The Palestine Action Group has asked a Sydney court to find that Israel is carrying out a genocide in Gaza, as activists push to hold a protected protest at the city’s Opera House.

A representative of the group and another from Jews Against Occupation were taking on New South Wales police in the state’s supreme court after the force opposed a proposed march from Hyde Park to the Sydney Opera House on 12 October.

Police have cited safety concerns while the protest organisers are calling for “an end to genocide in Gaza”.

On Tuesday, justice Ian Harrison briefly heard the matter before it was moved to the court of appeal after an application by police lawyers due to the protest being days away and other legal complexities.

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Nicholas Hanna, a lawyer acti

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