There has been a spate of vandalism and arson of synagogues, cars, a child-care centre, and sundry other sites in the last year or so. Politicians have labelled these attacks as antisemitic and at least some of them may be politically motivated, while the motivation of others is not so clear.
Two teenagers were charged over the alleged vandalism of a federal Labor MP, Josh Burns’ St Kilda office. Windows were smashed or covered in painted slogans including “Zionism is fascism” at the electoral office of the Josh Burns in St Kilda, in June 20241. That is clearly politically motivated in that the painted slogan is general accepted as being very close to reality, given what is happening in Gaza.
A man was charged with allegedly defacing a number of properties with antisemitic graffiti in Sydney’s southern and eastern suburbs. A Jewish primary school in Maroubra, a nearby home, a shopping centre in Eastgardens and a home in Eastlakes were all sprayed with antisemitic phrases on January 30, 2025. As part of the investigation, a 41-year-old was arrested on Thursday in Eastlakes, and was allegedly in possession of prohibited drugs. He was charged with a range of property damage, driving and drug offences at Mascot Police Station2.
A 20-year-old man was arrested in the Melbourne suburb of Williamstown in July this year, in relation to allegedly having stolen a VW Golf sedan used in the arson attack on the Adass Israel Synagogue of Melbourne last year. The attack took place at around 4 am on the 6th of December 2024 in the suburb of Ripponlea. CCTV footage, showed three young men wearing hoodies pull up in the VW, take an axe to the front entrance and then pour jerry cans of petrol into the building prior to setting it ablaze3.
The Victorian Joint Counter Terrorism Team were stumped as to who ordered the arson attack and why, as their inquiries have only led to minor suspects being identified, and who have no political affiliations nor ideological beliefs suggesting they were motivated by antisemitism. The similarities between the reported outcomes of the Adass Israel Synagogue investigation and the snippets that were disseminated around inquiries into a series of so-called antisemitic incidents that occurred across Sydney last summer are stark, as they both involved unknown architects directing criminals-for-hire to commit acts to convey rising antisemitism in the community3.
The introduction of the communal crime car into the Adass Israel synagogue arson attack tends to cast doubt on the motivation behind it, as the VW Golf was also used in a shooting incident in the northeastern Melbourne suburb of Bundoora on the same night, and it was used in the commission of an arson attack on South Yarra’s Lux nightclub around the same time3.
A childcare centre was set alight and anti-Semitic graffiti written on the walls in Sydney’s south-east in January 2025. The Storey Street building at Maroubra was set alight just before 1am on Tuesday4.
A woman has been charged over her alleged involvement in malicious damage after anti-Israel graffiti was spray-painted on properties in Woollahra, in Sydney’s east last December. Two vehicles (including one which had been set alight), the fence between two homes and a footpath had graffitied with “Kill Israiel” [sic] and other offensive slogans at the scene. Police estimated the total value of damage was about $20,000. Police arrested a 34-year-old woman at a home in Liverpool in Sydney’s south-west5. The inability to spell ‘Israel’ immediately makes me suspicious that the person concerned was not politically motivated, as that would likely entail an understanding of what was going on in Gaza, and a fair bit of reading.
A 34-year-old man from New South Wales has appeared in court, charged over allegedly entering the grounds of the East Melbourne Hebrew congregation on Albert Street at about 8pm on Friday, July 4th, pouring a flammable liquid on the front door of the building and setting it alight6.
A synagogue in southern Sydney has been vandalised with several swastikas spray-painted onto exterior walls in what NSW Police have described as “offensive” graffiti.
Police are investigating the incident at the Allawah synagogue and said it likely happened in the early hours of Friday morning. In red paint next to one of the swastikas was the bizarre, incomprehensible message “HITLER ON TOP ALLAH…”7. Again, this makes me suspicious that the motivation was not the genocide in Gaza.
The discovery in Dural, just outside Sydney, of a caravan packed with explosives earlier this year led to concerns about a possible planned terrorism attack, and a fierce political debate about the federal government’s response to antisemitism. Inside the caravan was a list of Jewish sites around Sydney8.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) said the caravan was “never going to cause a mass casualty event” and was a “fake terrorism plot” and was allegedly orchestrated by organised criminals for personal gain. The AFP’s deputy commissioner, Krissy Barrett, said “Almost immediately, experienced investigators within the joint counter-terrorism team believed that the caravan was part of a fabricated terrorist plot, essentially a … con job. … This was because [of] … how easily the caravan was found and how visible the explosives were in the caravan. Also, there was no detonator”8.
