The proposal has divided opinion, reflecting controversies in the UK and the US over the same phrase.<\/p>\n
So why has this phrase become such a flashpoint? Here\u2019s what you need know.<\/p>\n
What is the NSW government proposing?<\/p>\n
In the wake of the Bondi mass shooting, the state government has moved to limit protest rights<\/a> and ban the display of hate symbols.<\/p>\n Hate speech laws will also be extended, with Minns singling out the phrase \u201cglobalise the intifada\u201d as \u201chateful, violent rhetoric\u201d.<\/p>\n Minns says he intends to ban the phrase and has linked its use to the terrorist attack in Bondi.<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019ve seen what the consequences of globalising the intifada are,\u201d he said on Monday. \u201cIt\u2019s the deaths of 15 innocent people on the beaches of Bondi beach simply for practising their religion in a peaceful way.<\/p>\n \u201cI strongly believe that we have to do everything we can to ensure that words that are said at a rally are not used by somebody at a later point for violent retribution on city streets and that means drawing a line in the sand and saying that this phrase used in this context can lead to violence.\u201d<\/p>\n Details of how the phrase will be outlawed remain unclear after the hate speech proposal was absent from legislation introduced to NSW parliament<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n A NSW parliamentary committee will investigate \u201chateful statements\u201d, including the phrase, in further hate speech laws to be introduced next year.<\/p>\n What is an intifada?<\/p>\n Intifada is an Arabic word that translates to uprising or \u201cshaking off\u201d.<\/p>\n Two uprisings against Israel in the past four decades are known as the first and second intifadas.<\/p>\n Sign up: AU Breaking News email<\/a><\/p>\n The first Palestinian intifada occurred between 1987 and 1993. It began in December 1987 after an Israeli truck struck two vehicles in Gaza, killing four Palestinians. The event sparked unrest and brutal reprisals from Israeli forces.<\/p>\n While figures vary, estimates suggest<\/a> at least 1,300 Palestinians and 100 Israelis were killed by the end of the intifada.<\/p>\n A second, more violent, intifada<\/a> began in 2000 and continued until 2005.<\/p>\n The former Guardian correspondent Ewen MacAskill wrote that<\/a> while the \u201cenduring image of the first [intifada] is of Palestinian youths throwing rocks at Israeli soldiers\u201d, the second intifada was \u201ca full-scale confrontation, with Israel attacking Palestinian cities and towns with artillery, tanks, helicopters and jets while Palestinians fought back with rifles and explosives.<\/p>\n \u201cPalestinians ambushed soldiers and settlers in the West Bank, making roads a risky venture, especially at night, and terrorised Israel by sending suicide bombers across its border to attack bus stops, cafes, hotels and anywhere else that was crowded.\u201d<\/p>\n More than 3,000 Palestinians and about 1,000 Israelis were killed, according to a database maintained by the Israeli human rights group B\u2019Tselem<\/a>.<\/p>\n What does \u2018globalise the intifada\u2019 mean?<\/p>\n Josh Lees, organiser for the Palestine Action Group, says he characterises it as an expression of solidarity with Palestinian resistance.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a basic act of us supporting the uprisings of Palestinians against their oppression, against illegal occupation and genocide,\u201d he said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n