Antisemitism in Australia

The World

In an answer to rising antisemitism in Australia, lawmakers there passed tough anti-hate crime laws last week, with mandatory jail time for giving the Nazi salute in public. Incidents of antisemitism have been rising over the past 15 months — by some counts, more than 300%. The World’s Sarah Birnbaum reports on the extent of the problem, and what the Australian government is doing about it.

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