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In Australia, President Isaac Herzog tells anti-Israel demonstrators to protest Iran instead

Herzog said it was “obscure and odd” that heavy police protection was needed to ensure Jews could gather peacefully with the president of Israel.

ISRAEL'S PRESIDENT Isaac Herzog speaks during his state visit to Australia following a deadly mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, 2025, in Melbourne, Australia, February 12, 2026.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog meets students at Moriah War Memorial College during his state visit following a deadly mass shooting at a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, in Sydney, Australia, February 10, 2026.

Herzog meets lone soldiers and families in closed-door Melbourne gathering

A protester holds aloft a placard as they march during the visit of Israel's President Isaac Herzog in Melbourne on February 12, 2026

‘Death to Herzog’ scrawled at Melbourne University as protests expected on visit's final day

 Israel's President Isaac Herzog and the First Lady Michal Herzog plant an olive tree in the gardens at the Embassy of Israel on February 11, 2026 in Canberra, Australia.

Watch: Herzog calls for ‘new beginning' in Israel-Australia relations as protests persist


Key figure in Iran-tied criminal network targeting Israelis, Jews in Sweden arrested in Iraq

The 21-year-old Swedish national, listed as one of Europol's most wanted and a leading member of the Foxtrot network, was arrested in December.

A demonstration in support of Palestine and Lebanon marches through Stockholm to Gustav Adolfs Torg, Sweden October 5.

Iraq arrests suspect wanted by Australia over Melbourne synagogue firebombing

"This arrest is a significant disruption to an alleged serious criminal and his alleged criminal enterprise in Australia," said the Australian Federal Police Commissioner.

  Members of the Synagogue recover items from the Adass Israel Synagogue on December 06, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia.

Australia’s new anti-hate bill may shield Islamic hate preachers, critics condemn loopholes

The amendment includes a legal cover for extremists to preach hate by stating that the offense does not apply if the individual is quoting or referencing a religious text.

Pro-Palestine protesters hold flags and chant outside the Indo Pacific International Maritime Exposition at Darling Harbour on November 04, 2025 in Sydney, Australia.

Australia's royal commission exposes antisemitism crisis across western nations - opinion

For the first time since October 7, Australia has seen a major public outpouring of grief. The Bondi tragedy has drawn attention to the scale of government inaction, jolting the nation awake.

NSW Premier Chris Minns and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attend a press conference at NSW Police headquarters, following a deadly shooting incident during a Jewish holiday celebration at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, December 16, 2025.

Thirty days after Bondi Beach, can Australia’s multicultural project survive? - opinion

The Opera House. The Harbor Bridge. Bondi Beach. Each one an icon, a totem, a postcard. More than just a place, they imbued the very idea of Australia: a land of optimism, freedom, egalitarianism.

People stand near flowers laid as a tribute at Bondi Beach to honour the victims of a mass shooting that targeted a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on Sunday, in Sydney, Australia, December 16, 2025.

Bondi Beach crossroads: In the wake of terror, Australian Jews stand tall, not small - opinion

There is a real possibility that this attack will mark not only a descent into fear, but the beginning of a different kind of reckoning – one where Jews respond by standing taller, not smaller.

Friends and family attend the funeral of Dan Alkayim, who was murdered in a mass terrorist shooting attack on December 14, 2025 at Bondi Beach in Sydney, at a cemetery in Ashdod, southern Israel, December 25, 2025.

Australian parliament back from summer break to pass hate speech laws inspired on Bondi tragedy

The proposed laws will also ease visa denials on the grounds of racial bigotry and lower the threshold for banning hate organizations, including neo-Nazi groups, officials said.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends a press conference following a shooting at Bondi Beach, at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, December 14, 2025.

Victoria's bushfire crisis deepens: Human remains discovered as fires consume 860,000 acres

Authorities have said the fires are the worst to hit the southeast since the 2019-2020 Black Summer blazes that destroyed an area the size of Turkey and killed 33 people.

CFA firefighters conduct black-out operations at dusk as they mop up remaining hot spots following bushfire activity near Alexandra, Victoria, Australia, as extreme fire danger conditions persist across the state, January 10, 2026.

Talent, arrogance, and the cost of not being ready in sports and war - opinion

Sport, of course, is never just sport. It is one of the most powerful metaphors we have for life itself. ...In Israel, the clamor is growing for a full national investigation into October 7 failures.

England players shake hands after the match. The Ashes, Australia vs England, Fifth Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia, last week.

Three people missing as bushfires destroy homes in Australia's southeast

Three people are unaccounted for as bushfires continue to devastate Victoria, Australia, with 30 active blazes and catastrophic fire conditions. Firefighters battle intense heat and winds.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reacts during a briefing during a visit to the Australian Government National Situation Room in Canberra, Australia, January 9, 2026.