Barrett said there were “several people” with different levels of involvement in the fake terrorism plot. She continued: “Put simply, the plan was the following: organise for someone to buy a caravan, place it with explosives and written material of antisemitic nature, leave it in a specific location and then, once that happened, inform law enforcement about an impending terror attack against Jewish Australians. … We believe the person pulling the strings wanted changes to their criminal status but maintained a distance from their scheme and allegedly hired locals to carry out parts of their plan”8.
The New South Wales police deputy commissioner, David Hudson, alleged the “caravan job” was conducted “by the same individual or individuals” who orchestrated other antisemitic graffiti and arson attacks across Sydney. The suggested motivation was to create plots that incarcerated criminals could use to tip off law enforcement in order to reduce their sentences. “None of those arrested to date over alleged antisemitic attacks in Sydney had displayed any antisemitic ideology” Hudson said8.
A Queensland man has been arrested for allegedly helping to smuggle a key suspect in the caravan hoax out of the country. Sayet Erhan Akca, who is in hiding in Turkey, is a high-level suspect for the explosives-laden caravan job and a spate of other antisemitic attacks across Sydney. He fled the country while awaiting trial for drug importation charges in 2023. Federal police on Thursday arrested and charged a man from Bargara, near Bundaberg, with supplying material to support a member of a criminal organisation and one count of people smuggling. It is alleged that 57-year-old Sean Eamon Ryan and another man crewed a boat that picked up Akca in a transfer at sea, off the coast of far north Queensland in September 20239.
Akca, revealed to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Four Corners, that he was involved in sourcing a caravan full of explosives, but denied he was the mastermind behind a spree of antisemitic attacks and insisted he was helping authorities get explosives off the street10.
While some of these attacks are clearly politically motivated (especially the attack on the politician’s office), the police believe that many of these attacks are being orchestrated by organised crime for their benefit. While the suggestion that the explosive-laden caravan could be a plot to help criminals gain some sort of downgrade to their prison sentences, or the charges against them, setting fire to or vandalising Jewish sites does not seem to have the same logic behind it, so it seems unlikely that criminals could benefit from it, except to increase the community fear around the caravan.
If it is not criminals benefiting, who could it be? Could it be the Zionists who want to create a perceived atmosphere of increased antisemitism? Could it be to cow the government into appointing a Zionist, Jillian Segal, as Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, and giving her further power. She provided a report which conflated anizionism with antisemitism, and suggested that the government should allow her to monitor universities, cultural organisations and the media such that all public funding agreements with cultural institutions or festivals should allow “for the efficient termination of funding where the institution or festival promotes, facilitates or does not deal effectively with hate or antisemitism”. This, of course, would be in accordance with her definition of antisemitism, which includes criticism of Israel. She also wants to oversee the provision of visas, and to have judicial inquiries into student activities11.
It was only after an outcry subsequent to Segal’s appointment, that the government realised they had been had, so they appointed a Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia12, which is much more common in the Australian population, due to the efforts of the Liberal and National parties and the Murdoch media.
It would be very interesting to see who the ultimate person pulling the strings on several of these so-called antisemitic attacks by people who have no political profile and are, in several cases, simply common garden-variety criminals. Will we ever find out? I doubt it, because so many pro-Israel lobby groups donate money to politicians, and to find out it was some crowd like Advance (in part funded by Segal’s husband) or some other pro-Israel lobby group, would be very embarrassing for the government. Remember it was organisations supporting Tim Wilson in the electorate of Goldstein who used slurs of antisemitism against Zoe Daniel’s supporters in Goldstein at the most recent federal election11.
One can only assume that the manufactured antisemitism is designed to keep the pressure on the government to accede to Jillian Segal’s demands to monitor universities, cultural organisations, and the media, to the extent of cutting their funding if anyone in them dares to speak out against the genocide being perpetrated on Palestinians by Israel.
