Politics latest: Melbourne anti-Semitic acts an ‘attack on Australia’: Burke
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has visited the synagogue targeted in an attempted firebombing during a string of anti-Semitic incidents across Melbourne; Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu demands Anthony Albanese take action.
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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has lashed “severe hate crimes” as Melbourne’s Jewish community remains on edge following a series of anti-Semitic acts in the CBD.
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