Melbourne

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Melbourne, Australia
MAJLIS IN honor of Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei at Taha Association Center Melbourne.

Australian mosques hold memorial services for 'pious and pure' Khamenei following his assassination

President Isaac Herzog meets with Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, February 11, 2026.

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

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


Prominent Australian anti-Israel activist confirmed in kidnapping plot

The kidnapping victim's fingers were broken, and he was forced to surrender his smartwatch and phone.

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

Pro-Palestinian activist arrested for kidnapping, assaulting man for working for Jewish employer

A non-Jewish man was reportedly assaulted and kidnapped by a pro-Palestinian activist for working for a Jewish employer.

 Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march after taking part in a rally demanding a ceasefire and the end of Israel attacks on Gaza at the borough of Queens in New York, U.S., February 19, 2024.

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.