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Palestinian supporters take to waters at Port Botany in blockade campaign against Israeli ships
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Protesters waved flags and chanted from the shore, while others yelled from jetskis on the water where the ship Contship Dax, owned by Israeli company ZIM, was due to arrive at midday.
Saturday’s rally is the sixth in the city since the beginning of the Israel-Gaza conflict on October 7, when a terrorist attack by Hamas killed about 1,200 Israelis — a figure recently revised down from 1,400 by Israel’s foreign ministry.
Union member Paddy Gibson told the crowd organisers would call a protest each time they heard a ZIM ship was due to dock at the Port of Botany.
Peak body Road Freight NSW chief executive Simon O’Hara called on organisers to ensure trucking operators could continue to work at the port without being blockaded.
On Saturday evening, a motorcade of about 20 motorcycle riders and a handful of cars displaying Palestinian flags made their way from Lidcombe in Sydney’s west to the eastern beachside suburb of Coogee.
Some men drove past the Israeli supporters waving Palestinian flags and calling out from cars before police appeared to redirect the motorcade to separate the two groups.
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