Scott Morrison condemns 'disgusting' attacks on Commonwealth war graves

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he is disgusted by anti-Semitic attacks on war graves, both at home and abroad.

Dozens of Commonwealth graves have been daubed with swastikas and other symbols at a cemetery dedicated to those who fought in the first and second world wars. Source: Press Association

Scott Morrison is appalled by reports that Commonwealth war graves in Israel have been daubed with swastikas, saying such anti-Semitic attacks can also been seen in Sydney and Melbourne cemeteries.

"This is disgusting, appalling and nothing other than just hate-filled desecration of our own diggers, our light horsemen and it is terribly upsetting," the prime minister told reporters in Suva during a brief official visit to Fiji.

Headstones were vandalised with red spray paint at the Haifa war cemetery in northern Israel, according to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Source: Press Association

Australia is working with the War Graves Commission in its zero tolerance of anti-Semitic behaviour.

He said Australians have been targeted, including members of parliament, with anti-Semitic trolling on their Twitter accounts and defacing of their images.

"So let's not kid ourselves. It is close to home, and it has got to be stamped out," he said.