With chants of “Shame, shame Albanese,” and “Free free Palestine,” filling the CBD, the crowd made its way along George Street to Belmore Park.
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The rally featured speakers who demonstrated a “breadth of solidarity” for the Palestinian struggle on campus.
Over six thousand people filled Hyde Park, despite Premier Chris Minns discouraging pro-Palestine groups from engaging and participating in protests.
The dramatic irony of it all: nobody asks Israel to condemn themselves, not even when they coerce Palestinian children into signing confessions in a language they do not speak nor understand, confessing to crimes they did not commit.
Demonstrators marched from Town Hall to the Opera House against the federal government’s endorsement of Israel’s settler-colonial occupation.
Despite the weight of the discussions during the session, there was a warmth in the room — a reminder that political struggle often begins with solidarity and love.
Two councillors moved an urgency motion demanding that the decision be reversed in solidarity with Palestinian community members. The motion failed, and the flag will fly on the 26th of April.
Activists gathered to protest ethnic cleansing and Israel’s ongoing occupation of Palestine yesterday.
Thousands of protesters called for an end to Israeli occupation.
