Antisemitic Incidents Rose in Australia by Over 300% Since October 7 — Report

Anti-Jewish incidents in Australia rose by 316% since October 7 compared to the previous 12-month period, according to an Executive Council of Australian Jewry report.  

The ECAJ Report on Anti-Jewish Incidents in Australia 2024, published on Sunday, December 1, reported that from October 1, 2023, until September 30, 2024, 2,062 anti-Jewish incidents were logged by community security groups, local Jewish organizations, and the ECAJ. 

In the preceding comparable 12-month period in 2023, there had been 495 anti-Jewish incidents, according to the group’s data. Australia saw 65 anti-Jewish physical assaults in the year, according to ECAJ, including that of a 44-year-old Jewish man who was called a “Jew dog” and gang beaten by three men in a Sydney Park on October 28, 2023, leaving him hospitalized with two black eyes, a concussion, and four fractures to his spine.  

In another incident, an identifiably Jewish boy was called a “dirty Jew” and slapped in the face by a group of teens in Perth in October 2023. 

Thirty percent of the year’s incidents were of verbal abuse and harassment, many of which called for the death of the Jews as a people. (JPost/ VFI News)

“Lord, we lift up all the Jews who are experiencing antisemitism. We pray that You will heal the victims of these vile acts, that they receive the mental and emotional support they need, and that all the injured recover quickly in Yeshua’s name. We pray that You protect our people who are scattered throughout the world and that You equip all the nations’ police forces into efficiently combating antisemitism and hate crimes.”