Police have launched an urgent investigation after cars were damaged, one set on fire and anti-Semitic graffiti was sprayed on buildings in Sydney’s east.
Emergency services were called to Magney Street, Woollahra, at around 1am on Wednesday after reports of a vehicle on fire.
NSW Fire and Rescue crews worked to extinguish the fire while police assessed the damage.
Another vehicle, two buildings and the sidewalk along Magney Street were also destroyed.
Vandals sprayed anti-Semitic graffiti with the text ‘kill Israel(sic)’ on the wall behind the burnt-out car.
A crime scene has been established and the graffiti has now been removed from the wall.
Police have launched an investigation into the vandalism and would like to speak to two people believed to have been in the area.
They are between 15 and 20 years old, have a slim build, wear face coverings and dark clothing.
Anti-Semitic graffiti was spray-painted on a wall behind a badly burned car in Woollahra, Sydney’s east
An investigation into the attack is underway (photo, forensic police on site examine the burnt-out car)
Anyone with information is urged to contact the Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
It marks the second anti-Semitic attack in the same exclusive suburb after several cars were vandalized with anti-Israel comments, including one set on fire.
Police found a dozen cars painted with anti-Israel messages on November 21 after emergency services responded to a car on fire.
Several cars, parked along Wellington Street, Tara Street, Fullerton Street and Ocean Street, were covered in white spray paint that read “f**k Israel.”
The door of a unit complex on Ocean Street was also painted with anti-Israel slogans.
Celebrity chef Matt Moran’s Chiswick restaurant – which is co-owned by Jewish Solotel Group CEO Elliot Solomon – was also vandalized.
Pictured: A contractor cleaning anti-Israel graffiti in Magney Street, Woollahra
The letters ‘PKK’ could also be seen on several cars and the windows of Chiswick.
PKK could refer to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, which has been designated as a terrorist organization by some countries, including Australia.
It comes after a Jewish human rights group issued an urgent travel warning for Jews and Israelis not to travel to Australia following a slew of anti-Semitic firebombings in Melbourne.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center warned on Tuesday, claiming the advice was “a result of the Australian authorities’ inability to stand up to continued demonisation, intimidation and violence against Jews and Jewish institutions in Australia’.