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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 642

Sydney

Imam Ahmad Zoud goes on an anti-Semitic rant during his Friday sermon at the Sydney mosque Masjid as-Sunnah Lakemba on December 22, 2023. (Screen capture: MEMRI, used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 1, 2025, 3:15 pm
Australian Imam who apologized for antisemitic sermon now calls to ‘kill all oppressors’
Sheikh Ahmed Zoud recently retracted claim that Jews are bloodthirsty and treacherous, but new statements raise questions as to whether he is using dog whistle to continue preaching hate
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 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
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
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 30, 2025, 3:54 pm
Sydney Jewish school, home and mall daubed with antisemitic graffiti
Discovery of sprayed slogans including ‘Jew dogs’ comes day after announcement of apparent bomb plot against Jewish targets amid escalation in antisemitic incidents in Australia
By Agencies
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
Swastikas daubed on a synagogue in Newtown on January 11, 2025, in Sydney, Australia. (Screen grab via ABC News)
January 11, 2025, 8:04 am
Sydney synagogue defaced with red swastikas, day after another synagogue vandalized
Home in city also daubed with antisemitic graffiti, police say they’re probing offensive comments on street poster; Australian PM: Abhorrent graffiti needs to stop immediately
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Antisemitic graffiti daubed on a Sydney synagogue, January 10, 2025 (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 10, 2025, 9:40 am
Australian synagogue graffitied with swastikas in latest antisemitic attack
‘Hitler on top’ scrawled on wall of building; authorities denounce ‘appalling, hate-filled vandalism
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Screen capture from video of a shared electric bike in Sydney, Australia, 2024. (YouTube: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 7, 2025, 11:26 am
Sydney electric bike sharing program is ‘billboard’ for antisemitism — report
Anti-Israel graffiti and swastikas daubed on bicycles in Jewish neighborhoods of Australian city for over a year; community leaders accuse operator Lime of not tackling problem
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
An antisemitic slogan found sprayed on the side of a car in the suburb of Queen’s Park, in Sydney, January 6, 2025. (AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi)
January 6, 2025, 9:41 am
‘F*** the Jews’ scrawled on car in Sydney, drawing condemnation from Australian PM
Jewish community leaders speak out against what they say is a rising tide of attacks; unlike previous incidents, graffiti not couched as criticism of Israel
By ToI Staff
Fire crew members and police officers work the scene of an arson attack at Adass Israel Synagogue in the suburb of Ripponlea, Melbourne, Australia, December 6, 2024. (Con Chronis/AAP Image via AP)
December 11, 2024, 12:50 pm
Australian police special operation probes increased antisemitic attacks
String of incidents, including the torching of a synagogue in Melbourne, prompt authorities to launch dedicated investigation into assaults on Jews
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A police detective walks near houses vandalized with anti-Israel slogans in the Sydney suburb of Woollahra, Australia, December 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
December 11, 2024, 2:41 am
Car torched, anti-Israel graffiti sprayed in Sydney suburb with large Jewish community
Australian PM denounces attack in Woollahra, which comes days after arson gutted Melbourne synagogue; Australian Jewish Association accuses government of ignoring warnings of violence
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A banner reading 'Sanction Israel' is hung across the entrance of the Great Synagogue in Sydney, Australia, July 14, 2024. (NSW Jewish Board of Deputies)
July 14, 2024, 10:14 pm
Sydney Jews decry ‘Sanction Israel’ banner hung at Great Synagogue as ‘antisemitism’
Jewish community group calls incident ‘pure, unadulterated antisemitism,’ antithetical to Australian life; prominent human rights lawyer denounces ‘unhinged Jew-hatred’
By ToI Staff
A forensic officer walks past boarded windows at the US consulate as police investigate the vandalism in Sydney, June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
June 10, 2024, 5:17 pm
US consulate in Sydney vandalized with suspected pro-Palestinian symbol
Australia’s PM tells activists on both sides of Israel-Hamas war debate to ‘turn the heat down’ after windows smashed, two inverted triangles painted at front of building
By Agencies and ToI Staff
File: Security officers stand guard outside the Assyrian Orthodox Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Sydney, Australia, April 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
April 29, 2024, 1:11 pm
Australian police say teens planned to buy guns, attack Jews after stabbing priest
Police documents say five teenagers aged 14-17 charged with offenses including conspiring to engage in or planning a terrorist act; one of them attacked Sydney bishop on April 15
By Rod McGuirk
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