at 89
Politician was staunch supporter of Soviet Jews and helped to secure release of high-profile dissidents in 1987; was targeted in Palestinian terrorist plot
By AP and ToI Staff
Opposition leader Bill Shorten speaks at the launch of Labor's federal election campaign at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre in Brisbane, May 5, 2019. (Darren England/AAP Image via AP)
May 15, 2019, 1:32 pm
As Australia heads to polls, Labor vows to reverse Jerusalem recognition
But party led by Bill Shorten, which is expected to win Saturday’s federal election, stops short of announcing plan to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, meets with the then-Australian federal opposition leader Bill Shorten, center, and senator Penny Wong in Sydney, February 24, 2017. (William West/Pool Photo via AP)
December 18, 2018, 1:39 pm
Australian Labor party says it will recognize Palestinian state if in power
Foreign affairs senator Penny Wong tells national conference that she is a friend of both Israel and the Palestinians, calls West Jerusalem recognition ‘all risk and no gain’
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
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