Synagogue, restaurant and business attacks condemned
East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation:
* The synagogue was firebombed on Friday night with about 20 worshippers inside for a Shabbat dinner
* A man allegedly poured a flammable liquid on the front door and set it alight
* The 34-year-old from Toongabbie in Sydney's west was arrested on Saturday night in central Melbourne, with detectives investigating his intent and ideology
* He is expected to face court on Sunday charged with reckless conduct endanger life, criminal damage by fire, and possess a controlled weapon
CBD Israeli restaurant:
* A group who splintered away from an earlier protest allegedly smashed a window, flipped tables and threw chairs outside Israeli restaurant Miznon in the city's CBD on Friday night
* Organisers of the protest said the restaurant was targeted because it was part-owned by Israeli businessman Shahar Segal, a spokesman for a food aid group backed by Israel and the US
* A 28-year-old from Footscray was arrested for hindering police and released on summons
Greensborough business:
* Three cars and a wall were spray-painted outside a Greensborough business in the city's northeast in the early hours of Saturday morning
* One vehicle was destroyed and two damaged after being set alight
* There were "inferences of anti-Semitism" and the business has been subjected to pro-Palestinian activity in the past year, police said
* Police have not established links between the three incidents
HOW HAVE LEADERS REACTED?
* "The reprehensible anti-Semitic attacks ... are severe hate crimes that must be uprooted" - Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
* "Anti-Semitism has no place in Australia" - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
* "This was an attack on Australia" - Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke
* "This is disgraceful behaviour by a pack of cowards" - Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan
* "Nothing that we are doing here in Melbourne is going to have any impact on the terrible events in Israel and Gaza" - Melbourne Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece
* "Melbourne, for one night, stopped being a safe place for Jews" - Anti-Defamation Commission chair Dvir Abramovich
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