Two men have been charged with offensive behaviour after they attempted to destroy posters that were part of a memorial at Bondi Beach for Israeli hostages taken by Hamas.
The memorial, comprising 230 blue and white beach towels, thongs and “kidnapped” posters, spanned more than 100 metres along the concourse.The memorial on the Bondi Beach concourse on Thursday.A video of the incident showed the men with some of the posters in their hands. One of the men said: “The hostages aren’t here.” Members of the community responded: “They’re our family.”
Previous memorials set up by Sydney’s Jewish community have included red balloons and “missing” shoes, and Shabbat tables with empty places set to symbolise the missing hostages.The towels at Bondi Beach were accompanied by a pair of thongs and beach toys such as buckets and spades, in what was intended as a uniquely Australian take on honouring the hostages.
“We want our family to be returned. There are also many non-Israeli hostages. It was not about any other statement regarding the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. It is about the people.”“The community put these posters up to remember family and friends who are victims of a terrorist attack,” he said on Thursday.
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