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NSW Police are being criticised for inaction over an alleged antisemitic incident. A second man has been arrested for allegedly trying to set a synagogue alight in Sydney's Inner West. Photo: NSW Police

January 22, 2025, 12:30 pm

Two arrested over arson at Newtown Synagogue

"They are watching you and you will be caught if you intend to commit one of these heinous crimes," Police Minister Yasmin Catley warned.

By Carly Adno

From left: Romi Gonen, Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher (Courtesy)

January 19, 2025, 11:30 pm

Ceasefire takes effect after Hamas names the three women hostages to be freed Sunday

Romi Gonen, Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher to be freed on first day of truce after Hamas delayed list of names; will be met by IDF representatives, doctors, psychologists.

By Emanuel Fabian, TOI Staff and Agencies and AMY SPIRO

17-12-24 Naomi Levin, CEO of JCCV speaking outside Adass after Premier Jacinta Allan's announce,ment of new laws to curb hate and anti-semitism. Photo: Peter Haskin

December 17, 2024, 3:28 pm

Shule protests, symbols, masks to be banned

Long-awaited measures against rampant antisemitism in Victoria have been welcomed by Jewish organisations.

By Peter Kohn

Palestinians pray over the bodies of people killed in an Israeli army strike against Hamas in the Nuseirat refugee camp, at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, December 12, 2024. (The Times of Israel: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)

December 16, 2024, 11:26 am

UK think tank: Gaza death toll inflated to defame Israel for targeting civilians

Hamas figures appear to include thousands who died of natural causes, Henry Jackson Society finds, accusing international media of being too quick to accept terror group’s numbers.

By TOI STAFF

December 11, 2024, 7:49 am

Hate crime to be met with ‘full response’ from NSW Police

NSW Premier Chris Minns has announced Operation Shelter will return to the same operational levels as post-October 7 following another antisemitic incident in Woollahra.

By Gareth Narunsky and Carly Adno

December 10, 2024, 4:25 pm

Alleged threat to ‘blow up’ Beth Weizmann

A Brisbane man has been charged after a threat was allegedly made to "blow up" Melbourne's Beth Weizmann Jewish Community Centre.

By Peter Kohn

Internal damage to the Adass Israel Synagogue after it was firebombed. Photo: Yumi Rosenbaum

December 6, 2024, 8:36 am

Police declare firebombing of synagogue a terrorist attack

Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton has declared the attack at Adass Israel Synagogue a terror attack and revealed police are now hunting three suspects.

By AJN STAFF

Then-former US president Donald Trump poses for photos with family members of Hamas hostage Edan Alexander, after visiting the gravesite of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson in New York, October 7, 2024. (The Times of Israel: AP Photo/ Yuki Iwamura)

December 3, 2024, 9:38 am

Trump warns there will be ‘all hell to pay’ if hostages aren’t released by Jan. 20

After making threat as candidate at the RNC, president-elect doubles down, two days after Hamas releases video of American-Israeli captive begging him to secure a deal

By Jacob Magid

November 19, 2024, 2:32 pm

Woman arrested

The allegations reportedly relate to alleged threats made against some of those Jewish creatives doxxed.

By AJN STAFF

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant salutes as a sign of respect to Israel's security forces at the end of a press conference and after he was fired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, November 5, 2024. (The Times of Israel: Reuters/Nir Elias)

November 6, 2024, 8:54 am

After being fired, Gallant says ‘moral darkness’ has engulfed country

“In these circumstances, there is no choice. Everyone must serve in the IDF, and participate in the mission of defending Israel.”

By LAZAR BERMAN

August 1, 2024, 2:33 pm

Jewish man refused service by pro-Palestine staff member

'Inflammatory, hurtful, and unnecessary displays like this only further marginalise, isolate, and harm our Jewish community'

By Bruce Hill

US President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Yair Lapid and President Isaac Herzog visit the opening ceremony of the Maccabiah Games in Jerusalem on July 14, 2022. (The Times of Israel: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

July 22, 2024, 8:55 am

Israeli officials thank Biden for ‘steadfast support’ after he quits presidential race

Lapid posts photo with US leader, writing ‘Thank you’; President Herzog calls him a ‘true ally of the Jewish people’; ex-PM Bennett: ‘Stood by us in our most difficult moments’.

By Michael Bachner

Students at Melbourne University wearing Keffiyehs. Photo: Peter Haskin

May 15, 2024, 3:23 pm

Keffiyeh banned in Victorian Parliament

This makes Victoria's Parliament one of the few in the world to ban MPs from wearing the Palestinian headscarf.

By Bruce Hill

File: In this photo released by the Iranian army on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, drones are launched during the air force nationwide drone drill centered in northern Semnan province, Iran. (The Times of Israel: Iranian Army via AP)

April 14, 2024, 8:26 am

Iran launches over 100 drones at Israel in first-ever direct attack

Suicide drones expected to take hours to arrive; airspace shuttered in Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon; all education Sunday canceled; army says air force ‘prepared and ready’.

By Emanuel Fabian and TOI STAFF

Hamas's Gaza Strip leader Yahya Sinwar in a tunnel in southern Gaza's Khan Younis, October 10, 2023 (The Times of Israel: IDF Spokesman)

February 14, 2024, 11:40 am

IDF airs footage of Hamas leader Sinwar in Gaza tunnel: ‘We’ll catch him, dead or alive’

Army said to identify terror chief, whose back is to camera along with family, by size of his ears and with AI; spokesperson says clip shows Hamas leaders only care for themselves.

By EMANUEL FABIAN AND TOI STAFF