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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 474

Sydney

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
Still image from a livestreamed sermon shows an assailant approaching Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel to stab him at the Assyrian Orthodox Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Sydney, Australia, April 15, 2024. (Screenshot/Christ The Good Shepherd Church, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 17, 2024, 12:11 pm
Sydney Muslim leader: Teenage church stabber’s dad saw no sign of son’s extremism
Lebanese community representative disputes assault’s description as ‘terror,’ says 16-year-old’s father was ‘shocked’ his son attacked clerics during livestreamed service
By mark baker and Rod McGuirk
New South Wales police guard the perimeter of the Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Sydney's western suburb of Wakeley after several people were stabbed in the church premises, on April 15, 2024 (David Gray/AFP)
April 15, 2024, 5:28 pm
Four injured in stabbing attack at Assyrian church in Australia, man arrested
Incident occurs during live-streamed service in Sydney suburb central to small Christian community that fled war in Iraq and Syria; second stabbing to rock city in days
By Agencies
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (C) stands with New South Wales Premier Chris Minns (4th R) and other officials as they prepare to leave flowers outside the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping mall in Sydney on April 14, 2024. (DAVID GRAY / AFP)
April 15, 2024, 10:09 am
Police probe killer’s targeting of women in Sydney mall attack
Distraught father of Joel Cauchi, who suffers mental illness, tell media he ‘loved a monster,’ suggests murderous rampage may be tied to son’s frustration at not having girlfriend
By Laura CHUNG
Emergency officers stand by with stretchers outside Westfield Shopping Centre where multiple people were stabbed in Sydney, April 13, 2024 (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
April 13, 2024, 1:09 pm
6 killed in Sydney mall stabbing; police say terror not ruled out as motive
Several others injured, including a small child; assailant shot dead by police officer on the scene; footage shows man running around shopping center with large knife
By AFP
Police watch as protesters march during a pro-Palestinian rally in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. (AP/Mark Baker)
November 8, 2023, 7:30 pm
Jewish man in Sydney ‘very lucky’ to be alive after alleged antisemitic attack
Police investigate physical assault in park where 44-year-old victim says he was surrounded and beaten by pro-Palestinian crowd
By ToI Staff
New Year's Eve fireworks light up the sky over the Sydney Opera House (front) and Harbour Bridge during the fireworks display in Sydney on January 1, 2023. (David Gray/AFP)
December 31, 2022, 6:38 pm
World rings in 2023 after turbulent year of war in Europe, with pandemic forgotten
Sydney reclaims title of ‘New Year’s Eve capital of the world’ after coronavirus restrictions lifted; Moscow cancels traditional fireworks amid war in Ukraine
By Andrew BEATTY
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