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Julian Assange’s father has addressed thousands of Palestine supporters today as they rally in Melbourne’s CBD for the sixth weekend in a row to call for an end to Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
As with the previous rallies, the protesters, many of whom wore traditional Palestinian scarves and waved the Palestinian flag, gathered outside the State Library of Victoria around noon, before marching down Spring Street to Treasury Gardens, near Parliament. Protesters continue to call for an immediate ceasefire.
Palestine supporters rallied in Melbourne’s CBD for the sixth weekend in a row on Sunday.Credit: Marta Pascual Juanola
Julian Assange’s father, John Shipton, addressed the crowd at the State Library, listing the number of civilian deaths in wars around the world over the decades, asking at the end of each figure: “Are you good with that?” “No!” replied the crowds.
He said since Israel began bombing Gaza last month, rage and a hunger for justice had “swept around the globe and embraced every human being that is sentient enough to have sympathy for another”.
Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi, who also spoke at the event, described Israel’s attack on Gaza as a show of “depravity and inhumanity” and accused the Australian government of being on the wrong side of history.
“Even the prime minister [Anthony Albanese] was forced to admit that he has a track record of standing up for justice for Palestinian people,” she said to a cheering crowd.
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