The police said they were investigating whether “overseas actors” were involved the vandalizing of synagogues and a day care center.

Detectives in Australia are investigating whether foreign actors paying criminals are behind the recent string of antisemitic attacks.

Australian authorities are investigating potential foreign involvement in recent antisemitic crimes across the nation, amid rising tensions since the Israel-Hamas conflict began on October 7, 2023. Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw has suggested that "criminals-for-hire may be behind some incidents" and is exploring whether

An Australian state has committed more police to investigate a spate of antisemitic crimes after a childcare center was torched near a Sydney synagogue.

Australian detectives are investigating whether foreign actors are paying criminals to commit antisemitic attacks in the country

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called a snap cabinet meeting in response, where officials agreed to set up a national database to track antisemitic incidents. Thus far, the federal police taskforce,

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s government convened a “national cabinet” with state leaders this week after a childcare centre near a synagogue in east Sydney was firebombed and defaced with an antisemitic slogan.

The crimes have included torching a child care center, burning cars in largely Jewish neighborhoods and smearing red paint and graffiti on synagogues in Sydney, while a synagogue in Melbourne was firebombed in December,