Vandalism

Israeli man arrested for smashing crosses, statues in Jaffa's St. Anthony's Church

According to the police, they were called on Sunday morning and informed of the incident. Police arrived at the scene to investigate and found that the church had been vandalized.

Broken statues on the floor of St. Anthony's Church in Jaffa, August 16, 2026.
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Canadian man charged after targeted vandalism of Saskatchewan synagogue

 Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, March 16, 2024

Philadelphia Jewish museum vandalized with antisemitic graffiti, third attack in nearly a year

An investigator works at the World War II Memorial, after the pool was reportedly vandalized with soap and graffiti in Washington, DC, US, August 13, 2026.

Woman charged over vandalism of Washington's World War Two memorial


Winnipeg man arrested for spray painting swastikas on synagogue, mosque, school

The suspect had allegedly vandalized the Congregation Shaarey Zedek marble facade and door glass panels with graffiti that included swastikas and the word “hate.”

 Winnipeg Friends of Israel share image of antisemitic graffiti, including a swastika, spray painted on a community center. January 4, 2025

IDF strikes Hamas and Hezbollah, kills key terrorists after ceasefire breaches

IDF soldiers were deployed to the scene in the outskirts of Jalud, a village under the jurisdiction of the Samaria Brigade, but found no suspects. 

People examine cars damaged and vandalized by attackers in the Arab village of Ein Rafa, near Jerusalem, January 8, 2026

Four arrested for vandalism, destruction of cemetery near Old City

The suspects, foreign residents aged 18 to 20, were taken for questioning and will be brought to court on Monday for a remand hearing, police said.

Four young suspects were arrested on Sunday night on suspicion of vandalizing headstones and causing damage to a cemetery in Jerusalem’s Old City.

IDF imprisons, but doesn't expel, paratroopers for vandalizing Palestinian cars

Three paratrooper commanders and soldiers were sentenced to 20-30 days in military prison for their involvement, with additional soldiers facing non-prison consequences.

IDF soldiers operating in the West Bank, October 17, 2025.

Israel Police say Negev community attack was 'revenge' for raids, suspects arrested

Before their arrest, their actions in Givot Bar were reportedly carried out in response to police raids in the nearby village of Tarabin.

Israel Police vehicles; illustrative.

Former hostage Bar Kupershtein: 'Thieves broke into my car, stole my phone'

"I woke up, went to my car, and found out that it had been broken into," Kupershtein said.

Smashed glass in Bar Kupershtein's vehicle, December 7, 2025.

Australia records sharp rise in arson and violent antisemitism

This year's total of 1654 consisted of 24 physical assaults, 33 incidents of vandalism, 621 physical abuse, and 359 graffiti, 238 messages, and 379 posters, according to the ECAJ

An Israeli flag flutters in the wind as boats gather on Sydney Harbour during the Solidarity Convoy opposing antisemitism, in Sydney, Australia, October 12, 2025.

Police arrest 29-year-old suspect in vandalism of Torah scrolls at Kadima synagogue

Israeli police arrested a 29-year-old in Even Yehuda for vandalizing Torah scrolls and holy books at a Kadima synagogue, following a week-long investigation into the incident.

A Yemenite synagogue in central Israel was desecrated, and many of the institute's prayer books were shredded, worshippers discovered just before Shabbat came in last week.

Australia’s Jews face lurking antisemitism after October 7 in a once 'goldene medina'

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: Zionist Federation of Australia president Jeremy Leibler on how Australian Jews were shocked by both the wave of antisemitism post-October 7 and the silence that followed.

Australian Jewry has been confronted by the reality that antisemitism never went away, Zionist Federation of Australia president Jeremy Leibler told the ‘Post.’ Here, protesters hold placards and flags during a rally against antisemitism at The Domain in 2024, in Sydney.

Thieves smash jewelry display in Ofakim store, flee after employee pepper-sprays them

"There is no policing in Israel! This situation cannot continue," MK Almog Cohen (Otzma Yehudit) posted on X/Twitter in response to a video of the incident.

Security footage shows thieves fleeing a jewelry store in Ofakim after a store employee triggers the pepper spray defense system, November 25, 2025.