A march of pro-Palestine activists stopped traffic in Melbourne’s city centre on Sunday, waving flags and banging pots in a rally against continued Israeli airstrikes and rising starvation in Gaza.
A crowd of thousands, including young families, teachers, nurses and people with their dogs, congregated in the sunshine outside the State Library as part of a national day of action.
The demonstration was the 97th consecutive pro-Palestine rally in Melbourne; organiser Mai Saif told those assembled that Australian politicians had failed the people of Gaza.
