Last Sunday, on New Year’s Eve, 2023, around 100 people gathered outside the Embassy of the United States of America in Canberra, Ngunnawal country, to demand that the USA stop funding and providing weapons for Israeli forces in Gaza. Speakers also urged the Australian government to publicly declare when it would halt providing arms to Israel.
The protestors then marched to the Israeli Embassy where further denunciations against the war were made. Speakers called for an immediate ceasefire, as the countdown to the new year approached - a plea that was ultimately ignored, with the war continuing to take lives across the Palestinian territories into 2024. Israeli officials today declared the assault on Gaza would continue for at least another six months.
Sunday’s action was organised by the Palestinian Action Group Canberra. A substantial presence of surveillance, embassy security and Australian Federal Police was on hand at the rally.
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