<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two men have been charged in connection with an </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/maroubra-attack-antisemitic-message-left-on-childcare-walls-after-fire-in-sydney/da5735e4-139e-46cd-917f-9b6a8621c7ed" rel="" target="" title="alleged arson attack on a childcare centre"><span>alleged arson attack on a childcare centre</span></a><span> in Sydney's east earlier this year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Fire crews responded to the centre on Storey Street in Maroubra on January 21 after reports indicated that the ground floor was engulfed in flames, while offensive graffiti was found spray-painted on an outside wall.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The two men are among 14 individuals charged with 65 offences following investigations into antisemitic incidents across </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/Sydney" rel="" target="" title="Sydney"><span>Sydney</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/nsw-police-afp-arrests-made-antisemitic-attacks-sydney/87624caf-b47f-4a23-82fe-ffee95f2cc35" rel="" target="" title="Police say Sydney caravan discovery 'part of a fabricated terrorism plot'"><strong><span>Police say Sydney caravan discovery 'part of a fabricated terrorism plot'</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The two men, 18 and 20, were allegedly involved in providing vehicles which were used during the arson attack, which caused $3.4 million in damage.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Both men appeared in Wyong Local Court the same day where they were granted conditional bail to appear in Downing Centre Local Court on March 26.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>NSW Police executed 11 simultaneous search warrants yesterday across five properties across Sydney.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/police-charge-14-people-over-antisemitic-incidents-across-sydney/977be862-f768-4e70-8bdc-e644a8b5bcfb" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two men, aged 30 and 40, were charged with graffitiing a home and school at Maroubra, a shopping centre at Eastgardens and a home at Eastlakes.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>During a search warrant at a Penshurst property, police allegedly seized an electronic stun device and steroids.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/tarneit-man-hit-by-car-after-collapsing-on-suburban-road-in-melbourne/89e40867-f3ba-4edf-88b0-f600bdcaf1ce" rel="" target="" title="Man hit by car after collapsing on suburban road in Melbourne"><strong><span>Man hit by car after collapsing on suburban road in Melbourne</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Other arrests included a 33-year-old man who allegedly spray-painted graffiti on motor vehicles and properties on February 2.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A 23-year-old man and 37-year-old man, who were in a correctional facility, along with a 25-year-old, were all charged after allegedly spray-painting graffiti on motor vehicles and properties at Queens Park on January 11.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A 34-year-old from a correctional facility was charged with directing the commission of an arson attack at Bondi Beach in October.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A 41-year-old man has since been charged after allegedly attending a business on Curlewis Street on October 20, breaking in and setting it alight.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Strike Force Pearl detectives have now arrested 29 people and laid a total of 143 charges.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The strike force was established in December to investigate religious motivated arson attacks and offensive graffiti across the eastern 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