Anti-Semitic Murals in Melbourne Removed After Strong Community Backlash

Published on November 20, 2023

Murals above shop fronts in Melbourne’s inner city suburb of Balaclava will be immediately removed following heavy community backlash. The local council of Port Phillip funded the mural series on Carlisle Street before the Israeli government formally declared war against the terrorist group Hamas on Oct. 7. However, artist Michael Porter’s work was recently slammed for depicting anti-Semitic stereotypes of Jewish men. Port Phillip Mayor Heather Cunsolo said the council would remove the portraits over the next few days from Nov. 17. “We realise that regardless of the artist’s intentions, the portraits have distraught and divided members of our community, and for that, we apologise,” Ms. Cunsolo said....

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