A row of police kept the two protests separated, the numbers of the pro-Max Brenner faction, about 40, almost doubling the pro-Palestinian protesters.
John Shipp, president of the (pro-Brenner) Australian Liberal Students' Federation, which is not affiliated with the Liberal Party, spoke after earlier attending a ''drink-in'' at the Jewish-owned chocolate shop in the Queen Victoria Centre.
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He joined the defence of Max Brenner, which its opposition argues actively supports the Israeli military.
''Whatever your views are on the Middle East and on the Palestine conflict, it is not acceptable to go around boycotting and intimidating businesses and customers from going into businesses,'' Mr Shipp said.
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