Palestine<\/a> Action Group over the past few years. Previously, organisers could complete a form 1 to negotiate marching with police permission.<\/p>\nThe group submitted a form one for Monday\u2019s march, but it was rejected due to anti-protest legislation passed in the wake of the Bondi terror attack. The restrictions prevent the use of the permit-style system in certain areas for up to 90 days after a terror attack.<\/p>\n
Alhafny\u2019s husband, who died many years ago, was Palestinian and escaped with his family from Palestine when he was a child during the Nakba.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe always go to the protest, my daughter and I, and it\u2019s just the right thing to do. Even if my husband wasn\u2019t Palestinian, I\u2019d still be supporting Palestine,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Alhafny recalled walking around the protest and taking photos on Monday. She alleged that \u201cwithout any real warning\u201d, police officers charged towards where she was standing. She said that after the officer pulled her up, he was shoving her and telling her to move.<\/p>\n
\u201cI could barely walk, and so I hobbled away,\u201d she said, adding that another protester then helped her to take a seat. She then called an ambulance.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t need surgery, luckily, if you can call it luck, but the pain is excruciating,\u201d she said. \u201cThey said that it will be slow, but I will recover. I\u2019m 69 years old. I don\u2019t deserve this. I\u2019ve worked hard all my life, and now I\u2019m putting up with this. I don\u2019t know what my future holds now.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, the lord mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore, called for an independent investigation into \u201cpolice activities\u201d at the protest and an urgent review of the policing of protests more broadly.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe cannot simply say the images aren\u2019t a good look, or that police were just doing their jobs in trying conditions, or play a blame game \u2013 the community needs to be able to trust police, and that trust relies on transparency and accountability,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth our state and federal governments have committed to addressing the terrible rise in antisemitism and Islamophobia in our communities, and that is most welcome. As in any effort to achieve \u2018social cohesion\u2019. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut we should be careful not to erode civil rights or chill genuine protest in the process. That doesn\u2019t unite us, or make us feel safe.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we truly value inclusion and diversity, we must ensure all our communities are permitted to gather \u2013 to reflect, to mourn, to voice opposition to violence and war \u2013 safely and freely.\u201d<\/p>\n
The NSW police commissioner, Mal Lanyon, told reporters on Tuesday that officers \u201cdid what they needed to do, which was to hold the line and then fall and move the protesters back with a view to dispersing them. That was designed to keep the community safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
The premier defended the actions of the NSW police and rejected suggestions his own anti-protest restrictions had created what he deemed to be an \u201cimpossible situation\u201d for police dealing with thousands of protesters outside Sydney\u2019s town hall.<\/p>\n
He also urged people \u201cto not look at a 10-second clip without the full context\u201d.<\/p>\n
One incident captured on video showed a number of men kneeling to pray<\/a> before some were dragged away by police.<\/p>\nSheikh Wesam Charkawi, who led the prayer, told Guardian Australia on Tuesday that he and his fellow worshippers were about 15 minutes behind schedule to hold sunset prayer towards the end of the demonstration.<\/p>\n
As he was pulled by police, he said he felt like his shoulder was nearly ripped out of its socket.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe weren\u2019t disobeying any police commands. We were simply making our prayers and we had our back turned,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat an unacceptable thing that they have done.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 69-year-old woman is recovering in hospital with four broken vertebrae after a police officer allegedly pushed her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-283937","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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NSW police punch person multiple times during Sydney anti-Herzog protest \u2013 video<\/p>\n