A 53-year-old woman was arrested in Sydney CBD on Sunday during a protest against US military intervention in Venezuela. Police claimed her jacket, which displayed the slogan “globalise the intifada,” carried offensive messaging. She said the police told her the slogan was "unlawful," but could not name a law banning it. The woman, who chose to remain anonymous, refused to remove her jacket. Police arrested her and took her to Day Street police station. She spent about an hour there and was released without charge. Two men, aged 26 and 34, were also arrested for allegedly breaching the peace and later freed. About 300 people joined the protest, despite a NSW police ban on public demonstrations. When questioned, officers could not specify the law banning the phrase but said they would explain it at the station, which never happened. The phrase "globalise the intifada" is controversial. "Intifada" means uprising in Arabic and refers to Palestinian uprisings against Israel. Some view the phrase as a call for resistance, while others see it as violent rhetoric. David Slucki, director of the Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, called it an "offensive" and "threatening" phrase. The woman argued it meant "shaking off, or uprising" and said, "This has got nothing to do with Judaism – Judaism and Zionism are not the same thing." NSW Premier Chris Minns labeled the phrase "hateful, violent rhetoric" after the Bondi massacre and plans to ban it under new hate speech laws expected to pass this year. Minns warned anyone using the phrase before the new laws should "think again," claiming it already breaches NSW hate speech laws. Currently, NSW law forbids inciting violence based on ethno-religious grounds but not merely offensive words. The woman said she was a peaceful protester opposing censorship and civil rights breaches. "I should never have been arrested. I wasn’t breaching the peace." Josh Lees from Palestine Action Group called her release "a gross overreach" by police and warned new laws could target peaceful protesters. Timothy Roberts, president of NSW Council for Civil Liberties, argued more laws are unnecessary and could harm free speech and protest rights.