“To those who’ve said over the past two years that #antisemitism has no place in #Australia, yesterday should have finally made it clear that antisemitism has well and truly found a place here in our beloved country.”
Since the #Hamas attack on Israel on #7October 2023, numerous #antisemitic incidents have been reported across Australia. Some have been identified by the #Australian federal police (AFP) as a “con job” perpetrated by criminals with no ideological intent, while Asio has alleged some were directed by the #Iranian government.
This does not include the hundreds, or by some counts thousands, of incidents that do not make the news – verbal abuse and physical violence, offensive graffiti and acts of vandalism – which groups that track the extent of antisemitism say have risen sharply in two years, even if definitions differ."


