Australian restaurateur, Alan Yazbek was photographed at a rally in Sydney's central business district holding the illegal sign.

A high-profile restaurateur has admitted displaying a swastika at a pro-Palestinian rally after being charged under laws prohibiting the use of Nazi symbols.

Restaurateur Alan Yazbek has pleaded guilty to knowingly displaying a Nazi symbol in public at a pro-Palestine rally in Sydney’s CBD earlier this month. The 56-year-old appeared before Downing Centre Local Court on Thursday after he was arrested for holding a sign with a swastika on October 6.

A well-known restaurateur has pleaded guilty after being charged for displaying a Nazi swastika at a pro-Palestinian rally in Sydney.

A restaurateur pleaded guilty to displaying a Nazi symbol during a pro-Palestinian rally in Sydney in early October. Alan Yazbek was photographed at the Oct. 6 rally in Sydney's central business district holding a sign that replaced the Star of David on the Israeli flag with a blue swastika,

A MAN pleaded guilty today to displaying a Nazi symbol during a pro-Palestinian rally in Sydney in early October. Alan Yazbek was photographed at the October 6 rally in Sydney’s central business district holding a sign that replaced the Star of David on the Israeli flag with a blue swastika, accompanied by the words “stop Nazi Israel.”