A NSW Police officer has been charged with assault over the arrest of former Greens candidate Hannah Thomas at an anti-Israel protest in June.

Police confirmed on Tuesday that a 33-year-old senior constable attached to a specialist command in south-west Sydney had been issued a court attendance notice for assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

The officer, whose employment status is now under review, is due to appear at Bankstown Local Court next month.

The arrest comes after prosecutors dropped charges against Thomas and four of her co-accused earlier this month.

The actions of police involved in the arrests have been the subject of considerable criticism because of questions over which laws officers relied on to break up the demonstration. On Friday, Thomas and the four co-accused

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