Ban on ‘globalise the intifada’ risks importing ‘repressive models’ from UK, NSW inquiry after Bondi attack told

In its submission, the Palestine Action Group said it had not itself led the chant ‘globalise the intifada’ at rallies it had organised since October 2023 but maintained it was not ‘threatening’. Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The Guardian

Banning phrases such as “globalise the intifada” is “likely to disproportionately affect Muslim Australians, including Palestinian and Arab communities,” a New South Wales parliamentary inquiry has been told.

The submission by the Australian National Imams Council [Anic] has been echoed by activist group the Palestine Action Group [PAG], who said a ban on the chant risks “importing repressive models from overseas, particularly the United Kingdom”, where police have announced they will arrest protesters who use the phrase.