Dvir Abramovich, Chairman of the Anti-Defamation Commission and Jewish studies academic responds to the latest anti-Semetic attack in Sydney‘s east.
This wasn’t mere vandalism. This was terror. A brazen assault on identity, safety, and freedom.
Look around. The walls of Sydney are crying out in hate.
The fires that burned on Magney Street weren’t just flames – they were a signal flare of a society teetering on the brink. Graffiti that screams ‘Kill Israiel’ is not a misspelling; it is a declaration of war against every Jewish person in Australia.
This is the inferno of antisemitism, roaring back to life, daring us to confront it or let it consume us.
How many times do we have to say, ‘Never again,’ only to wake up to find ‘Again’ written in flames on our streets?
How many more synagogues, schools, and homes must be vandalised before we stop calling this ‘shocking’ and start calling it what it is: an assault on the very fabric of Australian society?
What we saw in Woollahra is a coordinated campaign of terror.
Anti-Defamation Commission Chairman Dvir Abramovich
Anti-Semitic graffiti was spray painted on a wall behind a heavily burnt out car in Woollahra, in Sydney’s east
These masked cowards, with their spray cans and torches, have thrown down the gauntlet. They want us to live in fear. They want us to look over our shoulders. They want to set our nights ablaze.
But to those who seek to intimidate us, hear this: We will not bow. We will not cower. We will not be silenced. Your flames only fuel our resolve. Your hatred only hardens our unity.
These brazen attacks are not just graffiti on walls or charred vehicles; they are a burning question to every leader, every police officer, every citizen: Will you let hate win? Will you stand by while our cities descend into chaos, or will you rise and crush this evil where it stands?
The message to Premier Chris Minns and the NSW Police is clear: Action is the only answer that matters.
Find these criminals. Unmask them. Prosecute them with the full weight of the law. Send a message loud enough that it drowns out the hatred on our walls: Sydney will not be a haven for hate.
This is not just about protecting the Jewish community. This is about protecting the soul of our nation.
