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Antisemitic attackers violently target synagogue, Israeli restaurant in Australia

Australia hit by rise in antisemitic incidents
A synagogue was firebombed in Melbourne last week and is now being investigated as a likely terrorist attack. The Executive Council of Australian Jewry reported 2,062 antisemitic incidents in Australia between Oct. 1, 2023 and Sept. 30, 2024. (AP)
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A series of antisemitic attacks in Australia, including an arson attack on a synagogue in Melbourne and a violent raid on an Israeli-owned restaurant, has Jews in the Australian city living in fear and demanding officials take action.
The first attack occurred when assailants started a fire outside the exterior doors of the East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation. Around 20 worshipers were eating Shabbat dinner inside, according to SBS News. The police have not yet categorized the incident a terror attack.
Avi Yemini, chief reporter for Rebel News Online in Australia, said the fire brigade’s rapid response kept «yet another synagogue in this city from being destroyed in a terror attack, like the firebombing of the Adas Israel Synagogue last year, which remains unsolved.»
AUSTRALIA’S JEWISH COMMUNITY ALARMED AMID RISING ANTISEMITISM: ‘FEAR AND ANXIETY’
Rabbi Dovid Gutnick walks past damage to the exterior of the East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation in Melbourne Saturday, July 5, 2025, after an arsonist set fire to the door. (James Ross/AAP Image via AP)
Later that same evening, some 20 masked extremists terrorized diners at Israeli-owned restaurant Miznon. According to The Jerusalem Post, protesters chanted «death to the IDF (Israel Defense Forces)» and threw chairs and glassware at the restaurant.
Yemeni told Fox News Digital protesters were «causing absolute mayhem» and escalated «to violence against patrons and the destruction of property, ultimately sending terrified diners running for safety.»

Police escort anti-Israeli protesters outside an Israeli restaurant, Miznon, on Hardware Lane in Melbourne, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AAP Image/Josh Stanyer/ via Reuters)
One protester was arrested by Victoria Police but was released and issued a summons.
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SBS News also reported that Victoria Police are investigating a third incident, in which offenders set fire to three vehicles, destroying one, and spray-painted a nearby wall. A police commander declined to say whether the painting’s content was antisemitic but described all three incidents as containing «inferences of antisemitism.»
Alex Ryvchin, co-CEO of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ), issued a statement on X and urged that «all sides of politics and all Australians to condemn these deplorable crimes.»
«Those who chant for death are not peace activists. Those who would burn houses of prayer with families inside do not seek an end to war,» Ryvchin said.
Noting the «violent ideology at work in our country that operates on the fringes of politics and social movements,» Ryvchin said «those responsible cannot be reasoned with or appeased. They must be confronted with the full force of the law.»

A member of the Jewish community recovers an item from the Adas Israel Synagogue Dec. 6, 2024, in Melbourne, Australia. (Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)
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Yemini said Friday’s attacks demonstrate how «emboldened» protesters have become.
«Since October 7, Victoria Police — under the direction of the government — have allowed anti-Israel protesters to effectively hold Melbourne hostage,» he said.

Fire damage at the synagogue’s entrance in Melbourne, Australia, July 4, 2025. (Alex Zucco/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Gideon Sa’ar, the Israeli minister of foreign affairs, also strongly condemned the attacks, saying there «have been too many antisemitic attacks in Australia,» and he called on the Australian government to «do more to fight this poisonous disease.»
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Between Oct. 1, 2023, and Sept. 30, 2024, the ECAJ counted 2,062 antisemitic incidents in Australia.
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El gobierno impulsa ampliación de áreas agrícolas para potenciar producción de tomate en El Salvador

El Gobierno de El Salvador está ampliando las áreas cultivadas dentro del Programa Aumento a la Producción, con un enfoque especial en el impulso al cultivo de tomate. El viceministro ad honorem de Agricultura y Ganadería, Óscar Domínguez, informó que se están sumando 80 manzanas destinadas exclusivamente a la siembra de tomate a cielo abierto, acompañadas por 18 estructuras de cultivo protegido, cada una con una extensión cercana a una manzana.
Este esfuerzo busca aprovechar terrenos con vocación agrícola, fortalecer el trabajo en el campo y consolidar el compromiso de los productores. Domínguez explicó que el avance en la producción de tomate es parte de una apuesta nacional por expandir la frontera agrícola, generar más oportunidades para los habitantes rurales y mejorar la autosuficiencia alimentaria. Además, precisó que estas nuevas áreas son adicionales a las 2,400 manzanas ya activas en otros rubros agrícolas, lo que refleja la magnitud del programa y su impacto creciente en el territorio salvadoreño.
El viceministro indicó que la ampliación de las áreas productivas responde a los resultados sólidos obtenidos en 2025 y que la meta para el ciclo actual es clara, pues busca sumar mayor producción.

“La apuesta es clara: más tierra cultivada, mayor producción y más oportunidades para nuestra gente del campo”, afirmó Domínguez en una publicación en la red social X, donde adelantó que en el corto plazo se prevé un avance mayor.
El anuncio de la ampliación de las manzanas cultivadas con tomate forma parte de la estrategia integral que el Gobierno impulsa en diferentes cultivos. El pasado 23 de enero, el Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería comunicó avances en la producción de frijol, informando que se han cosechado 12,500 manzanas durante el ciclo 2025-2026. La publicación en redes sociales de esta cartera de Estado señaló que el campo salvadoreño continúa fortaleciéndose con más producción y más agricultores apoyados, lo que contribuye a sembrar seguridad alimentaria para toda la población.
El Programa Aumento a la Producción contempla también la siembra de 10,000 manzanas de maíz con tecnología avanzada, con el objetivo de triplicar la productividad y reducir la dependencia de importaciones. Entre sus componentes centrales figuran la entrega de insumos ganaderos y la modernización del sector cafetalero, involucrando la protección de 20,000 manzanas de café y la siembra de 700 manzanas con variedades de alto rendimiento tipo Central Standard. Estas acciones están dirigidas a garantizar mejores rendimientos y hacer frente a los desafíos climáticos, diversificando la producción agrícola nacional.

