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

Ms Thomas was among a group of pro-Palestinian protesters that demonstrated outside a manufacturing facility in June, alleging the company supplies components used in the manufacture of F-35 jets — the class of jets flown by the Israel Defense Forces.

SEC Plating denies those allegations.

The 35-year-old alleges she was punched by a male officer, causing a serious injury to her eye as police tried to arrest her for failing to comply with a move on direction.

On Tuesday, a 33-year-old male senior constable attached to a specialist command was issued a court attendance for assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Earlier this mont

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