<p>Sydney: Australian authorities on Saturday condemned what they said was an arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue with worshippers in the building, the latest in a spate of incidents against the nation's Jewish community.</p><p>The fire at the synagogue in the east of Victoria's state capital was sparked on Friday night, police said in a statement. Firefighters extinguished the blaze at the entrance and there were no injuries to the 20 people inside.</p><p>"Any attack on a place of worship is an act of hate, and any attack on a Jewish place of worship is an act of anti-Semitism," Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan said in a statement on Saturday.</p><p>Police said they believed the attack, in which flammable liquid was poured on the synagogue's front door and set alight was carried out by a male suspect. He has not been identified but is thought to be white and aged in his 30s.</p>.Australia says it cancelled Kanye West's visa over 'Heil Hitler' song.<p>There is "no place in our society for antisemitic or hate-based behaviour", police said.</p><p>Alex Ryvchin, co-CEO of Executive Council of Australian Jewry, an umbrella group for Australia's Jews, said in a statement the arson took place as those inside sat down to Shabbat dinner.</p><p>"These events are a severe escalation directed towards our community," Ryvchin said.</p><p>Australia has experienced several antisemitic incidents this year, with homes, schools, synagogues and vehicles targeted by vandalism and arson, drawing the ire of the country's traditional ally Israel.</p><p>The incidents have included a fake plan set up by organised crime to attack a Sydney synagogue using a caravan of explosives in order to divert police resources, police said in March.</p>
<p>Sydney: Australian authorities on Saturday condemned what they said was an arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue with worshippers in the building, the latest in a spate of incidents against the nation's Jewish community.</p><p>The fire at the synagogue in the east of Victoria's state capital was sparked on Friday night, police said in a statement. Firefighters extinguished the blaze at the entrance and there were no injuries to the 20 people inside.</p><p>"Any attack on a place of worship is an act of hate, and any attack on a Jewish place of worship is an act of anti-Semitism," Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan said in a statement on Saturday.</p><p>Police said they believed the attack, in which flammable liquid was poured on the synagogue's front door and set alight was carried out by a male suspect. He has not been identified but is thought to be white and aged in his 30s.</p>.Australia says it cancelled Kanye West's visa over 'Heil Hitler' song.<p>There is "no place in our society for antisemitic or hate-based behaviour", police said.</p><p>Alex Ryvchin, co-CEO of Executive Council of Australian Jewry, an umbrella group for Australia's Jews, said in a statement the arson took place as those inside sat down to Shabbat dinner.</p><p>"These events are a severe escalation directed towards our community," Ryvchin said.</p><p>Australia has experienced several antisemitic incidents this year, with homes, schools, synagogues and vehicles targeted by vandalism and arson, drawing the ire of the country's traditional ally Israel.</p><p>The incidents have included a fake plan set up by organised crime to attack a Sydney synagogue using a caravan of explosives in order to divert police resources, police said in March.</p>