Overview
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he was devastated by the violent clashes at the Sydney rally.
- Police said they used pepper spray to disperse crowds and reported 27 arrests after confrontations.
- Isaac Herzog began his state visit by meeting Sydney's Jewish community and laying a wreath and stones at the Bondi Beach site of the December attack that killed 15 people.
- Protest organisers had expected roughly 5,000 people, and demonstrations that began peacefully later descended into confrontations.
- Herzog plans to continue engagements in Canberra and Melbourne, and Jewish community leaders said his presence is lifting the spirits of victims' families and survivors.