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Herzog’s visit brought warmth to Australia's Jews - opinion

As antisemitism surges in Australia, President Herzog’s visit offered solidarity and reassurance that Jews living in the Diaspora are not alone.

President Isaac Herzog meets with Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, February 11, 2026.
ISRAEL'S PRESIDENT Isaac Herzog speaks during his state visit to Australia following a deadly mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, 2025, in Melbourne, Australia, February 12, 2026.

In Australia, President Isaac Herzog tells anti-Israel demonstrators to protest Iran instead

Israeli President Isaac Herzog meets students at Moriah War Memorial College during his state visit following a deadly mass shooting at a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, in Sydney, Australia, February 10, 2026.

Herzog meets lone soldiers and families in closed-door Melbourne gathering

A protester holds aloft a placard as they march during the visit of Israel's President Isaac Herzog in Melbourne on February 12, 2026

‘Death to Herzog’ scrawled at Melbourne University as protests expected on visit's final day


Australian Jews on high alert after public list of ‘Zionists’ fuels harassment

Alex Ryvchin, co-CEO of the Executive Council of Australia Jewry, said in a statement that the list called to mind those created by the Nazis as they sought to murder the Jews of Europe.

 Participants of a pro-Palestinian rally react outside the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, October 9, 2023.

'Genocide' graffiti found at Melbourne Jewish community center 

This vandalism incident occurred on the same day as the "Ride To Bring Them Home Now" cycling events, a global initiative commemorating the October 7 massacre events.

 The Beth Weizmann Jewish Community Centre in Melbourne Australia was vandalized with graffiti, including the word "Genocide."

Pro-Palestinian protesters storm Australian Christmas Eve event

One of the protesters can be seen in a video brandishing a flag over his head while a call of “free, free Palestine” can be heard.

 Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt Melbourne's Carols By Candlelight Christmas Eve event, 2023.

Anti-Israel protesters in Australia block hotel entrance of hostage families

In response, the delegation sought assistance at the local police station.

 Pro-Palestinian protestors block the hotel hosting families of Israeli hostages, Melbourne, Australia, November 29, 2023

Melbourne synagogue evacuated on Shabbat as tensions over Israel-Hamas war flare in Australia

On Sunday, separate rallies to free the 240 people Hamas is holding hostage and to call for a ceasefire drew thousands of people in Sydney.

 An Australian flag is seen hung in a tree burnt by bushfire on the property of farmer Jeff McCole in Buchan, Victoria, Australia

'Free Palestine' graffiti desecrates Melbourne wall with hostage photos

The Wall, which is located on the exterior of the Beth Weizmann Jewish Community Center in Melbourne, was only unveiled last Friday.

 The desecrated Wall of Hope, Melbourne, Australia

A Melbourne childhood: Recalling painful memories of youth - opinion

I did it for them, but if I let myself, even now, think of the humiliation I suffered at that clique of upper-class Jewish girls, tears come to my eyes.

 An illustrative photo of a young child holding someone's hand.

Jewish students threatened with a knife on a bus in Melbourne, Australia

The man, a self-proclaimed "Nazi", followed the students off the bus and continued to shout antisemitic obscenities at them.

 Illustrative image of a Melbourne bus.

Melbourne on high alert over neo-Nazi gym meet-up this weekend

Organizers have promoted the event on social media, inviting members of the wider national community to "celebrate the movement's exponential growth."

A Nazi armband with a swastika displayed in the Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Australia to promote law banning Nazi salute in coming months

Transgender rights activists clashed with neo-Nazis in Melbourne after an anti-transgender activist sought to address supporters at the parliament building.

Men wearing black tops and shorts perform the Nazi salute on the steps of the Parliament House in Melbourne, Australia March 18, 2023 in this picture obtained from a social media video