Woman, 21, is charged after food delivery driver was allegedly cleaned up by a pro-Palestinian convoy filmed driving erratically through Sydney’s Jewish heartland of Bondi
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A woman has been charged after allegedly bumping into a food delivery motorcyclist while riding through Sydney’s Jewish heartland as part of a pro-Palestinian convoy.
The 21-year-old woman who was allegedly driving the vehicle was charged with driving with a suspended license and refusing to yield the right of way in Bondi, Sydney’s east, on November 15.
The revelation comes just hours after a pro-Palestine protest in Port Botany, in the south of the city, turned violent and 23 demonstrators were arrested following clashes with police.
The charges in Bondi come after video emerged of a ‘Go Get’ rental car and a Mercedes driving erratically and waving Palestinian flags on the busy Old South Head Road.
As the convoy entered O’Brien Road, the GoGet vehicle appears to have struck a food delivery worker on a scooter, who was left sprawled in the road.
Witnesses have told Ny Breaking Australia they saw the Mercedes driving ‘erratically’ in the lead-up to the alleged crash.
That same evening at 10.20pm, police were called to a petrol station in North Bondi after a Jewish man of 19 and four Palestinian supporters – boys, all 17 years old – were allegedly involved in a fight.
A NSW Police spokesperson said emergency services were called to Old South Head Road, Bondi, after reports a car and the 22-year-old food delivery driver collided at 10pm.
Palestinian supporters were spotted driving through Sydney’s eastern suburbs on Wednesday evening
Four young people are pictured being spoken to by police at the North Bondi petrol station
‘The rider of the motorcycle was assessed at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics and did not require any further treatment. The driver of the car, a 21-year-old woman, was not injured. Following investigation, a 21-year-old woman was given a future summons to attend court,” the spokesperson confirmed.
Ny Breaking Australia was told that four male passengers who were part of the convoy became aggressive towards bystanders after the collision.
“They said to the witnesses, ‘Are you a Jew?’ We’re coming to f*cking find you and fight you,” the source told Ny Breaking Australia.
New images of the convoy released by the Australian Jewish Association on Wednesday show the Mercedes weaving between lanes on Old South Head Road.
A Palestinian flag was seen on the ground next to a white Mercedes as police officers searched the hatchback at the gas station
About twenty minutes after the traffic incident, four men involved in the convoy collided with a 19-year-old Jewish man, who confronted the group for waving the Palestinian flag in a Jewish area.
The man was driving his Toyota Corolla hatchback west on O’Brien Street, North Bondi, when four 17-year-olds drove past in a white Mercedes, waving Palestinian flags.
The man then allegedly performed a U-turn and followed the group to Old South Head Road, where the two drivers came to a stop and began arguing.
During the alleged confrontation, the Jewish man’s driver’s side mirror was smashed by a rock and he fled to a nearby gas station.
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters clashed with police at one of Australia’s largest ports overnight, with up to 23 people arrested (Photo: Protesters clash with officers)
A short time later the Mercedes arrived and both groups became involved in a heated argument.
Police patrolling the area arrived a short time later and broke up the argument.
The man was arrested at a house and in Bondi the following day and charged with affray and using an offensive weapon to commit a crime.
The four teenagers were treated in accordance with the Young Offenders Act.
The 19-year-old man is due to appear at Waverley Local Court on December 12, while the 21-year-old woman will appear at the same court on Tuesday, January 9, 2024.
It comes after NSW Premier Chris Minns vowed earlier this week that he ‘will not allow (people) to use cars to tear the city in half’.
Police have said they will not hesitate to cordon off roads and search vehicles to control simmering tensions in Australia over the Israel-Hamas conflict.
The emergency powers, introduced after the 2005 Cronulla riots, will be used to prevent car and motorcycle transports that create a ‘climate of fear’.
These powers allow police to cordon off roads, search vehicles without reasonable grounds and prevent groups from leaving the suburbs.
The laws can be invoked during or prior to a protest.
On Tuesday evening, about 400 pro-Palestinian demonstrators descended on Port Botany to protest the docking of a cargo ship owned by the Israeli shipping company Zim.
About 23 were arrested and taken to a number of different police stations, where they were later charged with crimes related to unauthorized protest activities.