Pro-Palestine demonstrators are slammed for using three-word phrase set to be banned in the wake of Bondi Beach shooting

One Nation recruit Barnaby Joyce has slammed pro-Palestine protesters who chanted the phrase ‘globalise the intifada’ despite it being outlawed in the wake of the horror Bondi Beach shooting. 

Human rights lawyer Sarah Saleh addressed a crowd of dozens at Sydney Town Hall on Monday, condemning those who link advocates for Palestinians to the extremist IS ideology which allegedly inspired the massacre on December 14. 

‘I intend to keep saying “Globalise the Intifada” and “Free Palestine”, Ms Saleh said to loud applause. 

The phrase, which calls for international support of resistance against Israeli military occupation of Palestinian territories, is set to be banned in NSW. 

Premier Chris Minns claimed last week the chant ‘encourages violence’ and called it ‘hate speech’, announcing it will be banned along with other hateful expressions. 

But, with protesters insisting on using the chant despite the ban, they – and Minns’ government – have come under fire from former Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce.

‘They were the Monday evening useful idiots,’ he wrote on Facebook on Monday. 

‘”Globalise the Intifada” encourages violence against Israelis, Jews, and institutions supporting Israel. While the intent of the person saying this phrase may be different, the impact on the Jewish community remains the same.

‘That does not send the message that the Government has control on the situation when this is happening a short walk from NSW Parliament.

‘I am pretty sure that removing the recreational rights of country people to go shooting is not going to stop these people, which would be seen by many as the implicit support of the theme of the mass murderers of Bondi.’

Aussies questioned why the rally organisers were allowed to keep using the phrase, despite the recently announced laws.

‘I guess the hate speech and inciting violence laws don’t apply to these people,’ one person commented. 

Another asked: ‘How are these protests still allowed to happen?’

Joyce claimed he was heckled as he walked past the protesters. 

‘The later aged group, white with backpack and of course keffiyeh over their shoulders. They were not particularly happy to see me,’ he said.

‘Generic and predictable rude comments came my way as I walked down the street.’

The pro-Palestinian movement is distinct from the extremist Islamic ideology which has been associated with the alleged Bondi Beach gunmen. 

The former seeks to call for an independent Palestinian state and an end to what the UN earlier this year reported as genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. 

Monday’s specific rally used the slogan: ‘Genocide is a crime. Protest is not’. 

Meanwhile, the extremist ideology suspected to have inspired the two alleged shooters at Bondi relates to terrorist group Islamic State, which brands all non-followers as apostates and infidels.

The group aims to use terror to impose control and create a pan-Islamic theocracy, ultimately seeking global domination, according to the federal government.

A spokesperson for Minns said the Premier was told the Monday gathering would be a ‘vigil for the death of innocent Jewish Australians’.

‘Yet it has resulted in a violent chant being spread on the streets of Sydney,’ they said.

‘This proves the need for further laws that the government will be introducing to ban this hate speech and calm a combustible situation in our city.

‘Since the terror attack last Sunday, things have changed and we have to change too.’

Joyce also spoke at an anti-immigration rally on Sunday, which drew criticism from police and politicians for being held on a day of mourning after the Bondi massacre.

About 200 protesters, some brandishing Australian flags and others anti-Islam banners, gathered in a central Sydney park exactly one week after 15 people were killed in Australia’s worst mass shooting since 1996.