Pro Palestine Protests at Port Botany Lead to Arrest of Unionists

Published on March 25, 2024

A protest by a group of Pro-Palestinian supporters over the arrival of an Israeli cargo ship at Port Botany in Sydney ended with a swathe of arrests despite the union involved saying the gathering was peaceful. Over a hundred protestors including several representatives and members from the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) gathered at Patrick Terminal at the port in anticipation of a cargo ship owned by Zim Integrated Shipping Services due to unload goods. Zim is an Israeli company based in Haifa that operates in over 100 countries, serving more than 300 ports worldwide. At the demonstrations on March 24, protestors were heard chanting “ZIM out of Botany, bombs out of Gaza” in reference to the ongoing conflict in Gaza and alleged genocide by the Israeli Defence Force....

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