Solution

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Let
For any sufficiently small nonzero , translation
is a symplectic isotopy with . Choosing arbitrarily small makes the isotopy arbitrarily small in every norm.
This isotopy has nonzero flux homomorphism, represented by . In contrast, every Hamiltonian isotopy has zero flux. If a Hamiltonian image were disjoint from , the two homologous essential circles would bound an annulus , and evaluation of the flux on would equal the signed symplectic area
which is nonzero. This contradicts vanishing Hamiltonian flux, so is not Hamiltonian displaceable.

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