MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian state committed more police to investigate a spate of antisemitic crimes, officials said on Tuesday after a childcare center was torched near a Sydney synagogue.

Australian police believe explosives found on Sydney’s outskirts were evidence of a deadly escalation in a campaign of antisemitic arson and graffiti crimes that has been waged in major cities for months.

SYDNEY: Australian authorities said Wednesday (j=Jan 29) they had seized explosives stored in a caravan in greater Sydney possibly intended for a "mass casualty" anti-Semitic attack.

Chris Minns, the premier of New South Wales, emphasized that the operation targeting these antisemitic crimes is “just getting started.”

and one person suffered burn injuries in the fire that was set at a Melbourne synagogue in December. Acting New South Police Wales Police Commissioner Peter Thurtell said Strike Force Pearl ...

Crimes against Jewish communities have been escalating across Australia. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has defended his government's response to such acts.

Caravan in outer suburban Sydney contained industrial explosives and notes listing 'Jewish entities' Australian police were Thursday investigating if explosives stashed in an abandoned caravan outside Sydney were part of a planned "terrorism event" targeting Jewish residents.

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The NSW police are continuing their investigation before charging the individual, according to Webb taking their time because the immediate threat had been averted.

Australia’s fight to eradicate anti-Semitism is undermined by frontline state and federal police being under-resourced, overworked and jurisdictionally hindered.

A caravan found with high-powered explosives inside has been linked to a woman who was already charged over an anti-Semitic incident.

Dr Tim Watson-Munro has weighed in on a disturbing theory that has been circulating since a series of anti-Semitic attacks were predominantly carried out in Sydney and Melbourne.