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.

After rejecting calls for months, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese finally summoned a Tuesday national cabinet meeting to discuss Australia’s rising wave of antisemitic attacks and other incidents. This followed the torching of a childcare centre in Maroubra in Sydney overnight, which saw anti-Jewish graffiti sprayed on the building.

A meeting of the National Cabinet has provided fresh information on police efforts to combat antisemitism. The issue is shaping up to be a major election issue.

Starmer and his wife, Victoria Starmer, attended a reception on Downing Street to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

Under Corbyn’s leadership, he and the party faced repeated allegations of antisemitism, and lost Jewish supporters in droves. Starmer, whose wife, Victoria, is Jewish, worked to pull the party ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday condemned what he called "the poison of antisemitism rising around the world" after a visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau, the former German Nazi concentration camp.

Both the AJC and the Anti-Defamation League endorsed the legislation. “In the aftermath of Hamas’s barbaric attack on October 7th, we have witnessed a tsunami of antisemitism on college and university campuses,” ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has visited the site of the Nazi German extermination camp Auschwitz ahead of talks with Poland's leaders on security and tightening Britain's ties with the European Union.

British PM says he saw 'sheer horror' at concentration camp which saw industrial-level killing as a 'collective endeavor by thousands of ordinary people'

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria Starmer visit the Memorial And Museum ... horror” at what he saw and vowing that he would fight the growing antisemitism which is causing fears to rise among Jews including in Britain.

Sky News host Chris Kenny says Jewish Australians have been left “exposed and vulnerable” thanks to a “recklessly pathetic response” against antisemitism from state governments in New South Wales and Victoria.

Responding forcefully to the growing number of antisemitic attacks is important. However, strengthening the laws alone may not be enough to result in real change.