Pro-Palestine rally LIVE: Demonstrations kick off in Sydney and Melbourne

The warning was displayed on a screen in Hyde Park in Sydney’s financial district, reminding protesters that displaying Hezbollah symbols is considered a criminal offence.

Independent senator Lidia Thorpe appeared as thousands of protesters gathered in Melbourne.

Organizer Nasser Mashni addressed protesters in front of the State Library.

‘There are many agitators who… try to force you to say something that you might regret and that will harm our movement. “Ignore the fascists,” he said.

‘Embrace all that we are, we are a movement of love. An inclusion movement. A movement of belonging. If you feel any hate here, you don’t belong here.’

A senior police officer has warned rebel pro-Palestine protesters that they risk being arrested for bad behaviour.

New South Wales Police Minister Yasmin Catley issued the warning on Sunday ahead of planned protests in Sydney.

“If everyone does the right thing, there is no problem, there is no problem at all,” he said.

But if you’re not, you may be arrested. It’s as simple as that. There will be no tolerance for bad behavior. There will be no tolerance for racial slurs, zero tolerance from the New South Wales Police.

‘We don’t want war in the Middle East to take place on our streets in Sydney. That anger has no place here.