"Mass, peaceful' demonstration are planned across Australia to protest the visit of Israel's President Isaac Herzog. An Australian teenager has been charged for allegedly making online threats against Israeli President Isaac Herzog, whose visit to the country on Sunday has been met with planned protests, police complaints over alleged war crimes, and efforts to have his invitation revoked. Australian Federal Police said in a statement on Thursday that the 19-year-old allegedly made the threats on a social media platform last month."
"David Shoebridge, Greens party senator for New South Wales (NSW), home to Sydney, said the Albanese government needs to withdraw this invitation now. They should not have invited Herzog to Australia. Now the police are saying they have concerns about how his visit will cause significant animosity', Shoebridge said in a post on social media on Wednesday. Shoebridge had tried in the state Senate to move a motion calling on Prime Minister Albanese's government to revoke Herzog's invitation."
Mass demonstrations are planned across Australia to protest the visit of Israeli President Isaac Herzog. A 19-year-old Australian has been charged over alleged online threats made last month toward a foreign head of state; police did not name the intended target. The teenager was refused bail and will appear in a Sydney court; the offence carries a maximum 10-year jail term. Herzog will arrive for a five-day visit after an invitation from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and is expected to meet survivors and families of the Bondi Beach shooting victims. Pro-Palestine groups and opponents of Israel's actions in Gaza have organized protests across roughly two dozen cities. Greens senator David Shoebridge pushed for the invitation to be withdrawn and moved a motion in the state Senate.
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