A mass pro-Palestine protest in Sydney, Australia on Feb. 9, 2026. Cindy Li/The Epoch Times
New South Wales (NSW) Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon has defended his police response during recent protests against Israel’s President Isaac Herzog’s visit to Australia.
“When a large group got together on George Street and decided to march, despite clear directions that they were to disperse and not to march, and they became aggressive and violent towards police, police had to make an operational decision,” Lanyon told ABC radio on Feb. 12.
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