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Sydney is facing a wave of antisemitic attacks – but what is behind them? (www.theguardian.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/38443025

On a sleepy road on the outskirts of Sydney sat a caravan that would make international headlines.

Inside, New South Wales police discovered enough explosives to cause a “potential mass causality event”, but no detonator. There was a list of Jewish sites and a note that included the words: “Fuck the Jews.”

It marked a significant escalation in a wave of antisemitic vandalism and arson attacks over the past months across Sydney.

Eleven people have been charged under Strike Force Pearl, which was set up to investigate hate crimes across Sydney, including one man charged on Friday evening with allegedly defacing a wall with Nazi symbols.

None have been charged in connection with the caravan. The Guardian does not suggest anyone charged over separate incidents has any connection to the caravan incident.

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[–] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Nazis, probably.

[–] bad_news@lemmy.billiam.net 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe the genocide? Genocide is rarely great for PR. People tend to mind it.

[–] GarlicToast@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Jewish people living in Australia have nothing to do with Israel.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago

it’s unfortunate that there has been a strong push to equate anti-israel sentiment with antisemitism… the side-effect of this is that the jewish community outside of israel is linked to israel for a lot of people