En este contexto, el programa ha sumado aliados estratégicos de alcance internacional. La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) y el Programa Mundial de Alimentos (WFP, por sus siglas en inglés) anunciaron recientemente su incorporación como socios de la iniciativa. La FAO reafirmó su apoyo al Gobierno salvadoreño para fortalecer capacidades locales y respaldar el aumento sostenible de la producción, con el objetivo de consolidar la seguridad alimentaria en el país. La colaboración se enmarca dentro del Programa Aumento a la Producción y aspira a promover prácticas agrícolas y ganaderas más sostenibles.
El viceministro de Agricultura subrayó en esa oportunidad la importancia de contar con el respaldo de la FAO y el WFP, dos organismos que, tras una reciente gira de campo por las principales zonas productoras, confirmaron su participación y expresaron satisfacción por el progreso alcanzado. “Este año duplicaremos los resultados obtenidos el año pasado. El Salvador produce cada vez más de su propia comida, fortaleciendo nuestra seguridad alimentaria y el desarrollo del sector agropecuario”, puntualizó el funcionario, quien valoró la rapidez con que se han alcanzado los objetivos en tan solo un año de implementación.
Las acciones desplegadas cuentan con la supervisión de entidades internacionales, lo que representa, según las autoridades locales, un cambio cualitativo en la manera en que El Salvador enfrenta los desafíos de la seguridad alimentaria y la producción sostenible. El modelo de trabajo conjunto entre el Gobierno, los productores nacionales y los organismos internacionales refuerza la meta de que el país logre autosuficiencia alimentaria y promueva el desarrollo rural en el mediano y largo plazo.

Con la ampliación de 80 manzanas dedicadas al cultivo de tomate, el Programa Aumento a la Producción consolida su papel como motor del desarrollo agrícola y como ejemplo de cooperación entre el Estado, los agricultores y la comunidad internacional.
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‘Give me liberty’ Founding Father’s descendant blasts Spanberger’s redistricting push

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FIRST ON FOX: Virginia Republicans offered their own response to Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s Democratic Party rebuttal to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union, featuring a descendant of the famously outspoken Founding Father Patrick Henry.
Del. Anne Ferrell Tata, R-Virginia Beach, is a direct descendant of Gov. Patrick Henry’s sister Elizabeth, a lineage Tata said stems from the first days of the Old Dominion and one she does not often discuss.
But, as Tata mentioned in recent floor remarks, Henry — famous for his «Give me liberty, or give me death» speech to the Second Virginia Convention at St. John’s Church of Richmond in 1775 — proved that «concern about the government silencing its citizens is not new.»
In her response to Spanberger, Tata condemned the governor’s partisan interest in redistricting out all but one Virginia congressional Republican, suggesting it is the new way some politicians are trying to silence citizens.
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger offers the Democratic response to the State of the Union. (Mike Kropf/Getty Images)
«A few years ago, Virginians did something rare. We agreed the old redistricting system wasn’t working. Too much power in the hands of politicians, too little trust from the public,» Tata said.
«Voters approved a constitutional reform to remove politicians from the process and Governor Spanberger, who was in Congress at the time, praised that change and spoke at length about the corrosive effects of gerrymandering on our democracy. It wasn’t easy. It required compromise. It required restraint and it required trust.»
Tata noted that Indiana, a Republican-led state, and legislative leaders in Maryland, a Democrat-led state, both opposed similar efforts to create a map that sweeps away the political minority’s voice.
«Both chose to respect the rules. Both chose to keep the promise they made to voters,» she said.
WHO IS ABIGAIL SPANBERGER, AND WHY DID DEMOCRATS CHOOSE HER FOR TO THEIR STATE OF THE UNION RESPONSE?

Virginia Gov. Patrick Henry delivers his «Give me liberty…» speech in Richmond. (Smith Collection/Getty Images)
«Here in Virginia, our governor and her allies faced the same test. And they chose power instead.»
«This isn’t about maps. It isn’t about party. It’s about whether reform means something when it costs you.»
Tata said that when leaders like Spanberger «abandon voter-approved reform» they prove why voters do not trust their political system.
«Virginians deserve leaders who keep their word, especially when it’s hard. That is the standard, and it should apply to all of us,» Tata said.
In prior remarks to the state House chamber, Tata said that Henry warned against a government that «grows too strong and too indifferent to the natural rights of its citizens; rights bestowed by God.»
«That warning remains as poignant as ever. Every voter deserves an equal vote in this government, regardless of zip code.»
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Henry, who was born in Hanover and lived most of his life at «Red Hill» in Brookneal, was Virginia’s first governor — and his name can be found throughout the commonwealth — from the formerly conjoined Patrick and Henry counties far to the southwest to US-1 being divided into Patrick and Henry Streets in the Washington suburb of Alexandria.
In his famous address, Henry warned that armed conflict with England was becoming inevitable, and that lawmakers assembled on Church Hill should agree to arm the colony for its own defense.
«I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death,» Henry boomed as he concluded his remarks.
Earlier in his speech, Henry said that men are naturally «apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts.»
«Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and, having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.»
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That address has gone on to live as one of early America’s most important events, and is often recited around its anniversary in Richmond.
Fox News Digital reached out to Spanberger for comment.
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