Antisemitism in Australia
by editors@theworld.org (Sarah Birnbaum) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6V9YG)
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.