{"id":821029,"date":"2026-07-24T14:38:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T14:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/821029\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T14:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T14:38:18","slug":"woman-charged-with-offensive-language-over-comments-to-jewish-leaders-sydney-swans-at-bondi-terror-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/821029\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman charged with offensive language over comments to Jewish leaders, Sydney Swans at Bondi terror site"},"content":{"rendered":"

A woman will face court after allegedly making antisemitic comments to a group including Jewish leaders and Sydney Swans players at the site of the Bondi Beach terror attack.<\/p>\n

Officers were called to Archer Park on Wednesday afternoon after a 67-year-old woman allegedly confronted the group and made abusive comments.<\/p>\n

Executive Council of Australian Jewry Co-CEO, Alex Ryvchin was with one of the victims who was shot during the targeted December attack on a Jewish event, which claimed 15 lives.<\/p>\n

He said the woman made comments directly to them, including “Evil Zionist”.<\/p>\n

“Which is deplorable at the best of times, but to do so in that place, at that time, in the presence of a survivor, was something which we’re not going to stand for,” Mr Ryvchin said.<\/p>\n

He said the incident was also confronting for the Sydney Swans team who were visiting the site to show solidarity.<\/p>\n

“It’s grossly insensitive, it’s more than that, it’s inhuman and it gave them a real life example of what the Jewish community has to deal with on a daily basis,” he said.<\/p>\n

In a statement on the day of the incident, police said officers patrolling the area as part of Operation Shelter had attended the park, but that no further action would be taken.<\/p>\n

‘Not going to stand for it’\"Floral<\/p>\n

The alleged incident happened at Archer Park, the scene of the December Bondi terror attack. (ABC News: Che Chorley)<\/p>\n

Mr Ryvchin said the survivor of the mass shooting went to police to make a complaint.<\/p>\n

“We see what happens in our society when incitement and hatred and vilification goes unchecked,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We’re not going to stand for it, we’re not going to live with this, and we’re not going to allow the desecration of a sacred site with that sort of language and that sort of abuse.”<\/p>\n

Police on Friday issued the woman with a court attendance notice and said she was charged with offensive language.<\/p>\n

“We’re very grateful for it, we think it’s the right move by the police and sends a strong signal throughout the country,” Mr Ryvchin said.<\/p>\n

The woman is expected to face Waverley Court in September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman will face court after allegedly making antisemitic comments to a group including Jewish leaders and Sydney…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":821030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[92041,395948,395950,395946,89155,16386,395949,395951,43,395947,44,7200,41,39,42,40,395952],"class_list":["post-821029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-alex-ryvchin","tag-alleged-antisemitic-comments","tag-archer-park","tag-attack-site","tag-bondi-beach","tag-comments","tag-evil-zionists","tag-executive-council-of-australian-jewry-co-ceo","tag-headlines","tag-jewish-leaders","tag-news","tag-sydney-swans","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-woman-charged"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/821030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}