Thousands of Palestine solidarity activists converged on Parliament House to demand the Anthony Albanese government to sanction Israel for its genocide in Gaza. Jacob Andrewartha and Rachel Evans report.
Canberra Convergence
Green Left’s Riley Breen spoke to Hala Shanableh and Amin Abbas from Boycott Caltex Australia about the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign.
Janet Parker told a protest outside Parliament House that as Australian and other Western governments dig in to support Israel, their most precious, militarised, colonial outpost in the Middle East, pro-Palestine protesters say: “We will bring you down”.
As Israel’s genocide against Palestinians continues, protesters from across the country converged in Canberra, before the new parliament opened, to demand Labor sanction Israel. Pip Hinman and Isaac Nellist report.