Vandals have sprayed anti-Semitic graffiti on a car in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, in yet another incident of ‘hatred’ that has been slammed by Jewish leaders.
The white car was found spray painted with the words ‘F**k the Jews’ on Henry St in Queens Park on Monday morning, a suburb with a large Jewish community.
Executive Council of Australian chair Jewry Alex Ryvchin was incensed by the vile act.
‘Sydney. Again,’ he said.
‘Another suburb with a large Jewish community and multiple Jewish communal facilities.
‘No one just vandalises a car with a racist slogan. It is the product of endless incitement, demonisation and a belief that such attitudes are freely permitted, even celebrated,’ Mr Ryvchin told Daily Mail Australia.
‘It also demonstrates how the racist targeting of Jews impacts wider society.’
NSW Jewish Board of Deputies president David Ossip said Australians must not ‘allow ourselves to become desensitised to acts of Jew-hatred and allow illegal conduct … (like) this to become normalised’.
Vandals have sprayed anti-Semitic graffiti on a car in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, in yet another incident of ‘hatred’ that has been slammed by Jewish leaders
NSW Police were alerted to the graffiti about 5.40am on Monday.
They believe the vandalism occurred between 7am Sunday and when they were notified.
Forensic police officers were at the scene on Monday morning dusting the car for clues.
A Jewish resident told the Daily Telegraph they were shocked to see the vandalised car parked 1km from major Jewish day school Moriah College but that such racist attacks were happening daily.
‘I was on my way to work when I saw it and was shocked and deeply saddened by the assault on the Jewish community, it’s happening every day now,’ Michael Goldstein said.
‘The escalation of vandalism and inaction from the authorities just emboldens the cowards. There is virtually no recourse or punishment for this conduct.
‘One minute, the anti-Semitic vandals are targeting buildings, next they go for cars and bikes, soon it will be people.
Sydney’s eastern suburbs saw cars vandalised with anti-Israel graffiti while a vehicle was set alight in November last year.
In December, multiple cars and buildings in Sydney’s east were again covered with anti-Israel slogans, including “kill Israel” and “death 2 Israel” with another car torched.
Police have urged anyone with information about the latest incident to contact CrimeStoppers.
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