Australia has been grappling with a spate of antisemitic attacks on synagogues, buildings and cars since the beginning of the Israel-Gaza war in late 2023.

Jewish students in Sydney returned to school on Friday with a heightened security presence, days after police said they foiled a planned antisemitic attack in the city using a trailer filled with explosives.

A highly concerning spate of "evil" antisemitic attacks have been occurring across Australia - particularly in Sydney and Melbourne - since the beginning of the Israel-Gaza war.

Israel has urged Australia to step up efforts against rising antisemitism as threatening acts increase in the country. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese asserts that measures are in place to tackle increasing domestic terrorism,

Amid a deterioration in relations between the Albanese government and Israel the Coalition wants to boost trade and investment ties with a fellow democracy.

Australian authorities say they are investigating links to overseas actors as they crack down on antisemitic violence.

Sydney restaurateur Judith Lewis couldn’t save the mezuzah, a framed parchment inked with Hebrew prayers, that was hanging in her family’s café when arsonists set it alight in the early hours one Sunday in late October.

Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel has given a sharp rebuke towards the Albanese government for contributing to the “shocking rise in anti-Semitism” after meetings with Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus.

The Albanese government, like its counterparts in Washington and internationally, is seeking to demonise, outlaw and persecute opponents of the ongoing US-backed Israeli barbarism in the Middle East.

Right-wing politicians, Zionists and media commentators have seized on the PSNA’s misguided protest stunts in order to delegitimise opposition to the Gaza genocide.

Shamikh Badra is among the Australians defying government advice to travel to Gaza in the hopes of finding missing loved ones.