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Sydney synagogue defaced with red swastikas, day after another synagogue vandalized
[IsraelTimes] Home in city also daubed with antisemitic graffiti, police say they’re probing offensive comments on street poster; Australian PM: Graffiti ‘abhorrent and needs to stop immediately’In the latest incident, police said they were notified of graffiti on the synagogue, in the inner suburb of Newtown, early Saturday. Vandals had spray painted red swastikas outside the entrance. A house in Sydney’s east, a hub of the city’s Jewish community, was also daubed with antisemitic graffiti, police said, adding they are also probing offensive comments on a street poster in the suburb of Marrickville. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemned the antisemitic graffiti, asserting that those responsible "should face the full force of the law." Jewish leaders say prejudice against their community has reached unprecedented levels, with most incidents reported in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia’s largest cities, where 85 percent of the nation’s Jewish population live. A report from the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) found that Australian Jews experienced more than 2,000 anti-Jewish incidents over the past year, more than quadruple the number from the previous year. A total of 2,062 incidents were recorded between October 2023 and September 2024, far more than the 495 incidents noted a year earlier. The total did not include antisemitic statements made on social media. [X]
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