Anti-Semitic slogans appear on street signs and posters in Australian cities during Israel-Palestine conflict

Two Jewish Stars of David have been placed on a ‘No Entry’ sign as anti-Semitic graffiti and posters proliferate around Australia.

The defaced No Entry sign was spotted by a delivery driver, who alerted Sydney radio station 2GB, on the gate outside a facility in the NSW city of Newcastle.

As Israel continues its assault on Gaza following the bloody October 7 terror attacks by Hamas fighters, the tension in the region is being reflected in a war of symbols and signs on Australia’s streets. 

Jewish leaders on the weekend condemned ‘grotesque’ posters that appeared across Sydney’s eastern suburbs and CBD that depicted Adolf Hitler removing a mask of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 

‘The individuals who put up these sinister posters knew exactly what they were doing, choosing images that would inflict maximum trauma and placed them in the heart of Sydney’s Jewish community,’ NSW Jewish Board of Deputies president David Ossip told The Australian.

‘It is devastating to recognise that Holocaust survivors and their descendants would have this morning confronted prominent images of Hitler as they undertook their normal activities.’

Last week two men were fined after being filmed destroying posters of Israeli hostages taken by Hamas terrorists on Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach.

A poster of Adolf Hitler a removing a mask of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was condemned by Jewish leaders

A peaceful tribute to the 240 hostages – including young children and the elderly – taken captive nearly a month ago was set up at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Thursday morning.

The display featured posters of the hostages, who are believed to still be in Gaza, with the word ‘Kidnapped’ at the top.

Police said they visited the men at a Bankstown home in western Sydney where they were fined for offensive behaviour. 

Similiar ‘hostage’ posters in Melbourne have been plastered with stickers reading ‘Zionist propaganda’.

The sticker is believed to have been produced by activist group Free Palestine Melbourne.

A truck displaying hostage images near Bondi was pulled to the side of road by police who asked for the signs to be turned off.

Police told the driver that ‘there’s lots of people that come in from other places’ to visit the beach and ‘some people may take exception’ to the images.

Last month a community activist group’s banner labelling Israelis ‘dumb white dogs’ cost their centre the support of a prestigious law firm.

Aboriginal group This Mob Arts Collective faced fierce criticism after displaying the racist banner, which reads: ‘Free Palestine from the colonising dumb white dogs!!! Abolish Israel!!! P***y a** baby killing b***h a*** Bibi (Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu)!!’.

Signs displaying Israelis taken hostage by Hamas have been plastered with stickers calling them ‘Zionist propaganda’

As a consequence major law firm Arnold Bloch Leibler withdrew its financial support of community arts hub Collingwood Yards where the banner was produced as part of a protest workshop hosted by community radio station Hope St.

The collective arts space also has a rooftop wine bar.

Arnold Bloch Leibler senior partner Mark Leibler said he regretted having to terminate the partnership.

‘I and my partners are deeply disappointed that Collingwood Yards was not prepared to demonstrate the requisite moral clarity and condemn Hamas and the atrocities it committed on October 7,’ the Jewish community leader wrote.

‘Accordingly, and with great despair on our part that it has come to this, we have made the difficult decision to end our partnership with Collingwood Yards, including our representation on the board.’

The move was made despite Hope St Radio issuing a statement that – contra to the sign its workshop produced – ‘wholeheartedly condemns antisemitism, Islamophobia, and all racism’.

Mr Leibler said that was not enough, despite his firm providing advice on the statement.