{"id":189485,"date":"2025-12-18T05:11:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T05:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/189485\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T05:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T05:11:08","slug":"sydney-man-charged-with-threatening-jewish-community-on-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/189485\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney man charged with threatening Jewish community on flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  [&amp;_p]:tit-sub-xl tit-sub-xl md:[&amp;_p]:d-tit-sub-xl md:d-tit-sub-xl mb-[1.3rem]\">A man who allegedly threatened a member of the Jewish community during a flight from Bali has been arrested.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">The 19-year-old from Sydney has been accused of making anti-Semitic threats and gesturing in a way that indicated violence towards another person, who he knew was part of the Jewish community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Australian Federal Police officers arrested the man after he landed at Sydney International Airport on Wednesday and charged him with threatening force or violence against members of groups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">He was refused bail and is set to appear at NSW Local Bail Division Court on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Law enforcement has been on alert for anti-Semitic incidents in the aftermath of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2025\/12\/17\/bondi-terror-attack-twenty-four-year-old-now-facing-59-charges\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">terror attack<\/a> at a Hanukkah event on Bondi Beach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Gunmen opened fire as hundreds gathered for the Jewish festival of lights, killing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2025\/12\/16\/tears-flow-as-community-mourns-bondi-massacre-victims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">15 people<\/a> and injuring scores more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Following the mass shooting, pressure has mounted on governments and law enforcement, with many criticising the police for not acting more quickly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Two officers, including a probationary constable who had been in the job for four months, were seriously injured while responding to the attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">NSW police on Tuesday arrested a man and charged him for allegedly displaying a Nazi symbol on a boat in the Lake Macquarie area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Sydney and Melbourne have experienced a spate of anti-Semitic attacks in recent years, with synagogues and other Jewish community spaces being sprayed with offensive graffiti or firebombed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Iran was found by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation to have orchestrated at least two of the anti-Semitic attacks, on a Jewish kosher deli in Bondi and the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-greyDarkFaded\">The morning&#8217;s headlines in 90 seconds, including more banks hike mortgage rates, a court appearance over a Hollywood murder, and a \u2018c bomb\u2019 earns quote of the year. 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