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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Tamsin Rose and Catie McLeod

Chris Minns says pro-Palestine rally in Sydney on Sunday ‘not going to happen’ as organisers vow to march

A pro-Palestinian rally outside the Opera House on Monday
A pro-Palestinian rally outside the Sydney Opera House on Monday. Organisers say only small number of people were chanting offensive slogans and racial epithets. Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

The New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, has vowed to stop further pro-Palestinian marches in Sydney after apologising for allowing Monday night’s event that ended with antisemitic slurs being hurled on the steps of the Sydney Opera House.

At the time, the globally recognised Sydney venue had been lit up blue and white in support of Israel, and the protesters had been allowed to march from Town Hall to the steps by police, before the chanting and flare-throwing began.

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