Jewish leaders are taking the rare step of joining a police-led court case trying to curtail an anti-Israel rally at an Australian landmark.

The Palestine Action Group has defended as "entirely appropriate" a rally on Sunday that would start in Sydney's city centre and finish at the Sydney Opera House forecourt.

The march would come five days after the second anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and mirror a controversial snap rally held at the iconic building days after the terrorist incident in 2023.

Organisers have said the march is being held to protest against Israel's offensive in Gaza and will mark "two years of genocide".

Palestine Action Group activist Damian Ridgewell rejected any assertion the protest would be unsafe, as argued by police.

"It's entirely appro

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