Australian detectives are examining whether foreign entities are funding criminal groups to carry out antisemitic attacks in the country.

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.

Australian police are investigating whether criminals have been paid money from abroad to commit antisemitic crimes. The country has seen a recent spate of vandalism against Jewish sites.

Police in the state of New South Wales, that has Sydney as its capital, have arrested forty people for antisemitic offences and eight relation to arson. Here are some key events: May 25, 2024: Australia’s largest Jewish school graffitied in Melbourne.

A childcare centre in Sydney was set alight early morning on Tuesday and antisemitic graffiti was sprayed on the wall, authorities said, the latest in a spate of attacks in Australia targeting the Jewish community.