Thousands of police officers have been deployed to patrol Melbourne suburbs to tackle what Chief Commissioner Shane Patton describes as a “huge rise” in antisemitism across Victoria.

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.

Authorities in Sydney are investigating whether explosives discovered in a caravan were intended for an antisemitic attack.The explosives could have caused a 40-meter-wide blast and

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian detectives are investigating whether foreign actors are paying criminals to commit antisemitic attacks in the country, police said on Wednesday.

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 ...

The explosives located in a caravan could have caused a 'potential mass casualty event', authorities have said.

Australian police have uncovered explosives and a list of Jewish targets in Sydney, suggesting a dangerous escalation in a series of antisemitic crime

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

Anthony Albanese has shut down questions about when he learned of the probe; Peter Dutton says the caravan plot could have been most catastrophic in history. Follow live updates.