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US Consulate in Australia Vandalized With Pro-Hamas Graffiti
Aftermath of vandalism on the US Consulate in Sydney, Australia, on June 10, 2024. Photo: Screenshot
The US consulate in Sydney, Australia was vandalized on Monday by an unidentified man carrying a sledgehammer who defaced the building in what appeared to be a pro-Hamas demonstration.
A US spokesperson for the consulate confirmed in a statement that Sydney police are investigating the incident after discovering that the windows of the consulate had been struck by a hammer, creating nine holes in the glass, and that two inverted red triangles were spray-painted onto the building.
The inverted red triangle has become a common symbol at pro-Hamas rallies. The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, has used inverted red triangles in its propaganda videos to indicate Israeli targets about to be attacked, and anti-Israel protesters on university campuses have been using the symbol in their demonstrations. According to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), “the red triangle is now used to represent Hamas itself and glorify its use of violence.”
Hamas propaganda showing the targeting of an Israeli tank in Rafah with a red triangle. Photo: Screenshot from X/Twitter
In response to Monday’s attack, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemned the vandalism, urging anti-Israel protesters to “turn the heat down.”
“I would just say that people should have respectful political debate and discourse,” Albanese said in a televised media conference from Canberra. “Measures such as painting the US consulate do nothing to advance the cause of those who have committed what is of course a crime to damage property.”
Monday was not the first time the US Consulate in Sydney has been vandalized. In April, vandals spray-painted “freee [sic] Palestine” on the side of the consulate.
The party responsible for the latest attack, captured on camera wearing a black hoodie, remains at large. Consular operations have remained unaffected by the incident, according to the US spokesperson.
The vandalism came after a weekend of both pro- and anti-Israel protests across Australia after the rescue of four Israeli hostages from Gaza. About 1,000 pro-Hamas demonstrators gathered in Sydney’s Hyde Park. Meanwhile, in Melbourne, Adam Brandt — the leader of the left-wing Greens Party — declared that Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute a”“war crime.” Victorian police deployed tear gas to clear out pro-Hamas protesters.
Melbourne is no stranger to such activism. Last year, anti-Israel activists gathered for an angry demonstration outside a hotel in the city, where a delegation of the families of Israelis murdered and abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7 were staying, forcing them to evacuate and discuss different security arrangements with police.
However, amid a spike in antisemitic outrages in Australia following the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre in southern Israel, numerous prominent Australians have openly declared support for the Jewish community.
Jacob Frankel is working as an intern for The Algemeiner before heading to law school.
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FBI Investigating ‘Targeted Terror Attack’ in Boulder, Colorado, Director Says
FILE PHOTO: FBI Director Kash Patel testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on President Trump’s proposed budget request for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 8, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
FBI Director Kash Patel said on Sunday the agency was aware of and fully investigating a targeted terror attack in Boulder, Colorado.
While he did not provide further details, Patel said in a social media post: “Our agents and local law enforcement are on the scene already, and we will share updates as more information becomes available.”
According to CBS News, which cited witnesses at the scene, a suspect attacked people with Molotov cocktails who were participating in a walk to remember the Israeli hostages who remain in Gaza.
The Boulder Police Department said it was responding to a report of an attack in the city involving several victims. It has not released further details but a press conference was expected at 4 p.m. Mountain Time (2200 GMT).
The attack comes just weeks after a Chicago-born man was arrested in the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy employees in Washington, D.C. Someone opened fire on a group of people leaving an event hosted by the American Jewish Committee, an advocacy group that fights antisemitism and supports Israel.
The shooting fueled polarization in the United States over the war in Gaza between supporters of Israel and pro-Palestinian demonstrators.
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Terrorist Responsible for Death of 21 Soldiers Eliminated
An Israeli F-35I “Adir” fighter jet. Photo: IDF
i24 News – Khalil Abd al-Nasser Mohammed Khatib, the terrorist who commanded the terrorist cell that killed 21 soldiers in the southern Gaza Strip on January 22, 2024, was killed by an Israeli airstrike, the IDF said on Sunday.
In a joint operation between the military and the Shin Bet security agency, the terrorist was spotted in a reconnaissance mission. The troops called up an aircraft to target him, and he was eliminated.
Khatib planned and took part in many other terrorist plots against Israeli soldiers.
i24NEWS’ Hebrew channel interviewed Dor Almog, the sole survivor of the mass casualty disaster, who was informed on live TV about the death of the commander responsible for the killing his brothers-in-arms.
“I was sure this day would come – I was a soldier and I know what happens at the end,” said Almog. “The IDF will do everything to bring back the abductees and to topple Hamas, to the last one man.”
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Stanley Fischer, Former Fed Vice Chair and Bank of Israel Chief, Dies at 81
FILE PHOTO: Vice Chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve System Stanley Fischer arrives to hear Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney delivering the Michel Camdessus Central Banking Lecture at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, U.S., September 18, 2017. Photo: REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
Stanley Fischer, who helped shape modern economic theory during a career that included heading the Bank of Israel and serving as vice chair of the US Federal Reserve, has died at the age of 81.
The Bank of Israel said he died on Saturday night but did not give a cause of death. Fischer was born in Zambia and had dual US-Israeli citizenship.
As an academic at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Fischer trained many of the people who went on to be top central bankers, including former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke as well as Mario Draghi, the former European Central Bank president.
Fischer served as chief economist at the World Bank, and first deputy managing director at the International Monetary Fund during the Asian financial crisis and was then vice chairman at Citigroup from 2002 to 2005.
During an eight-year stint as Israel’s central bank chief from 2005-2013, Fischer helped the country weather the 2008 global financial crisis with minimal economic damage, elevating Israel’s economy on the global stage, while creating a monetary policy committee to decide on interest rates like in other advanced economies.
He was vice chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2017 and served as a director at Bank Hapoalim in 2020 and 2021.
Current Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron praised Fischer’s contribution to the Bank of Israel and to advancing Israel’s economy as “truly significant.”
The soft-spoken Fischer – who played a role in Israel’s economic stabilization plan in 1985 during a period of hyperinflation – was chosen by then Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as central bank chief.
Netanyahu, now prime minister, called Fischer a “great Zionist” for leaving the United States and moving to Israel to take on the top job at Israel’s central bank.
“He was an outstanding economist. In the framework of his role as governor, he greatly contributed to the Israeli economy, especially to the return of stability during the global economic crisis,” Netanyahu said, adding that Stanley – as he was known in Israel – proudly represented Israel and its economy worldwide.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog also paid tribute.
“He played a huge role in strengthening Israel’s economy, its remarkable resilience, and its strong reputation around the world,” Herzog said. “He was a world-class professional, a man of integrity, with a heart of gold. A true lover of peace.”
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