Overview

• Organisers from the Palestine Action Group estimated about 30,000 people joined the Sydney CBD march, one of roughly 27 pro-Palestinian protests held nationwide on Sunday.
• NSW’s Court of Appeal blocked use of the Sydney Opera House forecourt, so demonstrators followed an approved route from Hyde Park to Belmore Park.
• NSW Police deployed heavy security with barriers, checkpoints and patrol vessels around the CBD and Opera House precinct, and reported no arrests.
• A pro‑Israel flotilla of about a dozen boats displaying Israeli and Australian flags sailed near Luna Park, backed by Never Again Is Now, Stand With Us and the Zionist Council of NSW.
• The Executive Council of Australian Jewry condemned the rally organisers as undermining the ceasefire deal, while Gaza authorities report more than 67,000 deaths since October 2023.