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The Guardian - AU
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Jordyn Beazley and Penry Buckley

NSW Labor politicians to protest Israeli president Isaac Herzog’s visit in defiance of premier

Isaac Herzog Labor Stephen Lawrence Israel Chris Minns New South Wales Australia Genocide Guardian Australia Mal Lanyon
NSW Labor members and federal MP Ed Husic march against the killing in Gaza during the August 2025 Harbour Bridge rally.
NSW Labor backbenchers Sarah Kaine, Stephen Lawrence and Cameron Murphy marched over the Sydney Harbour Bridge in August. They plan to protest Isaac Herzog’s Australia visit next week. Photograph: Farid Farid/AAP

NSW Labor backbenchers have vowed to attend a Sydney protest against a visit by Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, with one stating he will be attending because Australia should not be welcoming the head of a state engaged in an “ongoing genocide”.

Another member of the government said he was attending – despite the premier opposing rallies – to show that “Bondi was not caused by such protests”.

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