Israeli man called ‘genocidal baby killer,’ kicked out of Melbourne hair salon

An Israeli man was called a “genocidal baby killer” and kicked out of a Melbourne, Australia hair salon, the customer tells the Canada-based Rebel News site.

“She heard my accent and asked, ‘Where are you from?’ I said, ‘I’m from Israel,’ and she said, ‘You can leave.’ Once I left, she called me a baby killer and she closed the door,” the Israeli man says.

Avi Yemini, a far-right figure in Australia’s Jewish community and a reporter for the news site, then booked an appointment at the Juniper Salon and confronted owner Katrina Ann Smith.

In the footage, Yemini asks Ann Smith if she “always asked people with ethnic accents where they come from,” and asks if she is aware that it’s “against the law to kick someone out based on their nationality.”

“You’re not here to have a haircut. You’re here to hassle me, because they were a baby killer, now f*ck off, f*ck off,” she responds.

“Israelis aren’t a race,” she adds.

She later calls the police, alerting them to a “Middle Eastern-looking man” harassing her customers.

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— Rebel News (@RebelNewsOnline) August 18, 2025