The Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel has taken aim at the Albanese government for the second time this week.

Anthony Albanese has rejected a claim by a senior Israeli official that Labor has stoked anti-Semitism in Australia.

Former prime minister Tony Abbott has taken aim at the Labor government's handling of antisemitism after an attack on a daycare centre.

A controversial Labor Senator who once accused Israel of “apartheid” is expected to be removed as Head of Delegation to an Auschwitz memorial following reports by Sky News Australia.

Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel has given a sharp rebuke towards the Albanese government for contributing to the “shocking rise in anti-Semitism” after meetings with Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus.

Four vehicles and the former home of a Jewish community leader were defaced in Sydney early Friday, with two cars set alight, in the latest antisemitic attack condemned by Australian authorities, who vowed to “hunt down” the perpetrators.

The model of a two-state solution is bruised and damaged but is the only viable way to prevent further and more intense violence in coming years, writes John Lyons.

Australia has been grappling with a spate of antisemitic attacks on synagogues, buildings and cars since the beginning of the Israel-Gaza war in late 2023.

Dec 7: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says antisemitic attacks in Australia linked to the government's position at the United Nations on Palestine. Dec 9: Federal police taskforce on antisemitism launched. Dec 11: Cars torched, buildings vandalised in Sydney’s east.

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus plans to visit southern Israeli communities devastated by the October 7 attacks by Hamas militants, unlike Foreign Minister Penny Wong who avoided the area during her trip to Israel a year ago.

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