Australian Jewish Association CEO Robert Gregory speaks out after anti-Semitic graffiti found in Rockingham

More anti-Semitic graffiti in Perth has been labelled “bloody sick” by locals and condemned by the Australian Jewish Association.

The vile graffiti at a Rockingham beach was discovered on the eve of a visit to Sydney by Israeli President Isaac Herzog to mourn the victims of the Bondi terrorist attacks.

A City of Rockingham officer acted quickly to scrub off graffiti that read “F... the Jews” on Sunday after noticing it on the side of a public toilet block at Palm Beach.

“Confirming we are aware of this offensive graffiti. Our on-call officer found this whilst attending an unrelated call out (Sunday) and removed it immediately given the nature,” a City of Rockingham spokesperson said.

Australian Jewish Association Chief Executive Officer Robert Gregory said it was another display of anti-Semitic hatred that has become dangerously “normalised”.

“Australia is experiencing the worst surge of anti-Semitism in its history,” Mr Gregory said.

“I’m grateful to the local authorities for responding promptly, but we must ask why this hatred has become so normalised.

“Political leaders, protest activists and others need to examine whether their conduct is undermining social cohesion and fuelling anti-Semitic hatred.”

Dozens of locals criticised the vile act after a photo was posted on social media.

One described it as “bloody sick” while another said they couldn’t understand “why people hate someone for what culture and race they were born into”.

On Saturday, a noise wall near the recently completed Mandurah bridge was also defaced with racist slogans and a nazi swastika, while on Friday staff of Federal Liberal MP Andrew Hastie arrived to find the words ‘traitor goy’ spray-painted on the front of his electorate office in Mandurah.

Perth Hebrew Congregation chief rabbi Daniel Lieberman said the term ‘goy’ had been used in recent years “as a derogatory term for a non-Jewish person who is too supportive of Jewish people”.

On Monday, Cannington Detectives, with oversight from State Security Investigation Group charged a 42-year-old man who allegedly made a nazi salute and committed an obscene act in Victoria Park on Sunday.

In January, police said anti-Semitic graffiti with the words “kill the Jews” and two swastikas were found on a brick wall in Spearwood.

At the time, Acting Premier Jackie Jarvis called it “appalling” and called for the person behind it to face the “full weight” of new laws that included up to five years’ jail for the display of nazi insignia.

“It’s shocking . . . we don’t tolerate that, that’s completely unacceptable,” she said.

“This is the worst of the worst. That’s why we’ve toughened up those laws, because it is just appalling behaviour.”

Offensive graffiti can be reported anonymously via contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or online.