History has taught us that the cost of being unprepared is too often measured in the loss of human life.
Joseph Czuba, 73, faces life in prison when he is sentenced in May for a murder that prosecutors said was sparked by anti-Muslim hatred.
Twenty-six-year-old nurse Sarah Abu Lebdeh was arrested on Tuesday and charged with threatening violence, using a carriage service to threaten to kill, and using a carriage service to menace.
"Public discourse has increasingly been weaponized, with hateful rhetoric aimed at attacking groups in the Australian community," read an explanatory memorandum.
A man has pleaded guilty to hate crime charges after firing a gun outside an Albany synagogue while shouting "Free Palestine!" in December 2023 - he faces up to 20 years in prison.
“Hate-fueled behavior and violence have no place in Nassau County," said Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly.
The 21-year-old man was charged with intimidation intended to cause fear of physical harm.
There were 106 violent antisemitic incidents in 2024, compared to 85 acts of physical violence in 2023.
"Every act of antisemitism is an affront to who we are as Australians," Albanese said on X.
"This is our mourning, and this is our fight," said Prime Minister Francois Bayrou.
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