Terrified Jews living in fear of new anti-Semitic attacks as son of notorious murdered bikie boss is charged with botched arson attempt in Sydney
The son of a slain bikie boss is one of nine people charged over an anti-Semitic attack in an affluent Sydney suburb.
Adam Hawi, 21, was charged over his alleged involvement in an incident in Woolahra in November.
Several cars were damaged, a ute was torched and celebrity chef Matt Moran’s Chiswick restaurant was scrawled with anti-Israel messages, with police estimating the incident caused up to $100,000 worth of damage.
Detectives allege that Hawi’s car was used in the attack and that he refused to tell police who was behind the wheel, reported the Sydney Morning Herald.
His next court appearance is in March.
Hawi is the son of former Commanchero boss Mahmoud ‘Mick’ Hawi who was murdered as he left a Sydney gym in 2018.
His slaying sparked a series of brutal gangland hits across the city as rival gangs sought to wrest control of the drug trade.
Mohammed Farhat, 20, and Thomas Stojanovski, 19, faced court this week over the Woolahra incident.
Adam Hawi (pictured), 21, was charged over his alleged involvement in an incident in Woolahra in November
Several cars were damaged, a ute was torched and celebrity chef Matt Moran’s Chiswick restaurant was scrawled with anti-Israel messages, with police estimating the incident caused up to $100,000 worth of damage (pictured: another attack in the same area in December)
Hawi is the son of former Commanchero boss Mahmoud ‘Mick’ Hawi (pictured) who was murdered as he left a Sydney gym in 2018
They were each charged with 14 counts of destroying or damaging property, in addition to trespassing offences and offensive behaviour charges.
It comes authorities revealed a shocking new theory about who is financing the spate of recent anti-Semitic attacks.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) are investigating if locals have been paid to carry out acts of anti-Semitic violence by people overseas, as national leaders agree to establish a database of attacks.
AFP Reece Kershaw said the force was probing 15 serious attacks since December and was considering whether overseas actors or individuals paid local criminals to carry out some of the crimes.
‘We are looking at if – or how – they have been paid, for example in cryptocurrency, which can take longer to identify,’ he said.
The Only About Children centre in Maroubra, in Sydney’s east, was set on fire soon after midnight on Tuesday and the words ‘F*** the Jews’ were sprayed in black paint on a wall.
The blaze was put out but the building was extensively damaged. There were no reports of injuries and the property was empty at the time.
Police believe the attack may have targeted the wrong property as there is a synagogue 150 metres further down Anzac Parade, and the damaged child care centre had no connection to it.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described the attack as an ‘evil hate crime’.
