The rally was set to march to the USyd Gaza solidarity encampment, however, protesters were forced to alter their route due to threats of campus bans.
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Encampment members plan to ensure tents are attended in coming days.
In a statement to Honi on Monday, a University spokesperson declared that “political messaging has been removed from Graffiti Tunnel for a number of years, irrespective of the content; recently that has involved both pro-Israel and Pro-Palestine graffiti.”
USyd encampment organisers have set out two counteroffers to University administration:
“An open meeting at our encampment, where all those attending the camp will have the right to witness the meeting or, a town hall meeting open to all staff and students, which takes place at a lecture theatre on campus.”
When asked about the chant “from the river to the sea” heard at many student-led rallies and encampments around the country, Albanese stated that “if you asked those people chanting it, heaps of them… wouldn’t be able to find the Jordan River on a map.”
Honi Soit arrived at the encampment minutes before the protestors entered via University Avenue, and the encampment organisers were pleasantly surprised by the energy of protestors, their chants clearly audible from the Quad lawns.
On Saturday May 11, an emergency rally centring around divestment was held at the USyd quad lawns, where the encampment has remained for the past 19 days. The Quad lawns are expected to fill up tomorrow as protestors march from Belmore Park to the USyd encampment.
On the morning of day 16, Wednesday 8 May, it was clear that the encampment had remained resilient despite the…
On Tuesday May 7 at 1pm, hundreds of students attended a snap rally organised by the USyd Gaza solidarity encampment, in response to the most recent attacks on — and beginning of an invasion of — Rafah after Israel rejected a ceasefire.
Despite the poor weather, the encampment continues to grow. Honi counted over 70 tents this morning, although several tents had been wrecked by bad weather.
