2 weeks Ago By Clareese Packer
NSW Premier Chris Minns has condemned a “shocking” anti-Semitic attack in Sydney’s eastern suburbs that saw cars set alight and properties vandalised with anti-Israel slogans. Emergency services responded to reports of a car fire on Magney Street in Woollahra about 1am on Wednesday. Fire & Rescue NSW managed to extinguish the fire, however the car was vandalised along with two buildings, the footpath along Magney Street, and another car.
The words “Kill Israiel” can be seen scrawled on a wall behind a torched red car. A crime scene has been established and an investigation has been launched. Police wish to speak with two people aged between 15 and 20 years of age believed to have been in the vicinity at the time.
They’re described as of slim build, wearing face coverings and dark clothing. Anyone with information has been urged to come forward. NSW Premier Chris Minns condemned the attack and said this is “not the Sydney we want”.
“Shocking images of this anti-Semitic attack in Woollahra this morning,” Mr Minns said. “This is not the Sydney we want. These racist attempts to divide our city won’t work.
” Mr Minns said he will speak with police on Wednesday morning. “They will be found and they will face the full force of the law.” Mr Minns said he’s concerned following the incident.
“It is a worry,” he told ABC radio. “We have to have zero tolerance for people who want to rip apart our community.” NSW Health Minister Ryan Park also slammed the incident as “shocking and offensive” on ABC Radio Sydney.
“It’s not the city that we want,” Mr Park said. “It’s concerning. Very, very concerning.
” It follows a similar incident in November where cars were covered in white spray paint that read “f**k Israel” in Woollahra. The door of a unit complex in Ocean St had also been graffitied, police said, while the windows of Sydney’s famed Chiswick restaurant were also targeted in the attack, with the words “f**k Israel” scrawled across them. In addition to anti-Israel slogans, cars were graffitied with a message reading “PKK coming”.
The meaning of the message is unknown but would appear to be a reference to the Kurdistan Workers Party, which is considered by Australia to be a terrorist organisation..
