SYDNEY — Cars and houses in Sydney were smeared with antisemitic graffiti, police said on Sunday, the latest in a string of incidents targeting Jews in Australia's biggest city.
SYDNEY — Cars and houses in Sydney were smeared with antisemitic graffiti, police said on Sunday, the latest in a string of incidents targeting Jews in Australia's biggest city.The spate of attacks in recent months has alarmed the country's Jewish community, drawn criticism from Israel and placed pressure on the government of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who faces reelection in polls that must be held by May.
David Ossip, president of the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies, said in the attack on Sunday 'cars and homes were defaced with hate speech for the sole purpose of intimidating and terrorizing the Jewish community and destabilizing Sydney's social harmony.
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