NSW Police have conceded a significant number of cases compiled by a high-profile taskforce set up to combat anti-Jewish sentiment were not antisemitic, revealing dozens of cases were incorrectly categorised because the person reporting the incident was Jewish or due to other filing errors.

An internal review of 367 cases compiled by Operation Shelter, the taskforce set up to combat antisemitism following an October 2023 protest at the Sydney Opera House, found there were issues with the “consistency and veracity” of cases, and uncovered numerous examples of incidents being recorded multiple times.

The admission is significant because Operation Shelter statistics have been cited by the NSW Labor government to justify controversial legislative changes aimed at curbing the rise in antisemi

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