NSW Police have gone to court to stop pro-Palestine rallies on the weekend

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NSW Police have gone to court to stop pro-Palestine rallies on the weekend

Organisers of a pro-Palestine rally planned for the first anniversary of the deadly ****** October 7 ******* attacks have withdrawn their application for a permit.

In an 11th hour twist on Thursday afternoon, the NSW Supreme Court was told the protesters were no longer seeking to march on Monday, October 7.

However they were still seeking to protest on Saturday, with the court told they had amended their intended protest path to now start at Hyde Park instead of Town Hall.

“The application for the Monday (protest) has been withdrawn,” Lachlan Gyles, SC, the barrister acting for the NSW Commission of Police told the court.

“There is no approval for any public assembly on the Monday. That’s not before the court.”

NSW Police said officers were “not satisfied that the protest can proceed safely” following negotiations with organisers who had applied for a protest permit.

Commissioner Karen Webb applied to the NSW Supreme Court to prohibit the two assemblies and have them declared unauthorised, where a hearing is underway on Thursday afternoon..

Camera IconProtesters rallied outside the Supreme Court where a hearing was underway to stop pro-Palestine rallies in Sydney on Monday October 7. NewsWire / Simon Bullard Credit: News Corp Australia

A few dozen protesters gathered outside the Supreme Court in Sydney, waving ************ and Lebanese flags under the watchful eye of a small number of police.

Marchers chanted “this is not a police state” and “we are all Palestinians”, as young children beat drums and with placards staring “justice B4 Zionist lobby”.

“We are not going to stop now as ******* is out of control waging this war of *******… We will not let them get away with this now,” one speaker told the crowed.

data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==Camera IconProtesters have rallied against NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb who has lodged proceedings with the Supreme Court to stop pro-Palestine rallies in on Monday October 7. NewsWire / Simon Bullard Credit: News Corp Australia

Marchers vowed not to have their protest curtailed by the potential court order, chanting that “Chris Minns we will march. Chris Minns we will win”.

Protests have been scheduled to go ahead in Sydney’s CBD on October 6 and October 7, with about 70,000 people expected to attend.

The two protests are being held to mark one year since ****** fighters ******* more than 1200 people in ******* which sparked the invasion of Gaza and later Lebanon.

data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==Camera IconPrime Minister Anthony Albanese has called for protesters not to hold the rallies on October 7 out of respect for Australia’s ******* community. NewsWire / Simon Bullard Credit: News Corp Australia

NSW Police say officers “are not satisfied that the protest can proceed safely” following negotiations with organisers who had applied for a protest permit.NSW Police has applied to the NSW Supreme Court to prohibit the two assemblies and have them declared unauthorised.

The hearing is being held on Thursday afternoon.

The Prime Minister and other political leaders have called for the rallies not to be held on the first anniversary of the ******* which left 1200 *****, in the worst ******* on ******* people since the Holocaust.

The ******* in Gaza has led to a year-long conflict in Gaza and recently extended in Lebanon, including the ******** of the leader of the ********** group Hezbollah and the

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