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.

An arsonist has set fire to the door of a Melbourne synagogue and forced the congregation to flee, seven months after criminals destroyed a synagogue in the same Australian city with an accelerant-fue

An Australian minister calls an alleged arson case at a Melbourne synagogue an 'attack on Australia':: July 6, 2025:: Melbourne, Australia:: Tony Burke, Australian Home Affairs Minister"What we see in the door that's behind me is an attack on Australia.