Normal view

Footage of police officer boasting about punching Sydney anti-Herzog protester raises questions about conduct

1 September 2026 at 11:36

Male police officer caught on camera during 9 February protest against visit of Israeli president Isaac Herzog

Video footage has emerged capturing a New South Wales police officer boasting about “punching” a protester in the head “when he was down”, before the protester was charged with assaulting police.

Police body-worn camera footage, which was leaked to a social media account and widely shared over the weekend, reveals a male police officer telling his colleagues during the 9 February protest at Sydney town hall against a visit by the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog: “I fucking pumped that cunt.”

Continue reading...

© Photograph: Supplied

© Photograph: Supplied

© Photograph: Supplied

Bondi library returns book How to Sell a Genocide to shelves after State Library ‘outlines the law’

28 August 2026 at 07:25

Book was removed for review earlier this month following complaint but reinstated after petition and State Library letter to Waverley council

A Sydney library has returned to its borrowing shelves a book critical of Israel called How to Sell a Genocide following a public campaign and an intervention from the State Library of New South Wales.

Waverley library removed the book “for review” earlier this month after the Jewish news outlet JWire reported it had approached the council.

Continue reading...

© Photograph: Ellen Smith/The Guardian

© Photograph: Ellen Smith/The Guardian

© Photograph: Ellen Smith/The Guardian

❌