Australia
Omer and Ella Berger were traveling to attend their Holocaust survivor grandmother’s 100th birthday in Australia.
The terrorist operatives were honored for their “extraordinary resilience, bravery and courage.”
Days after a synagogue’s torching in Melbourne, a car was set ablaze and the words “Kill Israel” sprayed on a garage door in Woollahra.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced the creation of a federal police taskforce to combat antisemitism.
Anthony Albanese decried the rise in antisemitism in his country, but declined to address Israel’s claims it’s due to his cabinet’s treatment of Israel.
Incidents of Jew-hatred have surged in Australia since the Hamas-led terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
The Chassidic synagogue was the subject of a 2016 documentary film called “Strictly Jewish: The Secret World of Adass Israel.”
Antisemitic assaults have increased 491%, going from 11 in 2023 to 65 in 2024.
Some traditional allies of the Jewish state side with Palestinians as an Israeli diplomat slams “reckless disregard for the truth” in resolutions that have been floated this week.
Wellington cited the far-right commentator’s ban from Australia last month in its decision.
“These are dark days for Australian democracy,” said former Israeli politician Ayelet Shaked, who claimed that the decision was due to “radically pro-Palestinian policies.”
“New Zealand has now become the 30th country in the world to designate Hezbollah, in its entirety, as a terrorist organization,” the Israeli foreign affairs minister said.
