<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The NSW Supreme Court will today hand down a decision on whether a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/pro-palestine-protest-on-sydney-harbour-bridge-court-decision/5e0e2761-4185-497e-8ec6-458d1af3e682" rel="" target="_blank" title="pro-Palestine protest "><span>pro-Palestine protest</span></a><span> across the Sydney Harbour Bridge will be allowed to go ahead tomorrow.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The decision, as to whether or not The Palestine Action Group will be allowed to protest on the Harbour Bridge tomorrow, was supposed to be handed down yesterday, but was delayed until this morning.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An estimated 10,000 protesters are expected to show up. </span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/weather-thunderstorms-kick-off-wet-weekend-in-nsw-with-more-severe-weather-to-come/7aadccd0-0ea8-40e0-92fd-43c265eb7c49" rel="" target="_blank" title="Thunderstorms kick off wet weekend in NSW with more severe weather to come"><strong><span>Thunderstorms kick off wet weekend in NSW with more severe weather to come</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> NSW Police Acting Commissioner Peter Thurtell told reporters yesterday that closing the bridge for the protest would impact 40,000 drivers.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It will be in excess of six hours," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>NSW Police are hoping the court blocks the protest, saying they were not given enough notice to plan a multi-agency response and that the protest poses a risk to the public and officers.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-news-supreme-court-to-hand-down-decision-on-harbour-bridge-protest/9f005f35-1c98-4e97-b71c-1eed2ceb4ed2" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There's a complete operation that requires a multi-agency response, including Transport of NSW, that has to redivert these vehicles away, that includes probably foot traffic as well," Thurtell said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There's lots of things that need to go into place for us to facilitate what the organisers say is a one-hour operation. There's no way this is a one-hour operation for police."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Palestine Action Group have offered to push back the protest several weeks to allow police to facilitate the demonstration, but maintains it will oppose police blocking the protest entirely in court.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This is an iconic symbol in Australia and we know a mass march over our Sydney Harbour Bridge will send the most powerful message we possibly can to Israel to stop this genocide, to the people of Gaza, that the whole world has not forgotten them," organiser Josh Lees told media outside court today."It's a message to our own government as well."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Premier Chris Minns said he recognises thousands of people want to protest and hopes to negotiate with organisers for an alternative route not on the city's "central artery".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The last thing we want, and the last thing police want, is chaos in Sydney streets," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We recognise people want to protest. We're hoping, depending on the outcome of the court case this afternoon, common sense can prevail." </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A pro-Israeli group dubbed "Never again is now" also filed an application for a subsequent protest at the Harbour Tunnel on Sunday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Justice Belinda Rigg is due to hand down her decision at 10am.</span></div></div>