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Sydney Morning Herald
2 hours ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Harbour Bridge Palestine protest LIVE: Thousands set to march for Gaza
Latest posts Latest posts 8.10am No tolerance for 'racism of any kind' In her decision on Saturday, Justice Belinda Rigg said Palestine Action Group Sydney organiser Josh Lees gave evidence that the timing of the march and its location was 'directly responsive to the dramatic increase in the known suffering of Gazan citizens over the last weeks'. Lees gave unchallenged evidence that 'ground rules for protests are well established, including no racism of any kind, including antisemitism', the judge said. 'This message has been put forward repeatedly through social media events pages and announcements at the protests.' 8.07am Court rejected police bid for prohibition order Protest organisers had been locked in a dispute with NSW Police after giving notice last week of their plans to march across 'Australia's most iconic symbol'. The Palestine Action Group offered to defer the march to a Sunday in coming weeks to allow for greater coordination with police, but organisers said police did not engage with that offer. NSW Police ultimately lodged an urgent application in the Supreme Court, seeking a prohibition order over the protest. Despite its name, that order would not have resulted in the protest being banned outright, but would have left protesters exposed to a wider range of criminal sanctions, including for obstructing traffic. In a decision delivered on Saturday morning after an urgent hearing on Friday, Justice Belinda Rigg rejected the police application. Rigg's decision meant the protest remained an authorised public assembly. It means protesters participating in the march have a limited immunity or protection from criminal liability for actions such as obstructing traffic. However, this does not give protesters a licence to engage in criminal behaviour. Police still have a wide range of powers at their disposal. 8.05am The planned route and road closures In addition to the Harbour Bridge, CBD streets including York Street and Clarence Street, the Cahill Expressway over Circular Quay and the Western Distributor, and Grosvenor Street, as well as sections of Pacific Highway, Blue Street and Lavender Street in North Sydney, will be closed, Transport for NSW said on Saturday. The march is expected to proceed from Lang Park, near Wynyard, and across the Harbour Bridge to North Sydney. 8.03am Harbour Bridge set to close at 11.30am Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the planned pro-Palestine protest in Sydney today. The protest is expected to result in tens of thousands of protesters marching across the Harbour Bridge to oppose the Israeli government's military action in Gaza. Organised by the Palestine Action Group, the march begins at 1pm at Lang Park in the Sydney CBD – on the corner of York, Grosvenor and Lang streets – and will proceed to the Harbour Bridge. The bridge will be closed to traffic bridge in both directions between 11.30am and 4pm, but trains will still run across the bridge.
The Age
2 hours ago
- The Age
Sydney Harbour Bridge Palestine protest LIVE: Thousands set to march for Gaza
Latest posts Latest posts 8.10am No tolerance for 'racism of any kind' In her decision on Saturday, Justice Belinda Rigg said Palestine Action Group Sydney organiser Josh Lees gave evidence that the timing of the march and its location was 'directly responsive to the dramatic increase in the known suffering of Gazan citizens over the last weeks'. Lees gave unchallenged evidence that 'ground rules for protests are well established, including no racism of any kind, including antisemitism', the judge said. 'This message has been put forward repeatedly through social media events pages and announcements at the protests.' 8.07am Court rejected police bid for prohibition order Protest organisers had been locked in a dispute with NSW Police after giving notice last week of their plans to march across 'Australia's most iconic symbol'. The Palestine Action Group offered to defer the march to a Sunday in coming weeks to allow for greater coordination with police, but organisers said police did not engage with that offer. NSW Police ultimately lodged an urgent application in the Supreme Court, seeking a prohibition order over the protest. Despite its name, that order would not have resulted in the protest being banned outright, but would have left protesters exposed to a wider range of criminal sanctions, including for obstructing traffic. In a decision delivered on Saturday morning after an urgent hearing on Friday, Justice Belinda Rigg rejected the police application. Rigg's decision meant the protest remained an authorised public assembly. It means protesters participating in the march have a limited immunity or protection from criminal liability for actions such as obstructing traffic. However, this does not give protesters a licence to engage in criminal behaviour. Police still have a wide range of powers at their disposal. 8.05am The planned route and road closures In addition to the Harbour Bridge, CBD streets including York Street and Clarence Street, the Cahill Expressway over Circular Quay and the Western Distributor, and Grosvenor Street, as well as sections of Pacific Highway, Blue Street and Lavender Street in North Sydney, will be closed, Transport for NSW said on Saturday. The march is expected to proceed from Lang Park, near Wynyard, and across the Harbour Bridge to North Sydney. 8.03am Harbour Bridge set to close at 11.30am Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the planned pro-Palestine protest in Sydney today. The protest is expected to result in tens of thousands of protesters marching across the Harbour Bridge to oppose the Israeli government's military action in Gaza. Organised by the Palestine Action Group, the march begins at 1pm at Lang Park in the Sydney CBD – on the corner of York, Grosvenor and Lang streets – and will proceed to the Harbour Bridge. The bridge will be closed to traffic bridge in both directions between 11.30am and 4pm, but trains will still run across the bridge.
Perth Now
2 hours ago
- Perth Now
Hostage video released as families meet with US envoy
A video showing a severely emaciated Israeli hostage held by the Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip has been released by his family as hostage families meet with US envoy Steve Witkoff to demand their return. The nearly five-minute clip shows 24-year-old Evyatar David, emaciated to the bone, in a narrow tunnel, being forced to dig what is described as his "own grave". His family approved the video's release on Saturday. "Hamas is using our son as a live experiment in a vile hunger campaign," the family wrote in a statement. "He is being starved purely to serve Hamas's propaganda." David was abducted on October 7, 2023, while attending the Nova music festival in southern Israel during the attack by Hamas. In the video, he recounts the days in July when he was given only beans, lentils, or nothing at all to eat. Sometimes, he says, he went days without any food. Addressing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, David says at one point: "I have been completely abandoned by you, my prime minister, by you, who should be taking care of me and all the other prisoners." In its propaganda, Hamas refers to its hostages as "prisoners". A staged scene at the end of the clip shows David holding a shovel, digging a hollow area in the sandy floor of the tunnel. "Here I am digging my own grave," he says. He adds that he is growing weaker by the day and believes this will be his burial site. The clip ends with the text message: "Only a ceasefire agreement will bring them (the hostages) back." Also on Saturday, relatives of Israelis held hostage in Gaza gathered behind a barbed wire installation in Tel Aviv to draw attention to the plight of their loved ones. "Our children are experiencing a Holocaust. Never again is happening right now. They will not survive much longer," said Einav Zangauker, the mother of a man with dual US and Israeli citizenship who was abducted by the Palestinian Islamist Hamas on October 7, 2023. "Netanyahu, the time has come to do the only thing that will bring back all the hostages - put a comprehensive deal on the table that will end the war!" The US special envoy Steve Witkoff also met with the families at the site after visiting a food distribution site in Gaza, according to Israeli media reports. In a meeting with them, Witkoff said the US will bring their loved ones home and ensure that Hamas is held accountable. "We will get your children home and hold Hamas responsible for any bad acts on their part. We will do what's right for the Gazan people," Witkoff told the families, according to a statement. "We know who is alive, and someone will be to blame if they don't come out alive. The US stands behind this statement," he added. The envoy also raised hopes that the war's end is near. "We have a plan to end the war and bring everyone home." For US President Donald Trump, the release of all hostages is a "sacred mission," he said. At least 20 hostages are believed to be alive in Gaza.
