New South Wales police have pepper-sprayed protesters at a Sydney rally opposing Israeli president Isaac Herzog’s visit, with a state Labor MP claiming their actions were “totally over-the-top” and a Greens MP alleging she was assaulted.
The violent and chaotic scenes came after thousands gathered lawfully near Sydney’s Town Hall on Monday evening, before attempting to march to state parliament in defiance of a NSW law passed after the Bondi antisemitic terror attack that effectively bans protesters from marching in designated areas.
