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NSW Police have rejected an application for an authorised pro-Palestine protest this weekend in Sydney following anti-semitic chanting at the Opera House protest on Monday.<\/p>\n
Acting Commissioner David Hudson confirmed NSW Police were going to block a pro-Palestine protest planned for Sunday, and encouraged people to not attend the rally.<\/p>\n
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NSW Police acting Commissioner David Hudson.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>James Brickwood<\/cite><\/p>\n \u201cPolice are currently in negotiations with the organisers of that event,\u201d he said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is unauthorised at this stage. Organisers might decide to move it and if that is the case, there will be considerations.<\/p>\n He also announced Operation Shelter, which aims to capture intelligence surrounding potential protest activity and demonstrations surrounding the Hamas-Israel conflict.<\/p>\n Pro-Palestine protestors at the Sydney Opera House on Monday.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>Louie Douvis<\/cite><\/p>\n \u201cThe intent of the operation is to ensure community safety. That is always our primary purpose. We will take any steps to ensure that.\u201d<\/p>\n NSW Premier Chris Minns again apologised for failing to provide a space for members of the Jewish community to come together, after the pro-Palestine protests at the Sydney Opera House involved scenes when people yelled antisemitic chants and burnt Israeli flags.<\/p>\n Hudson said Monday\u2019s protest of about 500 people went ahead after late information was given to the NSW Police force.<\/p>\n \u201cThe decision to allow [Monday\u2019s protest] to happen was based on late information received by the NSW Police force that a proposed assembly at the Town Hall which had been organised \u2013 although the (protest application) had not been submitted in the appropriate time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cThe operational advice that we received from the commander at the central metropolitan region … was that we were better to facilitate that march to the Sydney Opera House.<\/p>\n \u201cWe can\u2019t stop a thousand people meeting in one spot, it depends on their behaviour once they get there. If that becomes an unauthorised protest, we will take action.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n