Justice for Palestine Magan-djin (JFP) has announced the group is planning to march over the Story Bridge on August 24, the national day of action for Palestine.
JFP’s Remah Naji told an August 7 media conference that it “made this decision to reflect the urgency of the situation in Gaza where a livestreamed genocide perpetrated by Israel has been occurring for the past 22 months”.
The Story Bridge was lit up in Israeli colours on October 8, 2023. A number of times since then, the Palestinian community has appealed to the Lord Mayor to light the Bridge in Palestinian colours as an expression of solidarity with the victims of Israel’s genocide.
The Lord Mayor has repeated refused this request.
“We are willing to work collaboratively with police to make this peaceful protest happen safely,” Naji said.
Naji made a direct appeal to all unions and their leaderships to support the Palestinian solidarity movement and this protest. She said that the “full strength of the union movement” had played a critical role in opposing repressive regimes in the past and could make a big difference today.
She also called civil society organisations and people of conscience to join the march, saying it would be “an incredible show of solidarity with the Palestinian people”.
Omar Ashour spelled out the rally’s demands on Labor: Impose sanctions on Israel; end the two way arms sales between Israel and Australia (including “weapon parts”); and divest from all companies that operate businesses in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
“The current government has been saying that they don't have a lot of leverage in Palestine,” Ashour said. “These three demands are ways that they can have some leverage.”
The rally will gather at 1pm at Raymond Park in Kangaroo Point on August 24.
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