Australia State Head Says Latest Attacks Mark Rise in Hate Crime
A crowd gathers outside the temporary fence at the burnt Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne in Dec. 2024.
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Recent attacks on synagogues and property belonging to Jewish people mark an escalation of anti-Semitic hate crime in Australia, New South Wales Premier Chris Minns said Sunday.
An inner-west Sydney synagogue as well as a home and several cars in the city’s affluent east were defaced with anti-Jewish slurs and symbols on Saturday, a day after an attack on a separate place of worship, according to state police.