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Three charged over arson attack on Jewish community ambulances in London

Rob Klein — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 06:55:40 +0000

British police have charged three men in connection with the arson attack on four ambulances belonging to the Jewish volunteer service Hatzola (known as Hatzolah in Australia) in north London. The incident took place in the early hours of 23 March 2026 when the vehicles, parked in the grounds of Machzike Hadath Synagogue on Highfield […]

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Four Hatzola ambulances torched in London

J-Wire News Service — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 06:32:57 +0000

Residents in a predominantly Jewish north London suburb were roused before dawn on Monday by explosions when four ambulances from a Jewish volunteer emergency service were deliberately set alight in an incident police are investigating as an antisemitic hate crime. The four Hatzola (spelt ‘Hatzolah’ in Australia) Northwest vehicles were engulfed in flames shortly before […]

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Sydney man jailed for five years over foreign-directed antisemitic attacks

J-Wire Staff — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 06:21:37 +0000

A 32-year-old Sydney man has today received a maximum five-year prison sentence for masterminding a series of arson attacks and antisemitic vandalism incidents across the city in January 2025. Magistrate Jennifer Atkinson, in the Downing Centre Local Court, described the offences as part of an organised effort by foreign actors to inflame tensions between Arab […]

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Richmond man arrested over arson attack on car with Chanukah sign

J-Wire News Service — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 02:51:35 +0000

A 47-year-old man has been arrested after a car displaying a Chanukah sign with a menorah was allegedly set alight in the driveway of a St Kilda East home on Christmas Day. Victoria Police said the Richmond man was arrested without incident on Victoria Street at about 9am on Tuesday following an investigation by the […]

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Fresh charges for bikie over Iran-linked arson attacks

AAP — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 07:36:49 +0000

A bikie mastermind and his two alleged accomplices face further criminal charges after a kosher deli was firebombed in an attack suspected to be linked with Iran. Lewis’s Continental Kitchen, in Bondi in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, was targeted in a failed arson attack on October 15, 2024. Five days later, it was hit again, causing […]

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Melbourne synagogue arsonist motivated by mental illness, judge rules

JNS — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 06:53:30 +0000

A judge ruled on Monday that the man who set fire to a Melbourne synagogue while worshippers were inside was motivated by mental illness, not antisemitism. The ruling follows a wave of antisemitic attacks that have roiled Australia since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on southern Israel, including the firebombings of synagogues and a […]

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New report finds online hate follows fires at Melbourne synagogues

Rob Klein — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 08:25:55 +0000

When Melbourne’s Adass Synagogue was burned to the ground in late 2024, and the East Melbourne Synagogue’s entrance was set ablaze on 4 July 2025, you might have expected widespread public condemnation and solidarity. Instead, a new report has revealed a torrent of online conspiracy theories, denial, and even celebration; a disturbing sign that antisemitism […]

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Jewish Melbourne’s Friday evening of horror

Rob Klein — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 13:13:29 +0000

Melbourne’s Jewish community rocked by synagogue arson and restaurant attack. Melbourne’s Jewish community has been left reeling after an East Melbourne synagogue was set alight and an Israeli restaurant attacked during a night of targeted violence and intimidation in the city. In separate incidents on Friday evening, masked pro-Palestine protesters stormed Miznon, an Israeli restaurant […]

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