Yesterday’s ‘Free Palestine’ protest in Sydney, Gadigal, attracted around 10,000 people. The rally started at Hyde Park North, where speeches were made, followed by a theatre performance replicating the bombing of Gaza. Protesters then moved down Elizabeth Street to Belmore Park, where more speeches were made.
In the Middle East, a ceasefire was earlier this week agreed to by Hamas and Israel, which has halted the recent violence, despite a raid on the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem by Israeli police.
Sources say 232 Palestinians have been killed in the last 11 days, including 65 children, while 12 people have been killed on the Israeli side.
As of the posting of this entry, the cease fire was still holding.
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