Anti-Semitic attacks: Eight charged over fires and damage offences in Woollahra and Bondi
Eight people have been charged with 59 offences over a series of vile anti-Semitic attacks that have plagued Sydney.
Detectives from Strike Force Pearl have arrested three men, aged 20, 19 and 21. All have been charged with deliberately damaging 10 vehicles and buildings in Woollahra in November.
A further four men, aged 31, 27, 40 and 26, have been charged following suspicious fires at two businesses in Bondi in October.
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The strike force is part of Operation Shelter, launched by NSW Police in October to respond to public safety in relation to the conflict in the Middle East.
To date 181 people have been arrested, resulting in 456 charges under Operation Shelter. Thirty six of those, including the eight recently charged, have been charged with anti-Semitic offences.
An escalating wave of hate crimes targeting the Jewish community has gripped Sydney in recent months.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced he would convene a national cabinet meeting to address the escalating anti-Semitism crisis.
The concession to repeated calls for the move finally came after a Sydney childcare centre was vandalised and set alight on Tuesday.
The Only About Childcare centre in Maroubra was graffitied with “f... the Jews” and set alight shortly before 1am, in what Mr Albanese denounced as a “horrific attack beyond belief”.
