Overview

• Protesters demanded the downfall of the IDF by chanting “Death, death to the IDF” and rejected a two-state solution with “We don’t want no two states, we want all of ’48.”
• The crowd frequently shouted “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” and displayed Palestinian flags and placards accusing Israel of genocide.
• After speeches on the lawns of Parliament House, demonstrators marched directly to the Israeli embassy in Canberra.
• Australian Federal Police maintained a visible presence on the Parliament House forecourt and said they were closely monitoring the event.
• The Canberra rally is the latest in international demonstrations responding to the IDF’s Gaza campaign, which has decapitated Hamas’s leadership but resulted in tens of thousands of civilian deaths.