SYDNEY, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of Pro-Palestine protesters marched in Sydney on Thursday evening to demonstrate against the historic four-day visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
"Today's rally is to show that people in Australia vehemently disagree with our government for inviting this war criminal into country, and we stand with the victims of Netanyahu, the Palestinians who have been under occupation for the last 60 years," One of the rally's organizers, Damian Ridgwell told Xinhua.
The heavy police presence of 80 officers kept the situation firmly under control with mounted horses, riot response teams and a surveillance helicopter. They described the demonstration as "peaceful."
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