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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 647

New South Wales

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
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 12, 2025, 10:52 am
Two nurses in Australia suspended for saying they would kill Israeli patients
In social media conversation with Israeli influencer, one nurse claims to have already sent ‘Israeli dogs’ to hell, another vows she would not treat them, would kill them instead
By Agencies and Zev Stub
Police stand near houses vandalized with anti-Israel slogans in the Sydney suburb of Woollahra, Australia, December 11, 2024. (AP/Mark Baker)
January 30, 2025, 10:18 pm
Discovery of explosives-filled trailer near Sydney averted mass casualty event — police
Police say public revelations about vehicle, believed to have been intended to blow up synagogue, compromised ongoing probe into series of antisemitic attacks in Australia
By Zev Stub
New South Wales Deputy Police Commissioner David Hudson briefs reporters about a caravan of explosives found in a suburb of Sydney, Australia, with 'indications' that they were meant to target a synagogue, January 29, 2025. (Screen capture via Australian Broadcasting Corporation, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 29, 2025, 1:49 pm
Sydney police uncover cache of explosives, with indication target was synagogue
Australian city’s Jewish community on edge after police — who kept the incident secret until it was leaked — say they’re probing possible connections to recent antisemitic attacks
By Zev Stub, ToI Staff and Agencies
A daycare center is set on fire in Sydney Australia with antisemitic graffiti next to it on January 21, 2025 (Screencapture/X)
January 21, 2025, 10:43 am
Sydney childcare center torched in latest antisemitic attack in Australia
Police say they are stepping up investigations after building was graffitied with anti-Jewish slogans and then burnt, causing massive damage but no injuries
By Agencies
An image released by New South Wales Police showing suspects in an attack on a Sydney, Australia, synagogue on January 11, 2025. (NSW Police)
January 12, 2025, 9:54 am
Australian cops say vandals who defaced Sydney synagogue also tried to burn it
Newtown synagogue, which was covered in swastikas on Saturday, was also target of attempted arson, says New South Wales premier, blasting ‘escalation’ in antisemitism
By Reuters and ToI Staff
A picture from an album labeled 'Approx 500 Jewish Atrocity Photos' sold at an auction in Australian in January 2023 (Danielle Elizabeth Auctions)
January 17, 2023, 1:22 pm
Australian Jews urge bidders to donate ‘horrific’ Nazi items from auction to museum
Memorabilia included album of 500 ‘very disturbing’ photos from inside concentration camps, with ‘Jews hanging in streets’
By ToI Staff
New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet, left, with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, center, in Sydney, Australia, September 14, 2022. (Rick Rycroft/AP)
January 12, 2023, 12:44 pm
Australian state leader admits wearing Nazi uniform, says he’s ‘deeply ashamed’
New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet says he wore outfit at his 21st birthday party in ‘terrible decision’; Jewish Board of Deputies says it’s a reminder of need for education
By AFP
Illustrative: The swastika logo of Antipodean Resistance found on the front gates of Emmy Monash Aged Care in south-east Melbourne, Australia in January 2019. (Anti-Defamation Commission)
August 11, 2022, 4:16 pm
Australia’s New South Wales becomes second state to ban Nazi swastika displays
Welcoming move, local Jewish leader notes: ‘Nazi symbols are a gateway to violence and are used as a recruitment tool by extremists’
By AP
Illustrative: The swastika logo of Antipodean Resistance found on the front gates of Emmy Monash Aged Care in south-east Melbourne, Australia in January 2019. (Anti-Defamation Commission)
February 23, 2022, 10:35 pm
Australia’s New South Wales state moves to outlaw the swastika
Bill would ban public display or dissemination of symbol, imposing maximum penalties of approximately $4,000 and six months in prison
By Ron Kampeas
A man has a swab taken at a drive-through COVID-19 testing clinic at Bondi Beach in Sydney, December 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)
December 26, 2021, 5:03 am
Australia’s most populous state sets new daily COVID case record
New South Wales also reports sharp jump in hospitalizations, as officials say most cases are of the Omicron strain, urge vaccine boosters
By AP
This picture taken on December 31, 2019, shows a firefighter hosing down trees and flying embers in an effort to secure nearby houses from brush fires near the town of Nowra in the Australian state of New South Wales. (Photo by SAEED KHAN / AFP)
January 2, 2020, 10:54 am
Australia orders evacuation of towns threatened by fire ahead of heatwave
Thousands scramble to leave their homes and popular coastal resorts in New South Wales and Victoria, after catastrophic wildfire season that has killed at least 18
By Holly Robertson
An old car burns from bushfires in Balmoral, 150 kilometres southwest of Sydney on December 19, 2019. (PETER PARKS/AFP)
December 19, 2019, 1:40 pm
Australia declares emergency as temperature record broken for 2nd time in week
Thousands of firefighters battle bushfires amid 41.9 degrees Celsius heatwave, with authorities warning extreme weather conditions could get even worse
By Tristan Lavalette
Mike Kelly, an Australian federal lawmaker of the Labor party. (Screenshot: YouTube)
February 28, 2018, 8:47 pm
Neo-Nazi group targets Australian lawmaker with anti-Semitic poster
Flier with swastika and ‘reject Jewish poison’ slogan hung in office window of Mike Kelly, whose wife is Jewish
By JTA
Bourhan Hraichie, charged in connection with planning a terror act in Australia, September 14, 2016. (Youtube screenshot)
September 14, 2016, 3:56 pm
Australian man charged with plotting terror attack
Bourhan Hraichie, who allegedly carved Islamic State symbol into cellmate’s forehead earlier this year, pens letter discussing beheading plans
By AFP and ToI Staff
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