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In Dover Heights cars were set ablaze, antisemitic slogans were graffitied on firebombed cars and the former house of Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-CEO Alex Ryvchin was doused in red paint.

January 23, 2025, 9:44 am

‘This is a campaign of domestic terrorism’

NSW Jewish Board of Deputies president David Ossip said the incident “should outrage and disturb all Australians”.

By Carly Adno

The crowd at the "Call to Action' gathering against antisemitism at Sydney's Martin Place on January 21, 2025. Photo: Shane Desiatnik

January 22, 2025, 5:01 pm

Sydney rally calls government to act on antisemitism

Upper Martin Place in Sydney was full of Aussie flags at a 'Call to Action' on antisemitism gathering on January 21.

By Shane Desiatnik

January 22, 2025, 4:26 pm

AFP looking into overseas involvement in hate crimes

'We are looking at if – or how - they have been paid, for example in cryptocurrency, which can take longer to identify,' Commissioner says

By AJN STAFF

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Photo: Giselle Haber. On January 21, 2025, he finally called a meeting of national cabinet to discuss rising antisemitism.

January 21, 2025, 3:11 pm

Albanese finally calls for national cabinet meeting

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese finally called for such a national cabinet discussion to occur, from 5pm on January 21.

By Shane Desiatnik

A childcare centre in Maroubra was targeted in an attack overnight.

January 21, 2025, 9:54 am

Childcare centre targeted in latest Sydney hate attack

'This isn’t just a string of antisemitic hate crimes - this is a campaign of domestic terrorism and needs to be treated as the crisis it is'

By AJN STAFF

From left: Peter Wertheim, Senator James Patterson, Ro Knox, Julian Leeser MP, Rabbi Levi Wolff, and Peter Dutton at Central Synagogue on January 20. Photo: Shane Desiatnik

January 20, 2025, 3:16 pm

Dutton pledges tougher action against antisemitism

Peter Dutton promised today that, if elected, he'd convene a national cabinet on antisemitism.

By Shane Desiatnik

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

A woman and a little girl look at a mural showing female Israeli soldiers taken hostage during the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 18, 2025 (The Times of Israel: AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

January 19, 2025, 9:59 am

Hours before Gaza ceasefire set to start, PM stresses right to resume war after ‘pause’

As of Saturday night, Israel was still awaiting list of names from Hamas of the three women hostages to be freed Sunday afternoon; Netanyahu says deal won’t move forward without it.

By Emanuel Fabian and TOI Staff and Agencies

AFP officers execute a search warrant at a home in Blacktown.

January 17, 2025, 5:24 pm

Man charged over death threat to Jewish organisation

First charges laid in Sydney under Special Operation Avalite, which was established in December following the firebombing of the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne

By Gareth Narunsky

Left: Mossad director David Barnea, the head of Israel's hostage-ceasefire negotiating team. Right: Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani. (Gil Cohen-Magen, Karim Jaafar/AFP/collage)

January 17, 2025, 1:14 pm

Israel and Hamas sign hostage-ceasefire deal after mediators iron out final kinks

The deal was announced Wednesday, but the negotiating teams continued meeting afterward in order to finalise implementation details, official says

By Jacob Magid

A burnt out car with antisemitic graffiti is towed away in Dover Heights, Sydney, Friday, January 17, 2025. Photo: AAP Image/Neve Brissendeni

January 17, 2025, 8:22 am

Antisemitic vandals target home once owned by high-profile Jewish leader

In the latest attack, this time in Dover Heights, 'a number of vehicles were sprayed with graffiti, two vehicles were set alight, and a house was splashed with paint'.

By AJN STAFF

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on August 18, 2024 (The Times of Israel: Screenshot/GPO)

January 16, 2025, 8:19 pm

Israeli cabinet delays vote on hostage-ceasefire deal as Hamas reneges on parts

'Hamas has reneged on parts of the agreement reached with the mediators and Israel in an effort to extort last-minute concessions'

Mark Leibler (right) with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar in Jerusalem.

January 16, 2025, 3:40 pm

Mark Leibler meets with Gideon Sa’ar

Leibler described it as a productive exchange focused on the relationship between Australia and Israel, and the deeply troubling uptick in antisemitism in Australia

By AJN STAFF

FireDome co-founders Dr Adi Naor Pomerantz (left) and Gadi Benjamini. Photo: Omer Hacohen

January 16, 2025, 12:01 pm

An ‘Iron Dome’ to stop wildfires

FireDome plans to have the first system ready for testing in Israel around May, in areas, such as Jerusalem or the Carmel forest in the north, that are prone to wildfires

By SHARON WROBEL

Israelis react to the ceasefire announcement as they take part in a demonstration in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 15, 2025. Photo: AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg

January 16, 2025, 11:49 am

Gaza ceasefire deal: What it means for the Middle East

A deal to release the Israeli hostages from Gaza that leads to the end of the war would be a seminal event, likely redrawing the regional map

By Ran Porat