Support for Hezbollah at Australian Rallies Prompts Deportation Warning

Pro-Palestinian protesters waved Hezbollah flags and carried framed pictures of dead terrorist chief Hassan Nasrallah.

Demonstrators hold flags and pictures of Hassan Nasrallah, late leader of the Lebanese group Hezbollah, at a protest rally in the central business district of Sydney on Sept. 29, 2024. SAEED KHAN/AFP via Getty Images

Some marchers in pro-Palestinian rallies in Sydney and Melbourne on Sept. 29 openly carried Hezbollah flags and photos of dead terrorist chief Hassan Nasrallah while chanting jihadist slogans, prompting Australian Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke to warn that he will consider cancelling the visas of anyone who incites discord.

Video from the marches shows some participants wearing Hezbollah emblems while waving its flag, which incorporates text that translates to “Hezbollah will be victorious.” Others carried photos of Nasrallah in frames with text that read, “We belong to Allah, and to him we shall return.”