Childcare center torched in latest Australia antisemitic attack

Jewish community sprayed with graffiti and set ablaze; in the latest in a string of such incidents plaguing Australia's largest city  second antisemitic attack on property in four days in Sydney 

A childcare center in Sydney was set alight early morning on Tuesday and antisemitic graffiti was sprayed on the wall, authorities said, the latest in a spate of attacks in Australia targeting the Jewish community.
The childcare center, located near a Jewish school and synagogue in the city's east, suffered extensive damage but there were no reports of injuries in the attack which occurred around 1 a.m. (1400 GMT, Monday), police said.
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Sydney Jewish childcare center torched in antisemitic attack
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Sydney Jewish childcare center torched in antisemitic attack
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It was the second antisemitic attack on property in four days in Sydney, and comes amid a spate of similar crimes targeting the Jewish community in Australia's most-populous city.
Sydney Jewish childcare center torched in antisemitic attack ים הסמוך לבית ספר בסידני
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Nick Klein who lives nearby said he could smell the fire. "It shockin," he said. "How low can they go?" Speaking to the Guardian Newspaper Klein said he was discussed. "There is no doubt that this is a racial crime."
Alex Ryvchin, a Jewish Australian leader said burning a children's center was an act of unimaginable deprevation. "Families will have to see if it is safe to send the children to places that should be the safest, places of worship, homes and now childcare centers. The antisemitic desease is destroying our country, he said.
Security camera footage posted on Monday showed the area near Ryvchin's previous home with two masked men dressed in black, one pouring flammable material and igniting it while the other spray-painted graffiti in red on outer walls. Four cars were set on fire and the home was damaged
New South Wales state Premier Chris Minns said the perpetrators would be caught and police had put more resources into investigating hate crimes, as public frustration grows over the lack of arrests following previous antisemitic attacks.
"The kind of people who would ... attack a fellow Australian whom they don't know because of their race or religion, it is completely disgusting and these bastards will be rounded up by the police," Minns said during a media briefing.
Security camera footage posted on Monday showed the area near a former home of Alex Ryvchin, a Jewish Australian leader showed two masked men dressed in black, one pouring flammable material and igniting it while the other spray-painted graffiti in red on outer walls. Four cars were set on fire and the home was damaged
Australia has seen a rise in antisemitic and Islamophobic incidents since Israel retaliated against an attack by Hamas on October 7, with an assault on Gaza that has left tens of thousands of people dead. At least half a dozen incidents were reported in the last two months in Sydney alone.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who is facing a national election due by May and antisemitism is shaping as a key issue, described the latest attack as "a vicious crime." The opposition criticize him as "weak" for not doing enough to prevent hate crimes against Jews.
In response to the spate of attacks, the Australian federal police has launched a task force to investigate threats and violence against the Jewish community. A 44-year-old man was charged last week, the first by the task force, for allegedly making death threats against members of a Jewish organization.
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