Sydney\u2019s mayor has cancelled a pro-Palestine meeting due to be held in a council building on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
The Stop The War On Palestine group had planned to hold a \u201cGlobalise the Intifada\u201d forum at the East Sydney<\/a> Community Arts Centre on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n But Clover Moore said on Monday night that she had asked the city\u2019s chief executive to block the booking because public events must not \u201ccontribute to hostility and fear\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cThis evening I asked the city\u2019s CEO to withdraw the booking of an event in a city-owned venue advertised as: \u2018Why it is right to globalise the Intifada\u2019,\u201d she posted on Facebook.<\/p>\n She said she had \u201clong supported the principles of peaceful assembly, protest and freedom of speech\u201d but those rights \u201cmust be balanced with a responsibility to ensure public safety and respect for all members of our diverse community\u201d.<\/p>\n However, Moore took a swipe at the Rupert Murdoch-owned newspapers which she said had campaigned against the event in coverage that had \u201cexploited trauma, painting complex issues in black and white and, in bad faith, demanded our communities take sides\u201d.<\/p>\n