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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 368

swastika

A swastika spray-painted on a mural at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, February 10, 2019. (Screenshot: Twitter)
January 8, 2024, 9:19 am
Australia bans Nazi salute and public display of terror group symbols
Offenders face up to 12 months in prison; Hamas and Islamic State among groups whose symbols are banned amid rise in antisemitic incidents
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Illustrative: The Rome skyline. (Wikipedia/Bert Kaufmann/CC BY-SA 2.0)
November 10, 2023, 5:48 am
Antisemitic graffiti spray-painted in Rome’s Jewish Quarter on Kristallnacht
City says it is removing graffiti, which included a Star of David, equal sign and swastika: ‘Events like this cause dismay, enormous concern’
By Agencies
An ambulance drives down the street in Lyon, eastern France, on July 16, 2023. (OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP)
November 5, 2023, 9:16 am
French Jewish woman stabbed, seriously wounded at Lyon home; swastika daubed on door
Mayor decries ‘unspeakable’ surge in violence; prosecutor’s office says attack ‘could have antisemitism as its motive’
By ToI Staff and AFP
Illustrative. A person in handcuffs. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
September 15, 2023, 10:09 am
Florida man arrested for hanging swastika banner on highway overpass
Suspect taken into custody for violating new law barring display of images on buildings without permission, which was passed in response to antisemitic and racist incidents
By AP
A swastika cut into the grass outside the home of an Oklahoma City man. (Screen capture: KOCO News 5 ABC; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 8, 2023, 9:58 pm
Swastika cut into grass outside Oklahoma City man’s home
Stan Sells, who isn’t Jewish, says he believes neighbor with whom he’s had a long-running dispute is responsible for hate symbol
By Ken Miller
A swastika flag, left, is displayed for sale at a store at the Gladstone Harbour Festival in central Queensland, April 11, 2006. (Chris Donaghy/AAP Image via AP)
June 8, 2023, 5:36 am
Australia plans to ban swastikas, other Nazi symbols in legislation next week
While most states already ban Nazi symbols, the federal law would go further by also banning the trade in such material, attorney general says
By Rod McGuirk
In this photo provided by the Peruvian Anti-Drug Police, an officer shows blocks of cocaine marked with Nazi swastikas and stamped with the name "HITLER", at the port of Paita, Piura region, Peru, Thursday, May 25, 2023. (Peruvian Anti-Drug Police via AP)
May 26, 2023, 8:55 am
Peruvian police seize haul of Nazi-themed cocaine
The 58 1-kilogram packets had Nazi flags on one side and Hitler’s name on the other, and were found hidden in an asparagus shipment destined for Belgium
By AP
Illustrative. A man's hands in handcuffs. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
May 15, 2023, 8:59 pm
Jewish teacher in Wisconsin arrested for threatening students who drew swastikas
Suspect held on suspicion of making terrorist threats after allegedly telling 7th-graders that he had 17 guns in his basement and wasn’t afraid to use them
By AP
Stephanie Lyons at her home in Stoneham, Massachusetts, December 26, 2022. (Tony Luong for The Washington Post via Getty Images via JTA)
April 25, 2023, 3:26 am
Massachusetts woman indicted for leaving swastikas at Jewish lawyer’s home
Suspect accused of putting paper cutouts of hate symbol outside house of attorney representing her child’s father in a custody battle
By Andrew Lapin
A swastika etched into the back of a US Jewish boy with special needs at a Las Vegas school, March 9, 2023. (Courtesy; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 24, 2023, 8:34 am
Swastika carved into US Jewish teen’s back at school; culprits not found in 6 weeks
Boy, 17, with nonverbal autism is only kippah-wearing student at Las Vegas school; mom pulls him from institution, doesn’t trust version of events by staffer tasked with aiding him
By Michael Bachner
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni speaks during a press conference after meeting with The Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte at Chigi Palace government offices in Rome, March 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
March 9, 2023, 6:40 pm
Italian PM condemns swastika graffiti against rival as Netanyahu heads to Rome
Before flying, premier says he has ‘no doubt’ that Giorgia Meloni and her far-right party, which has neo-fascist roots, ‘have learned the lessons of history’
By Agencies
Josh Greene directed 'Waves Apart,' a documentary about the antisemitic history of surfing. (Courtesy of Greene)
February 18, 2023, 4:46 am
Swastika boards, ‘surf Nazis’: New film explores surfing’s problematic history
Having fallen in love with the sport as a teen, Josh Greene was dismayed to discover its past was full of Nazi imagery
By jacob gurvis
Illustrative: A police car in Chesterfield, Missouri, on Oct. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
December 6, 2022, 8:45 pm
Police investigating swastika sprayed on Missouri elementary school
Spokesman for Springfield Public Schools says window at the under-construction school was immediately replaced upon discovery of the vandalism
By AP
Sheetal Deo and her husband, Sanmeet Deo, hold a Hindu swastika symbol in their home in Syosset, New York, November 13, 2022. (Andres Kudacki/AP)
November 28, 2022, 5:13 pm
Asian faiths try to save sacred swastika, a symbol of peace corrupted by Hitler
As Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism grow in North America, so too have calls to reclaim an emblem that for millennia has been an icon of well-being, not hate
By DEEPA BHARATH
Police officers stand at the entrance of the Praia de Coqueiral Educational Centre, one of two schools where a shooting took place, after an armed man opened fire, in Aracruz, Espirito Santo State, Brazil, on November 25, 2022. (KADIJA FERNANDES / AFP)
November 27, 2022, 4:21 am
Brazil school shooter wore swastika during Friday attack, police say
Teen gunman planned assault, which left three teachers and student dead, for two years, authorities say; no motive known, but family says he received psychiatric treatment in past
By Carla Bridi
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