Bondi Beach. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
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Twenty swastikas were painted at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday. Local police are investigating the incident and have appealed for witnesses to come forward.
“Outragous!” called out the Australian Jewish Association on Twitter, reporting the murals at the Bondi Beach now bearing “numerous swastikas.”
OUTRAGEOUS! ANTISEMITISM AT BONDI BEACH – DEFACED WITH SWASTIKAS
Sunday morning 10 Feb.The murals at the beach walk along Australia’s most iconic beach now bear numerous swastikas!!
Bondi & Bondi Beach are home to an orthodox Jewish community, synagogues and Sydney Yeshiva. pic.twitter.com/HC1ocPMm9e
— Australian Jewish Association (@AustralianJA) February 9, 2019
Vic Alhadeff, CEO of the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies, condemned the graffiti saying, “All Australians of goodwill will stand together in condemning this shocking display. The Jewish community is appalled at this expression of blatant racism.”
“To say that the Jewish community is appalled at this expression of wanton racism is a severe understatement,” NSW Jewish Board of Deputies president Lesli Berger said. “The swastika represents the ultimate in race hatred and all Australians of goodwill will stand together in condemning this shocking display.”
Former Australian Ambassador to Israel Dave Sharma called the act “abominable, intolerant and shameful,” on twitter.
What an abominable, intolerant and shameful act. Anti-semitism, racism, and hatred in all its forms has no place in our community. https://t.co/pY8AXn7KPc
— Dave Sharma (@DaveSharma) February 9, 2019
“This is a disgraceful act and Waverley Council, and the community of Waverley stands united against antisemitism and racially motivated crime,” said Waverly Mayor John Wakefield. “Racism has no place in our culturally diverse community and we condemn last night’s incident in the strongest terms.”
Member of the Australian Parliament Prof. Kerryn Phelps claimed “thereis no place for antisemitism in Australia.”
The #Wentworth community is united in outrage by the news that thirty swastikas were graffitied on the murals around Bondi Beach overnight. There is no place for anti-Semitism in Australia. pic.twitter.com/mppnEqqEFG
— Prof Kerryn Phelps AM (@drkerrynphelps) February 9, 2019
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