Cold weather did not deter pro-Palestine activists undertaking a 48-hour hunger strike at Sydney Town Hall Square, over June 9-11. Still more participated from home, reports Jane Salmon.Ìý
International solidarity
Hundreds turned out to a snap rally at the Prime Minister’s electorate office to protest Israel’s illegal boarding of the Madleen and its taking 12 Gaza Flotilla activists hostage. Jepke Goudsmit reports.
Hundreds of people joined emergency protests against Israel’s illegal arrest of 12 activists from the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. They followed regular weekend protests on the 610th day of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.ÌýPip Hinman, Jacob Andrewartha and Alex Bainbridge report.
To stifle growing pro-Palestinian activities on campuses, university authorities are developing and applying techniques of control. Universities as places of free speech, political activism and the right to protest is under attack, argues Jane Kenway.
Anti-Zionist researcher and journalist Yaakov Aharon told the Â鶹´«Ã½ Show that the major parties are complicit in Israel’s genocide of starving Palestinians in Gaza. Isaac Nellist reports.Ìý
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement won an important victory when Trinity College Dublin cut institutional ties with Israeli universities.ÌýAlex Bainbridge reports.
Jude Alexander spoke via text message with Dr Mohammed Hamad, who is now living in a tent in Gaza with his wife and five children. He and his family have been repeatedly displaced due to the war and are barely surviving due to the blocking of distribution of food and humanitarian aid.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is under increasing pressure from trade unions and civil society to break ties with Israel, reports Federico Fuentes.
I lost my Facebook account because I dared to do something apparently unthinkable: I spoke up as a Jewish person who cares about children in Gaza, writes Michael Cohen.
Pro-Palestine protesters continue to demand that Labor stop playing games and sanction Israel. Janet Parker, from Jews For Palestine WA, gave this speech to a protest outside the United States Consulate.
The successful Activism for Palestine conference to discuss building solidarity was an impressive effort by Justice for Palestine Magan-djin. Alex Bainbridge reports.
Israel’s decision to ignore international tenets of humanitarian aid via the shoddy US-Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation company, Safe Reach Solutions, has been shown up to be nasty, inadequate and selective, writes Binoy Kampmark.
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