Sydney anti-Semitic attacks: Man arrested after woman abused on private property at Bondi

Matt Shrivell
The Nightly
More anti-Semitic slurs were painted on walls, garages and cars in Sydney's eastern suburbs. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)
More anti-Semitic slurs were painted on walls, garages and cars in Sydney's eastern suburbs. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS) Credit: AAP

Police have moved quickly and made an arrest after another weekend of anti-Semitic intimidation in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

A man will face court on Monday charged with intimidation following and alleged anti-Semitic abuse in Bondi.

Officers attached to Strike Force Pearl were patrolling the Bondi area at about 7.40am on Saturday, when they were flagged down by a woman reporting anti-Semitic abuse by a man allegedly seen in the yard of private premises in Flood Street.

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Following inquiries, a 21-year-old man was arrested at a unit on Bondi Road, Bondi at about 1.30pm on Sunday, by officers attached to Inner West Police Area Command.

The man was taken to Newtown Police Station where he was charged with a stalking offence.

He was also charged with destroying or damaging property for an unrelated incident at Newtown on Wednesday 15 January and breach of bail. Two outstanding warrants for unrelated domestic and personal violence and shoplifting offences were also executed.

The man has been refused bail to appear in Newtown Local Court on Monday.

A total of 12 people have now been charged under Strike Force Pearl,

  • Four men – aged 31, 37, 40 and 26 – have been charged following fires at two businesses in Bondi in October 2024
  • Three men – aged 20, 19 and 21 – have been charged after 10 vehicles and buildings were allegedly deliberately damaged in Woollahra in November 2024
  • A 34-year-old woman has been charged after vehicles and buildings were allegedly deliberately damaged in Woollahra in December 2024, and now
  • Two men – aged 33 and 37 – have been charged after a building in Newtown was allegedly graffitied and attempted to be set alight
  • A 37-year-old man has been charged after a wall at Kingsford was allegedly damaged with offensive graffiti
  • A 21-year-old man has now been charged after the alleged intimidation of a woman at Bondi

For assistance please contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or through Triple Zero (000) in an emergency.

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