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A 25-year-old French national was arrested in Australia on suspicion of threatening an Israeli backpacker with a knife after discovering he had served in the IDF. The prosecution alleged an antisemitic motive, and the court remanded him in custody.

A French tourist who was staying with an Israeli tourist at a hostel in Australia is suspected of attacking him with a knife. According to the details, the Frenchman began to hug him defiantly and at a certain stage pulled out a 20-centimeter knife. In a WhatsApp message that preceded the incident, the attacker wrote to his friends: "The next time I see him at the hostel, maybe we will go to a...