Hitler/Netanyahu composite posters in Sydney
Large posters showing a doctored image of Hitler behind a mask bearing a photo of Benjamin Netanyahu have appeared in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs and the CBD.
Poster hanging from the footbridge spanning the Syd Einfeld Drive. Photo supplied by The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies
The Australian reports that MPs and community leaders have condemned the posters.
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NSW Jewish Board of Deputies president David Ossip told The Australian: “The individuals who put up these sinister posters knew exactly what they were doing, choosing images that would inflict maximum trauma and placed them in the heart of Sydney’s Jewish community.
It is devastating to recognise that Holocaust survivors and their descendants would have this morning confronted prominent images of Hitler as they undertook their normal activities.”
Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-CEO Alex Ryvchin was also interviewed by The Australian]n.
He said: “It is intended to intimidate and harass Jewish Australians, many of whom are Holocaust survivors or their descendants. But if these thugs and cretins want to know who resembles Hitler in the context of the war with Hamas, they should look to the savages who went house to house hunting Jews with sadistic pride, raping, torturing and burning alive.”
NSW Vaucluse MP Kellie Sloane said: “These targeted attacks on Sydney’s Jewish community must stop and the full force of the law must be applied to those who practise or incite race hate.”
Federal Wentworth MP Allegra Spender told The Australian: “Many in our Jewish community have told me they feel scared to be openly Jewish in our streets. That is heartbreaking for us all – no matter what your faith. We must all stand for compassion and empathy, and stand up against fear and intimidation.”
NSW Police are investigating.
