Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described the pro-Palestine protests outside the Sydney Opera House as horrific, appalling and having no place in Australia’s “tolerant multicultural nation”. Sydney’s Opera House was lit up on Monday night with the Israeli flag as a show of solidarity with the affected country after Hamas launched a series of attacks which killed over 900 people. Despite the event being created for the mourning of lives lost, around 1,000 pro-Palestine protestors show
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described the pro-Palestine protests outside the Sydney Opera House as horrific, appalling and having no place in Australia’s “tolerant multicultural nation”.
Sydney’s Opera House was lit up on Monday night with the Israeli flag as a show of solidarity with the affected country after Hamas launched a series of attacks which killed over 900 people. Despite the event being created for the mourning of lives lost, around 1,000 pro-Palestine protestors showed up to the event with many chants and banners which Mr Albanese has labelled as antisemitic.
“We are a tolerant multicultural nation – I understand that people have deep views about issues relating to the Middle East conflict. “But here in Australia, we have to deal with political discourse in a respectful way and I certainly didn’t see that from the footage.
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