Bondi Beach protest broken up by police as pro-Palestine activists and Jewish demonstrators clash
Tense images caught conflicts between pro -Palestinian activists and counter clients during a rowing at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday morning.
The police initially withdrew against the protesters and the pro -Palestinian group gathered on sand at 10:00.
Protestors invited “surfers, Bondi residents and Palestinian supporters” to participate in the event in solidarity with Gaza.
In the meantime, the opposite protesters took steps towards the beach, shook the flags of Australia and Israel, and chant “from the beach”.
As physical conflicts erupted, the situation increased and asked the police to intervene in the officers, shouted, “Stop”.
The pro -Filestin demonstration was organized by the Jews of the group against the occupations that reacted to staging the incident in a region with a great Jewish population.
A man shouted, “Most of them are deported.”
A pro -Israeli protester published a video to Instagram: “They came to Bondi, where there were many Jewish people, they came to Bondi, especially they caused the community to bring their hatred to our sand, and I think the normal Australians had enough.”
“They bought the Australian flags and they are here to say that it was enough.”
Previously, the Australian Jewish Association (AJA) described the protest as a provocative, General Manager Robert Gregory said, “Bondi is on the edge, everyone is tense.”
Waverley Mayor Nemesh criticized the event and said he was not allowed for the demonstration. He described the protest as “extremely provocative” and “completely unnecessary and especially Father’s Day ..
Mr. Nemesh said that he brought the issue to the agenda with the Council, local deputies and police and wrote to the police minister who wanted to intervene to stop the meeting.
“The Council did not receive any permission as part of the incident policy, and even if an application is given to the Council, we will not accept it,” he said.
Organizer Michelle Berkon, one of the Jews against the invasions, described the show as peaceful and stressed the importance of marking Father’s Day for Palestinian fathers.
