{"id":365482,"date":"2026-02-10T09:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T23:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=365482"},"modified":"2026-02-10T10:15:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T00:15:39","slug":"police-clash-with-pro-palestinian-protesters-during-herzogs-sydney-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=365482","title":{"rendered":"Police Clash with Pro-Palestinian Protesters During Herzog&#8217;s Sydney Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Up to 6,000 pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered outside Sydney Town Hall on Monday evening, opposing Herzog&#8217;s state visit invited by Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?tag=anthony-albanese\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Anthony Albanese\">Anthony Albanese<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police enforced a ban on a planned march, leading to 27 arrests after protesters pushed forward; officers used pepper spray when some blocked streets and allegedly assaulted them. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-2-473x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-365487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-2-473x1024.png 473w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-2-138x300.png 138w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-2-768x1664.png 768w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-2-709x1536.png 709w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-2.png 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">NSW State Greens MP Abigail Boyd is in hospital in a neck brace after police assault<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?tag=president-herzog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"President Herzog\">Herzog<\/a> began his four-day trip by honouring Bondi terror attack victims and warning of rising antisemitism, while protesters decried the disruption of their prayers and vowed more actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video height=\"426\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 320 \/ 426;\" width=\"320\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/rsEbydenv8l1-2DW.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Smaller clashes occurred in Melbourne, underscoring divisions over the Gaza conflict and the visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smaller clashes occurred in Melbourne, underscoring divisions over the Gaza conflict and the visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":365484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,35,858],"tags":[9031,11191,5026,19484,2139],"class_list":["post-365482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-breaking-news","category-israel","tag-anthony-albanese","tag-gaza","tag-nsw","tag-president-herzog","tag-sydney"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=365482"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":365490,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365482\/revisions\/365490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/365484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=365482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=365482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=365482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}