Cancel Herzog tour; defy police intimidation

6 February 2026 AIMN Editorial, https://theaimn.net/cancel-herzog-tour-defy-police-intimidation/

Stop the War on Palestine rejects police intimidation and threats of arrest against protesters at the rally opposing the Isaac Herzog visit on Monday, 9 February, 5:30pm at Town Hall.

“No amount of police threats change the fact that Isaac Herzog is a war criminal. We will be protesting whether Chris Minns or the police like it or not,” said Stop the War on Palestine spokesperson, Adam Adelpour.

“The NSW Police and Minns are showing exactly why the anti-protest laws need to be defied. They are being used to protect Isaac Herzog who has incited genocide according to the U.N. Herzog is the supreme representative of a genocidal state whose officials now admit it has slaughtered at least 70,000 Palestinians. Minns and the police should be threatening to arrest Herzog, not protestors,” he continued.

“There is no law against static protests,” Adelpour said, “The police commissioner’s comments about potentially making arrests are a blatant attempt to intimidate Palestine supporters from attending the rally. We faced down previouhs attempts to intimidate us; we rallied at Town Hall on 16 January 16 and we will be back on Monday to take a statnd against against genocide.”

He continued: “Chris Minns is resorting to repression because he is losing the argument. U.N Commissioner Chris Sidoti is opposing the Herzog visit and three state Labor MPs and other federal MPs have said they will join the rally against Herzog. The Maritime Union of Australia has also come out in support of the protest, and called for Hewrezog to be arrested. Albanese and Minns are on the wrong side of history.

“The best answer to Herzog, the anti-protest laws and the police threats is to turn out in such big numbers that they can’t ignore our right to march against genocide.”