Israel urged Australia to do more to halt an "epidemic of antisemitism" in the country as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his government was doing all it could to combat attacks that he says include domestic terrorism.

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Sydney has experienced several anti-Semitic attacks, mainly in Sydney's eastern suburbs where many Jewish people live, which have been met with widespread community outrage and a heavy police response.

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,

Sydney police reported that a caravan laden with enough explosives to create a 40-meter blast wave has been found in Sydney’s north-west suburb, with notes suggesting a Jewish synagogue could be a target, reported the Sydney Morning Herald.

Israel’s foreign minister said antisemitism was “spreading in Australia almost unchecked” and he expected more action to stop attacks on the Jewish community.

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.

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

On October 7, 2024, mourners gathered outside Sydney's town hall for a vigil honoring innocent lives lost in the Israel-Palestine conflict since October 7, 2023. "A few days prior, organizers submitted an application to the Supreme Court,