Tens of thousands are on the Sydney Pro-Palestine march

The planned protest over the Havana Bridge in Sydney went forward after it was allowed by the Supreme Court only the day before, the organizers called the “historical” decision.

Tens of thousands were on the March of Humanity on Sunday, despite the pouring rain – with many carried posters with reports for politicians to stop the war.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was spotted among the participants of the rally, and other well -known participants, including Federal MP Ed Husik and former Prime Minister NSW Bob Carr.

The Harovani Sydney Bridge was last closed for a public assembly in 2023, when about 50,000 people moved on a landmark road for world pride.

“Shame on Israel, ashamed of usa,” the crowds chanted. – What do we want? Ceasefire. If we want it? Now. “

Many families, many with small babies, came to support a peaceful demonstration. Along with them, located over the bridge, there were police officers from the AMA detachment.

“I know it is the other side of the world, but it also affects us here,” says Dad Alec Beville, comparing the children to Gaza with his three-year-old son Frank, who is on his shoulders. “We could help much more with the help,” he adds.

“Our government has not put any decent sanctions on Israel,” says Zara Williams, who has drawn her baby Ever. “We (Australia) just can’t do anything as long as there is a forced starvation of the entire population.”

Two hours in March, participants received a text from the NSW police, which states: “When agreeing with the organizers, the march must stop with public safety and wait for further instructions.”

They asked everyone on the bridge to stop walking north and turn back towards the city “controlled” way.

Police have not yet provided an estimate of the march.

Transportation for NSW ordered motorists to avoid the city, warning of great delays and disruptions on the road and public transport in Sydney.

Last Sunday, the Sydney organization of the Palestinian Group activists filed a message on the intention of the march over the Harbor bridge in Sydney, in response to what she called “atrocity” in Gaza.

Police have rejected the application on the grounds that there was not enough time to prepare the traffic management plan, and warned about the potential pressure pressure and other security problems.

In a statement the next day, NSW Prime Minister Chris Maine said he could not allow Sydney to “go down to chaos” and will not be able to support the protest “this scale and nature” that takes place on the bridge.

Police also applied to the NSW Supreme Court by order to ban the event, which was refused just 24 hours before the protest was supposed to go forward.

According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Justice Belinda Rigg said the security issues against the march were “well founded”, but the March organizer Josh Lis from the Palestine action group “convincingly” explained the reasons why he believed that there was urgent to respond to the humanitarian situation.

She said there was no evidence that the prohibition order would increase public security, and ordered the clutter of Harbor Sydney, except the roads surrounding the proposed route.

The final authorization means that the participants will be protected in accordance with the law on consolidated offenses, that is, they will not be charged for offenses concerning the public assembly, such as blocking traffic.

The Jewish Council of Deputies NSW said he was “disappointed” by the Supreme Court’s decision to protest on the Harbor bridge in a statement published in their Instagram.

Australia is under pressure to recognize the Palestinian statehood after France, Canada and the UK separately, in September in the upcoming UN General Assembly in September.

Speaking under the ABC 7.30 program, Prime Minister Anthony Albonez said he wants the conditions that have reached sustainable security for Israel before Australia is obliged to recognize the Palestinian state and that it will not be pushed to the decision by other peoples.