Blue Mountains Friends of PalestineÌýorganised its fifth protest on December 17. Aiasha Slee °ù±ð±è´Ç°ù³Ù²õ.Ìý
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A residents' initiative led to the City of Sydney Council passing a ceasefire motion at its last meeting of the year. Peter Boyle reports.
A vigil outside City Hall drew more than 70 people to protest the council’s refusal to discuss a motion calling for a ceasefire. Sue Bull reports.
Hundreds of school students walked out of school a second time for Palestine.ÌýJacob Andrewartha reports.
Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters filled the streets across Australia, for the eighth week running, to call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, and for an end to Israel'sÌýsiege.
Union leader Christy Cain called on Labor and ACTU leaders to work for a ceasefire at the Palestine solidarity rally.
Residents across Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains continue to express their solidarity with Palestine, despite the temporary truce in Israel’s war on Gaza.ÌýZebedee Parkes andÌýFred Fuentes report.
Rallies and vigils for Palestine continued across the country as protesters say aÌýpause in Israel'sÌýbombing campaign is not a ceasefire and federal Labor came under greater pressure to join the global ceasefire call.Ìý
Members of theÌýUnited Services UnionÌýin NSW are calling on their executive to support the callsÌýfor a ceasefire in Palestine, as the Australian Council of Trade Unions and many others have. Graham Matthews reports.
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Northern Territory communities marched along the Nightcliff Foreshore calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza.ÌýStephen W Enciso reports.
The Progressive Alliance for Palestine is calling on organisations to sign on to show theirÌýsupport of the right ofÌýPalestinian people to resist the ongoing dispossession, occupation and oppression by the settler colonial state of Israel.
A packed public gallery at Sydney's Inner West Council meeting went from aghast to angry after a mild Greens motion calling for a ceasefire in Palestine was rejected by Labor’s casting vote. Pip Hinman reports.
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