Graffiti

WATCH: Foreign national detainee vandalizes Israeli prison wall with swastika graffiti

Guards found the swastika drawn on a wall during a routine patrol of the yard. The drawing was inside a bathroom stall, which was accessible from the yard itself. 

(ILLUSTRATIVE) A swastika was painted onto a busy road in Australia.
Pre-K  Antisemetic Graffiti

'Heil Hitler': NYC synagogues, homes vandalized in spate of antisemitic graffiti

Graffiti calling for the death of Jews found in Berlin on April 26, 2026.

'Kill all Jews:' Synagogue defaced with swastika, apartments graffitied in German cities

Screengrab of Indian graffiti in a tomb in the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt, March 20, 2026.

Ancient graffiti in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings proves presence of Indian tourists 2,000 years ago


Judge denies request to extend detention of Western Wall, Great Synagogue graffiti suspect

The judge emphasized that there was no need to delay the investigation while the defendant remained in custody.

'There is a Holocaust in Gaza' is seen sprayed on the wall of the Great Synagogue in central Jerusalem, on August 11, 2025

'Holocaust in Gaza': Western Wall desecrated with antisemitic graffiti

Israel Police have detained a suspect who allegedly graffitied the Western Wall complex and the Great Synagogue with an antisemitic message.

'There is a Holocaust in Gaza' is seen sprayed on the southern wall in Jerusalem's Old City, part of the Western Wall complex, on August 11, 2025

Stop pretending 'quiet antisemitism' is harmless or rare - opinion

These antisemitic incidents are not accidents; they are signals of deeper bias that remain unspoken yet deeply and painfully felt.

Antisemitic graffiti on an Australian Jewish cafe (illustrative)

School in Lyon set on fire, sprayed with antisemitic and pro-Palestine graffiti

"In Paris, synagogues and the Shoah Memorial: desecrated. In Lyon: a school set on fire and defaced with swastikas."

French police in Villeurbanne, near Lyon, central France, August 31, 2019. (illustrative)

Vandal defaces Peru's ancient Chan Chan site with obscene graffiti

Peruvian Ministry of Culture condemned the act of vandalism, calling it a 'serious insult to our history and cultural heritage'.

 The ancient ruins of Chan Chan in Peru.

Danish burial mound destroyed and passage grave defaced with graffiti

Culture minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt calls acts 'a disgrace without equal' and 'a lack of respect for our common history'.

 Danish burial mound destroyed and passage grave defaced with graffiti.

UK-based Palestine Action launches in Spain

It's first target was Spain's Defense Ministry, which it claims "buys weapons from Israel's biggest arms producer, which are first 'battle-tested' on Palestinians."

 Palestine Action España sprays graffiti on the Defense Ministry building, May 2025.

Ohio Applebee’s defaced with antisemitic graffiti reading ‘Jews work here’

“Guest and team member safety will always be our top priority and there is no place for antisemitic – or any form of – hate speech in our neighborhoods," said the interim president of Applebee’s.

 An Applebee’s in Miamisburg, Ohio was closed Saturday after employees discovered the building had been defaced with antisemitic graffiti.

Authorities raid Michigan homes in probe of pro-Palestinian vandalism of Jewish homes, institutions

The raids — at homes in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti and Canton — were not tied to immigration issues or on-campus demonstrations against Israel that have taken place over the last year and a half.

 A scene of pro-Palestinian vandalism, including broken windows, and graffiti at the home of Jewish University of Michigan Regent Jordan Acker in Huntington Woods, Michigan, December 9, 2024.

'Abolish Israel': Tucson synagogue defaced with anti-Israel graffiti

"How do you call for ending supposed discrimination in the same sentence as promoting genocide?" Executive Director of Chabad Tucson, Rabbi Yossie Shemtov, said.

 Tucson synagogue defaced with anti-Israel graffiti.