Sources
- https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/26/josh-burns-labor-office-melbourne-vandalised-teens-charged-ntwnfb
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-21/man-charged-antisemitic-graffiti-sydney-maroubra/105080662
- https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/synagogue-arson-attack-arrest-hints-at-sydneys-antisemitic-criminal-con-job/
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-21/maroubra-anti-semitic-graffiti-fire-childcare-centre-nsw-police/104840416
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-20/nsw-anti-israel-graffiti-woman-charged-sydney-woollahra/104839100
- https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/06/tony-burke-says-melbourne-synagogue-fire-an-attack-on-australia-as-nsw-man-charged-over-incident-ntwnfb
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-10/southern-sydney-synagogue-allawah-vandalised-swastika/104803138
- https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/10/a-sydney-caravan-laden-with-explosives-was-a-fake-terrorism-plot-heres-what-we-know-ntwnfb
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-21/nsw-dural-caravan-people-smuggling-charges-sayet-akca/105079944
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-05/dural-caravan-explosive-antisemitic-allege-mastermind-sayit-akca/105244318
- https://blotreport.com/2025/07/16/bogus-report/
- https://www.pm.gov.au/media/special-envoy-combat-islamophobia
some weeks ago, at the height of this ‘spate of anti-semitism’, an AFP spokesperson was being interviewed on ABC Perth’s Dive Time program by Gary Adshead, an ex conservative journo at The West Australian, although not an ex conservative.
Towards the tail end of the interview she, the AFP spokesperson, suggested that they, (the AFP), were of the belief that a considerable & significant number of these events/activities were being ‘inspired’ & funded by a ‘foreign actor’, to which Adshead’s immediate, gobsmackingly ludicrous, (& simple minded), kneejerk responce was along the lines of ‘can we not just ban Hamas from doing this?’ (or words to that effect).
I think i can just leave that there. 😀
Clive,
Jeez, these bastards are stupid.
cui bono?
Interesting question Phil. No doubt in my mind that certain politicians – primarily Minns – have been duped into knee jerk reactions, while others in federal parliament AND the Jewish lobby in Australia have taken advantage of these mindless acts to further their own viewpoints about the Palestine issue. Demonisation is a classic tactic used to promote outrage in certain demographics and with wankers like News Corpse/SKY acting as provocateurs, it works.
I’m inclined to support the AFP and state police theories regarding outside money and criminal gangs being used to find and pay clueless minor crims and sundry radicals to carry out some of the antisemitic attacks. I wouldn’t put it past Jewish extremists but I think that’s VERY risky and therefore a longshot. The same ‘paid amateurs’ theory exists with other criminal acts in current gang wars. That said, certain acts during the fed election have been traced to people you’d be unlikely to suspect – the partner of a Teal candidate and a surgeon who was the subject of a 4Corners report (Malham) come to mind, so who knows?
Given Segal’s putrid report Albanese SHOULD be regretting his decision to create the special envoy for antisemitism position, however he got caught by his own need to be seen to be ‘doing something’ as he did with the special envoy to “combat” Islamophobia. In hindsight that tide has been turned somewhat courtesy of the murderous acts of Netanyahu-Smotrich-Ben-Gvir ‘s Israel.
Jon. much like ASIO/ASIS, when speaking about foreign interference in Aust, are very careful & deliberately do not mention the “C” word, although not as reticent to mention ‘Russian gangs’, i suspect the AFP, when intimating the activities of ‘foreign actors’, are equally reticent to NOT say the “M” word presumably due to the diplomatic fear of anti-semitism accusations, although possibly also not wishing to fan the flames.
Are you aware of the circumstances of the 1994 car bombing of the israhelli embassy in London? MI5 were totally aware that it was a Mossad ‘false flag’ op, yet were forbidden from tendering evidence in the trial of 2 young Palestinians for conspiracy to commit the bombing and each received 20 years, even though the extent of their involvement was for one of them, (the male), to drive the Mossad operative to view a used car lot. Even mention of MI5’s findings were disallowed by the court.
I mention that, as just ONE example, purely to demonstrate that Mossad (or it’s affiliate agencies) is NOT shy of facilitating, or even directly committing, ‘false flag’ ops, designed to instill fear in local jewish communities which in turn generates israhelli lobby pressure on pollies & the MSM.
I would not even totally rule out it’s possible ‘arms length’ involvement in 911. Esp if the story of the “5 dancing israelis” is true.
False flags is precisely what Mossad do do!
No, wasn’t aware of that case thanks Clive. I’ll look it up. It’s interesting that the UK is regularly used by foreign actors to “send massages”, with a great deal of impunity. Known Russian agents walking into the country and planting Novichok, the Litn-vinenko plutonium poisoning come immediately to mind. Seems to me the famous MI5 isn’t anywhere near as competent as most of us think.
