Antisemitic graffiti has been sprayed on buildings and bollards at North Bondi in Sydney, local media reported on Saturday.
Police cordoned off the area to investigate the incident. Officers advised locals to avoid the area, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.
The Jewish Australian Association, a membership-based community organization guided by “center-right Australian values,” as stated on its website, posted images of the vandalism on X, writing that “Bondi Beach [was] hit by wave of antisemitic graffiti.”
It added that the New South Wales police were “hunting for suspects.”
Bondi Beach hit by wave of antisemitic graffiti.
— Australian Jewish Association (@AustralianJA) November 29, 2025
NSW police are hunting for suspects.
These guys just want to vandalise everything. pic.twitter.com/SygOLrd0Ec
It was not initially clear who was behind the graffiti-spraying. One photo captured a derogatory comment against the Israel Defense Forces.
The “J7 Annual Report on Antisemitism 2025” published in May found that Australia experienced a fourfold increase in documented antisemitic incidents in 2024—the steepest rise among English-speaking countries with available data.
The report compiles statistics from member organizations of the J7 task force, a global coalition formed in 2023 that includes the Anti-Defamation League in the United States and partner groups in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, France, Germany and Argentina.
While the United States reported the highest number of incidents in absolute terms—9,354 in 2024, up from 8,873 the previous year—Australia registered the most dramatic relative increase, with reported antisemitic incidents rising from 495 to 2,062.
