Police arrest 23 pro-Palestine protesters, officers accused of 'heavy-handed' tactics

More than 20 people have been arrested and police are being accused of "heavy-handed" tactics after a pro-Palestine protest at Sydney's Port Botany. Hundreds of protesters, many wearing traditional keffiyehs and waving Palestinian flags, gathered at the shipping terminal on Tuesday night to oppose the arrival of a container ship owned by an Israeli company and to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. The gathering began peacefully but video shot later in the night by protesters and supplied to 9News …