Swastika

Threats rise against Jews and Israelis abroad, Gazan activist calls for peace with Israel

The Jerusalem Post's must-listen news roundup with Gadi Zaig - the top stories, clear and concise.

Displaced Palestinians walk past tents and destroyed buildings near the beachfront in Gaza City in August.
Swastikas graffitied in art room destroyed during break-in at Pardes Hanna-Karkur school, September 6, 2026.

Police launch investigation into swastikas graffitied during break-in at Pardes Hanna-Karkur school

Israel flag and Germany flag.

German high court rules comparing Israel to Nazi Germany is protected speech

The vandalized statue of the Rambam.

Police investigate swastika graffiti painted over Rambam statue in Cordoba, Spain


Second man arrested in connection to defacement of three Halifax synagogues, police announce

Halifax police arrested a second man for vandalizing three synagogues with swastikas and anti-Jewish graffiti, facing multiple charges including incitement to hatred.

Halifax synagogues were vandalized.

Security cameras capture man drawing swastika outside Beverly Hills elementary school

The swastika was removed, and a police investigation is underway.

Beverly Hills.

Finland's air force to phase out use of swastika on flags, in light of 'embarrassing' situations

While the Finnish air force designed its flag before the swastika became a symbol of Nazism, they are finally being updated to reflect modern associations with the symbol.

A Finnish soldier participates during the military exercise Aurora 23 in the harbour in Oskarshamn, Sweden on May 2, 2023

Kanye West releases 'Heil Hitler' song featuring audio clip of Nazi leader's speech

The music video for Heil Hitler depicts a group of black men in formation singing 'Ni**a Heil Hitler' multiple times. The men are wearing animal skins and heads.

 Screenshot from Kanye West's new music video.

Honoring Holocaust survivors: A call to remember the living and their legacy - opinion

This Holocaust Remembrance Day, we must remember not only the six million lost but also the survivors who lived to share their stories, resilience, and wisdom.

 THIS HOLOCAUST Remembrance Day, I want to reflect not just on those we lost, but on those who lived – who survived – and who gave my life new meaning, says the writer.

Nazi banners hung over Stockholm tunnel on Hitler's birthday

"Glorifying a regime responsible for the murder of six million Jews and countless others is both dangerous and deeply offensive," said the European Jewish Congress.

 Nazi party banners were hung over a Stockholm tunnel on Sunday.

Haredi man sprays swastikas on MDA ambulances in Mea Shearim neighborhood

The man was arrested by Israel Police during a Rosh Hodesh parade held by haredi extremists and was taken for questioning.

 Haredi man sprayed swastikas on MDA ambulances in Jerusalem

How antisemitic vandals unwittingly delivered a message of hope to the world - opinion

When our people are defaced and defiled, we shine through as a holy and spiritual nation – a people who stand by each other in the face of hate and emerge stronger in spite of it. 

 CLOWN DOCTORS entertain children fleeing Ukraine, at a tent town in Humenné, Slovakia, in February 2022.

Swastika found carved at UK golf course, police searches for suspects

The swastika carving at Thames Ditton and Esher Golf Club on February 15 is believed to have been caused by two e-bike riders who had entered the premises and caused damages.

Swastika on a wall (illustrative)

Jewish cemetery in Slovakia vandalized with swastikas

“This kind of hate-driven vandalism should never happen,” said Juraj Levický, a Jewish community member and a caretaker of the Humenné cemetery.

The Jewish cemetery at Kosice in Slovakia, a country once home to a thriving Jewish community