The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/vandalism/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:57:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png vandalism | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/vandalism/ 32 32 UK Jewish leaders condemn vandalism of London bakery accused of ‘funding Israel’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-jewish-leaders-condemn-vandalism-of-london-bakery-accused-of-funding-israel/ Sat, 21 Feb 2026 09:06:53 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3758934 Chain founded by Israeli bakers is latest food business targeted by protesters; red paint splattered on facade of newly opened north London location

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]]> Israeli TV network’s office vandalized with threat calling for ‘blood of traitors’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-tv-networks-office-vandalized-with-threat-calling-for-blood-of-traitors/ Wed, 19 Nov 2025 20:41:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3692649 Channel 13 files complaint with police as broadcast news group say graffiti is just one instance of 'persistent, organized and dangerous incitement against journalists'

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]]> Alleged Western Wall vandal accused of painting ‘holocaust in Gaza’ on Holy Sepulchre https://www.timesofisrael.com/alleged-western-wall-vandal-accused-of-painting-holocaust-in-gaza-on-holy-sepulchre/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 08:14:36 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3627514 Police reportedly find graffiti on Old City church weeks after same man, apparently mentally ill, was released to psychiatric care after allegedly daubing identical slogans on Jewish sites

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]]> Israeli-owned kitchen store in Maryland hit with repeated vandalism https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-owned-kitchen-store-in-maryland-hit-with-repeated-vandalism/ Thu, 07 Aug 2025 21:57:35 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3615589 Owner of Baltimore-area store says building with Israeli flag hanging from the front has been targeted around 20 times since start of Gaza war

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]]> ‘AOC funds genocide in Gaza’: Anti-Israel activists vandalize Ocasio-Cortez’s NY office https://www.timesofisrael.com/aoc-funds-genocide-in-gaza-anti-israel-activists-vandalize-ocasio-cortezs-ny-office/ Tue, 22 Jul 2025 02:29:03 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?post_type=liveblog_entry&p=3603334 Democrat defends voting against amendment to cut funding for Israeli air defenses, vows to keep pushing 'to cut flow of US munitions that are being used to perpetuate the genocide'

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]]> Two 14-year-olds arrested for vandalism at Muslim cemetery near Jerusalem’s Old City https://www.timesofisrael.com/two-14-year-olds-arrested-over-vandalism-at-muslim-cemetery-near-jerusalems-old-city/ Fri, 11 Jul 2025 08:09:22 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3595855 Police say surveillance operators saw teens damaging tombstones and graves on security cameras; suspects to appear in court

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]]> IDF dissolves platoon, dismisses officers after reservists vandalize West Bank camp https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-dissolves-platoon-dismisses-officers-after-reservists-vandalize-west-bank-camp/ Tue, 08 Apr 2025 11:14:17 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3522985 Disciplinary crackdown follows multiple recent incidents of misconduct by troops, as new IDF chief enforces stricter accountability measures

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]]> ‘Warsaw 1943 = Gaza 2025’: Holocaust memorial vandalized in Polish capital https://www.timesofisrael.com/warsaw-1943-gaza-2025-holocaust-memorial-vandalized-in-polish-capital/ Tue, 07 Jan 2025 18:27:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?post_type=liveblog_entry&p=3454723 Israel envoy denounces graffiti as 'shameful vandalism,' calls on Poland to hold perpetrators accountable for crime

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]]> Activists who stole ‘Weizmann’ busts got one of them wrong – university https://www.timesofisrael.com/activists-who-stole-weizmann-busts-got-wrong-one-university/ Thu, 07 Nov 2024 08:55:03 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3414038 Group claimed to nab 2 statues of Israel's first president; officials say one was indeed his, but the other was of a 19th-century professor who supported women studying physics

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]]> Suspect who painted red hands on Paris Holocaust memorial denies racial motives https://www.timesofisrael.com/suspect-who-painted-red-hands-on-paris-holocaust-memorial-denies-racial-motives/ Wed, 07 Aug 2024 14:40:40 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3349548 One of three Bulgarian men fighting extradition to France claims it was 'just hooliganism' that led him to deface memorial; Sofia court postpones decision until September 26

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]]> Outcry as vandalism targets homes of Jewish Brooklyn Museum officials https://www.timesofisrael.com/anti-israel-activists-vandalize-homes-of-people-associated-with-brooklyn-museum-un/ Wed, 12 Jun 2024 19:24:34 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3310708 Mayor Eric Adams says police investigating actions that crossed over into 'overt, unacceptable antisemitism'

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]]> US consulate in Sydney vandalized with suspected pro-Palestinian symbol https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-consulate-in-sydney-vandalized-with-suspected-pro-palestinian-symbol/ Mon, 10 Jun 2024 14:17:49 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3309472 Australia's PM tells activists on both sides of Israel-Hamas war debate to 'turn the heat down' after windows smashed, two inverted triangles painted at front of building

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]]> Officials condemn anti-Israel, antisemitic graffiti at 2 Pennsylvania synagogues https://www.timesofisrael.com/officials-condemn-anti-israel-antisemitic-graffiti-at-2-pennsylvania-synagogues/ Tue, 02 Apr 2024 11:27:28 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3259088 PA governor, CNN anchor and community leaders decry recent vandalism of Philadelphia-area Jewish institutions with swastika, 'From the river to the sea'

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]]> Kosher restaurant on NYC’s Upper West Side vandalized with anti-Israel graffiti https://www.timesofisrael.com/kosher-restaurant-on-nycs-upper-west-side-vandalized-with-anti-israel-graffiti/ Tue, 19 Mar 2024 04:37:53 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3248458 Locals clean up graffiti at Effy's, call it 'the next step of what the antisemites are doing' after tearing down posters of hostages; NYPD probing vandalism as hate crime

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]]> Despite vandalism and protests, NY gallery Pace showcases Israeli artist as planned https://www.timesofisrael.com/despite-vandalism-and-protests-ny-gallery-pace-showcases-israeli-artist-as-planned/ Sun, 10 Mar 2024 17:30:30 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3239529 Exhibition of Michal Rovner's ongoing 'Pragim' series opens on schedule March 7 after art houses across the city are defaced by anti-Israel protesters following Hamas atrocities

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