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Now Australia has ousted Iran's envoy - will the country actually tackle antisemitism? - editorial

The attacks organized by Iran were before June's 12-day war, so reflect the export of Tehran's strategy of targeting Jews abroad, a playbook it has used for decades.

 AUSTRALIAN PRIME Minister Anthony Albanese inspects the damage at the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne, guided by Rabbi Moshe Khan, president of the Rabbinical Council of Victoria.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (R) speaks next to Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong (L) during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, August 11, 2025.

Australia slams Israeli claims on Iran envoy expulsion as 'complete nonsense'

(Illustrative) Israel Mossad agent working on laptop, analyzing aerial reconnaissance.

Was Mossad involved in getting Iran booted out of Australia? - analysis

 Member of Parliament Josh Burns walks past the damaged Adass Israel Synagogue on December 10, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia.

Con job or Iranian attacks? New revelations challenge theory on Sydney attacks - analysis


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Lebanese army members place razor wires in Burj al-Muluk, near the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila, where Israeli forces remained on the ground after a deadline for their withdrawal passed as residents sought to return to homes in the border area, Lebanon January 26, 2025.

Iran is waging a war on the West, and Australian antisemitism is the latest front - analysis

The regime's operations in Australia show how they have been waging a war on the West and Diaspora Jews using criminal proxy groups, the same way they have backed groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah.

A protester raises a portriat of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei across the Sydney Harbour Bridge during a pro-Palestinian rally against Israel's actions and the ongoing food shortages in the Gaza Strip, in Sydney on August 3, 2025

Australia's expulsion of Iran's envoy: Overdue, but a promising step to protect Australian Jews

For Australian Jews who have endured a year of threats, vandalism, and the awful fear that comes with sending a child to a visibly Jewish school, this decision allows a brief exhale.

A boy on a cycle looks on next to floral tributes and an Australian flag at the Adass Israel Synagogue after an attack in Melbourne, Australia, December 10, 2024.

Iran behind antisemitic arson attacks in Australia, Iranian diplomats expelled

Australia suspended operations at its embassy in Tehran and announced it would designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terror organization.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia , August 11, 2025.

'Ghostface' masked man charged for vandalizing Melbourne synagogue six different times this year

Riding a motorized scooter and wearing face coverings that sometimes included a Ghostface Killer mask, the vandal graffitied the synagogue with offensive phrases.

Police officers are seen collecting evidence at the synagogue which was the scene of an arson attack, July 4, 2025.

When Fighting Antisemitism Becomes Controversial, It’s Already Antisemitism

CAM's upcoming Australian Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism has been the target of attacks, with critics delegitimizing this anti-hate event.

CAM CEO SACHA ROYTMAN addresses the 2023 North American Mayors Summit  Against Antisemitism, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Nov. 16, 2023.

Australia mushroom murderer Erin Patterson left me 'half alive', lone surviving victim says

A jury found the 50-year-old guilty of the attempted murder of Ian Wilkinson, Heather's husband, who survived the 2023 meal at Erin Patterson's home in Leongatha.

Erin Patterson, an Australian woman accused of murdering three of her estranged husband's elderly relatives with a meal laced with poisonous mushrooms, arrives at Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, August 25, 2025.

WATCH: Second man charged for Melbourne Adass Israel synagogue arson attack

The 20-year-old is alleged to be one of three men who deliberately set fire to the Ripponlea synagogue in December, wounding two people.

  Members of the Synagogue recover items from the Adass Israel Synagogue on December 06, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia.

Widespread protests held in Australia to support Palestinians

In Sydney, organizer Josh Lees said Australians were out in force to "demand an end to this genocide in Gaza and to demand that our government sanction Israel."

A demonstrator carries a doll during the 'Nationwide March for Palestine' protest in Sydney, Australia, August 24, 2025.

Grapevine, August 24, 2025: An OK Israeli

Movers and shakers in Israeli society

CULTURE AND Sport Minister Miki Zohar ponders his next move.

Australia’s unbridled hypocrisy: A colonial project's bias towards Israel's history - opinion

Unlike Australia, whose colonial project rests upon a 200-year history of conquest, the Jewish connection to Israel is ancient and eternal. Our ancestors are buried in Hebron on land Abraham paid for

 Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia November 29, 2024.