The Melbourne synagogue fire is being treated as a terror attack. Here’s why that matters
- Written by Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
Victoria Police has announced it’s treating the Melbourne synagogue fire as a terrorist attack.
The blaze at the Adass Israel synagogue in Ripponlea soon appeared to many, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, to be motivated by terror, but it took authorities four days to declare it.
To the casual onlooker, this might seem odd. On...
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