Police investigating anti-Semitic attack on Sydney home

Police have responded to an anti-Semitic attack in Sydney’s eastern suburbs overnight.

The incident occurred before 4am on Military Road in diver Heights and no injuries were reported.

Two cars were set alight, with at least one spray painted with an anti-Semitic slur, and a nearby house had red paint thrown on its walls.

The home was previously owned by Alex Ryvchin, the co-chief executive of Executive Council of the Australian Jewry, with locals telling the Australian Associated Press the home’s current owners were not Jewish.

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NSW Police have urged anyone with information to come forward.

In a statement they said, “it is important that the community and police continue to work together to make NSW a safer place for everyone”.

NSW Premier Chris Minns condemned the attack and highlighted it as an example of the ‘rising level of antisemitic attacks’ in the community.

“Civil society stands united in condemning this flagrant racism,” he said.

On ABC’s AM, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese praised the Australian Federal Police in charging a man with allegedly making death threats to members of a Jewish organisation.

“What we need to do is to lower the temperature in the community”, he said.

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