Just found this, which lists many more :
From Russia With Blood: 14 Suspected Hits On British Soil That The Government Ignored https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/heidiblake/from-russia-with-blood-14-suspected-hits-on-british-soil
Couple of articles on the 1994 Israeli bombing which might interest others: https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2000/oct/21/weekend7.weekend1
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/shayler-was-right-over-bomb-at-israeli-embassy-634154.html
Interesting comment from an Israeli official that ‘it takes opponents off the street’ (subtext: even if they weren’t responsible) pretty much echoes what we’re currently seeing from the odious Netanyahu govt now.
Jury’s out for me but the interference/lack of co-operation by MI5 is highly suggestive. The police incompetence is par for the course, although they may have been compromised by MI5 directives.
Jon,
I just read a startling piece from the UK. One of the blokes from the UK whom I follow on Substack and who posts a bit about the genocide in Gaza was followed a short distance by a police car, which then put its flashing lights on. He pulled over, and when the copper came to his door, he asked him why he was pulled over. The copper replied ‘Are you [Bob Smith]? (not his real name), he replied that he was, and the copper then proceeded to ask him where he was going, and when he said he was visiting family, the copper said ‘that’s a long way’ and proceeded to question him further. I have never heard of this sort of intimidation in the UK before.
Jon
“Seems to me the famous MI5 isn’t anywhere near as competent as most of us think” the crux of the issue re: ‘the trial’, was not the competence of MI5, which for all intents & purposes, in this case seemingly performed adequately. THE issue was the ‘political’ & ‘compromised judicial’ interference in disallowing ANYTHING regarding MI5 findings/evidence, to eventually send 2 young innocent people to gaol for 20 years. AND, most pertinently, demonstrating the power & influence of the zio political lobby & the zio intelligence machinery.
Chuckle. Just noticed this in my reply to Clive: ….used by foreign actors to “send massages”. We’ve seen what Putin and Netanyahu’s ‘massages’ look like and there’s no doubt about the message they carry:
Might is right and I don’t care how many people have to die to convince you.
A pox on them, and their enablers around the world.
Wrt the weird UK police experience, it pays to know exactly what you have to do – and I gather that doesn’t include giving precise answers about your business. That said, I don’t know whether UK police have to wear cameras or activate them when they do so I guess you don’t want to prod the bear unnecessarily. In recent years there have been some well-documehted cases of harassment involving metro police, not surprisingly often involving people of colour. There have also been multiple Met scandals over many years – including cases of police rape and murder, in addition to serious cases of racism and sexism. Anyone with a public profile would be well advised to have a dash cam which records internal and external events.
“The Metropolitan police is broken and rotten, suffering collapsing public trust and is guilty of institutional racism, misogyny and homophobia, an official report has said. bias and with public trust broken.”
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/21/metropolitan-police-institutionally-racist-misogynistic-homophobic-louise-casey-report
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/06/commissioner-vows-to-clean-up-met-as-force-faces-biggest-crisis-since-1970s.
Just came upon this on the Independent website. You couldn’t make it up if you tried.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/palestine-action-plasticine-t-shirt-b2809864.html
The govt-supported harassment or protestors is well and truly on over there, and the IQ and common sense of police continues to plummet. It would be comical if it wasn’t so serious. Where are the hard-hitting satirical Brit comedians when you need them.
Jon,
Yep that was a hoot. Gumby used to be made out of plasticine, and he was as intelligent as some of the coppers involved. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gumby
Clive – I was referring to how easily MI5 allowed Russian agents to stroll into and around the UK, murdering people as they went. That’s either incomptence or negligence, possibly both. Wrt the embassy bombing, MI5 wasn’t certainly wasn’t competent according to two articles I read, they were grossly negligent. Apparently they were warned by two sources – one Arab iirc – of an imminent attack but did nothing at all.
VERY suss all round.
One extract :
The Crown Prosecution Service was forced by the Court of Appeal yesterday to admit that the former MI5 officer, David Shayler, was right in saying that the security services were warned before the 1994 car bombing of the Israeli embassy in London that the building was being targeted by a terrorist organisation.
…….Shayler has claimed that MI5 was warned in advance that an attack on the embassy was imminent, but the information was shelved and nothing was done. He also referred to suspicions that the Israeli secret service, Mossad, carried out the bombing to provoke the UK into tightening its security.
Phil,
Prcisely.
Can’t access your website this evening (Sunday). It was working this morning; did the Lobby get to you?
Mercurial,
Not as far as I am aware.