Thousands of Palestinian supporters have gathered in Melbourne and Sydney for a seventh week in a row calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
Key points:
- Senator Lidia Thorpe addressed the Melbourne pro-Palestinian rally
- She said she would take the rally’s message to Canberra
- Pro-Palestinian rallies are also planned in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane
Starting in the early afternoon, Sydney’s Palestinian supporters once again met at Hyde Park for a rally and march through the CBD.
Banners, flags and placards were held high as organiser and Palestinian Assala Sayara told attendees that despite today’s slow build in numbers, the fact that people continue to show up week after week represented “an awakening”.
“In comparison to the other rallies there isn’t a huge turnout, however there is a turnout,” she said.
“Which goes to show in the last 50 days Gaza has exposed the world, Gaza has shown the hypocrisy of this world.”
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Ms Sayara led attendees in chants that have characterised the movement, with “free free Palestine” and “ceasefire now” echoed among the thousands.
The crowds were fringed with a heavy police presence as they marched around Hyde Park, as they have been in previous weeks.
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