Australia’s Victoria state will set up a anti-hate task force to help frame laws giving police more powers to tackle violent protests, as it probes a suspected arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue when worshippers were inside, it says.

A man set the door of a synagogue alight and a group of protesters stormed an Israeli restaurant in Melbourne on Friday night, the latest in a wave of antisemitic attacks in Australian cities.

Australia's Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke on Sunday (July 6) called an alleged arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue with worshipers in the building, the latest in a series of incidents targeting the nation's Jewish community,

An Israeli restaurant and a synagogue in Melbourne were damaged in separate overnight incidents, according to police officials.

While government seems to be taking anti-Jewish threats more seriously, hate speech is becoming more normalized, community leaders say The post After brief hiatus, antisemitism in Australia rears head with Melbourne attacks appeared first on The Times of Israel.