Another anti-Semitic attack in Sydney’s east – with a car torched and buildings damaged with anti-Israel graffiti
Vile anti-Semitic graffiti has been sprayed on a wall and a car set on fire in Sydney’s east, sparking a police investigation.
The car was burned on Magney Street, Woollahra in Sydney’s east, a suburb known for its Jewish community, in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Vandals spray painted anti-Semitic graffiti, writing ‘kill Israiel’ on the wall behind the burnt out car.
A crime scene has been established and the graffiti has since been cleaned off the wall.
The perpetrators are believed to be two people of slim build, aged between 15 and 20 years, wearing face coverings and dark clothing.
Premier Chris Minns said it was an ‘anti-Semitic attack’.
‘I’ll be speaking to police this morning,’ Mr Minns posted on social media.
‘They will be found and they will face the full force of the law.’
Anti-Semitic graffiti was spray painted on a wall behind a heavily burnt out car in Woollahra, in Sydney’s east
An investigation into the attack is underway (pictured, forensic police at the scene examining the burnt out car)
Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-chief executive Alex Ryvchin said the Jewish community in Sydney was once again waking up to scenes of terror.
‘Another act intended to terrorise us, drive us from our country and make our fellow Australians fearful of associating with us,’ Mr Ryvchin said.
‘How long will this continue and with what horrors will it end? We ask that you stand with us. March with us.
‘Don’t let this evil tear our country to pieces. We expect the new AFP taskforce to bring the perpetrators swiftly to justice.’
It marks the second anti-Semitic attack in the same exclusive suburb after several cars were vandalised with anti-Israel slurs, one of which was also set on fire last month.
Police found up to a dozen cars graffitied with anti-Israel messages on November 21 after emergency services responded to a car on fire.
Multiple cars, which were parked along Wellington Street, Tara Street, Fullerton Street and Ocean Street, were covered in white spray paint that read ‘f**k Israel’.
The door of a unit complex in Ocean Street was also spray painted with the anti-Israel slogans.
Pictured, contractor cleaning the anti-Israel graffiti on Magney Street, Woollahra
Celebrity chef Matt Moran’s Chiswick restaurant – which is co-owned by the Jewish CEO of Solotel Group Elliot Solomon – was also vandalised.
The letters ‘PKK’ were also seen on multiple cars and the windows of Chiswick.
PKK could refer to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party which some countries, including Australia, have designated a terrorist organisation.
It comes after a Jewish human rights organisation issued an urgent travel warning to Jews or Israelis not to travel to Australia following an anti-Semitic firebombing in Melbourne.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center issued the warning on Tuesday claiming the advice was ‘a result of the failure of Australian authorities to stand up against persistent demonisation, harassment and violence against Jews and Jewish institutions in Australia’.
Anyone with information is being urged to contact Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
