NSW Greens councillor Rafaela Pandolfini called out for wearing pro-Palestine keffiyeh to Anzac Day dawn service in Coogee [Video]

A NSW Greens councillor has been accused of politicising an Anzac Day dawn service after showing up in a pro-Palestinian traditional Arab headdress.

Rafaela Pandolfini lay a bouquet of flowers at a moving service in Coogee, in Sydney‘s eastern suburbs, on Thursday morning while wearing a keffiyeh. 

The keffiyeh has recently become a symbol of support for Palestine amid the conflict in the Middle East. 

Many on social media took aim at Ms Pandolfini after she wore the traditional garment draped over her shoulders, including the Australian Jewish Association.

‘Disappointed to see that a Greens Randwick councillor couldn’t help herself and had to politicise the Coogee dawn service by wearing one of the keffiyehs worn by the radical protesters and terrorists,’ the organisation said on X.

Another commented: ‘That would be a huge insult to the Anzacs and Light Horse.’

A third accused the councillor of having ‘no class’.