Beach horse ride prompts a review
"The incident that occurred is unacceptable and understandably caused distress to many members of the Jewish community."
A majority of Waverley councillors have voted in favour of conducting a review aimed at preventing all unauthorised modes of transport on beaches, including horses, with police horses being the only exception.
The decision comes after social influencer Ehtesham Ahmad provocatively rode a horse along Bondi Beach waving a Palestinian flag.
Ahmad, a 20-year-old acai business owner, had earlier posted on Instagram with the caption: “Bondi time, if you near Bondi come bring your Palestinian flag.”
NSW Police officers called to Bondi spoke to Ahmad, before issuing him with a move-on direction but no fine.
At last Tuesday night’s Waverley Council meeting, a majority of councillors supported the review motion, with only the Greens councillors voting against it. The meeting heard that while rangers had recently issued fines to owners of off-leash dogs on Bondi Beach, the council had no power to issue fines for horses.
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