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"I was dragged behind police lines. Once they grabbed me and started dragging me, I went limp and dropped to the ground.""As I was being carried through the corridors of the loading dock, I lost consciousness because one of the police had me in a choke hold. I am not sure how long I was out, probably a few minutes. I woke up on the loading dock floor and heard the police saying I was 'out.' "
Pro-Israeli supporters held counter-demonstrations. The fascist/Islamophic Australian Protection Party (APP) and Australian Defense League (ADL) held their own in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane.
One APP leader held a sign, saying: "I'm more interested in the purer form of fascism." It included other extremist comments as well.
Palestinian activists called it no accident that neo-Nazis and pro-Israeli zealots united against the Melbourne 19. They said success in Australian politics depends on unswerving loyalty to Israel and cracking down hard on opposition groups.
The case involves collusion among pro-Israeli groups, police, the shopping center management where MB's store is located, and the Victorian government.
New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies head Vic Alhadeff discussed tactics used.
He said they're "not limited to engagement with civil society and politicians, patronage of boycotted outlets, cooperation with police, shop owners and centre managers, and exposure of the motives behind the BDS movement."
Strategy he said should be "speak softly" but carry "a big stick." Police provide big ones but don't "speak softly."
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