Thousands of pro-Palestine protestors gather in Sydney's CBD

Thousands of people have gathered in central Sydney to show their support for Palestinians trapped in Gaza.

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00:00 The crowd is loud and passionate. This is the square next to Sydney's Town Hall. As

00:07 you can see it is a sea of red, white, green and black. There are thousands of people here.

00:14 This protest is authorised. These protesters have approval to march from Town Hall towards

00:22 Belmore Park. We've heard chanting, we've heard prayers. The organisers are rallying

00:28 the crowd. They've also warned protesters that anti-Semitic shouts won't be tolerated

00:33 and neither will flag burning. They're calling for discipline in this protest and to have

00:40 a unified voice and send a message to the world. That message is that they want an end

00:46 to the war in Israel, an end to the bombings of Gaza, an end to the blockade. They talk

00:54 about a feeling of helplessness. Here on the other side of the world, they're seeing the

00:58 terrible images from Gaza. Many people here of course have loved ones, many of them on

01:05 the Gaza Strip. So the passions are really running high here. It is pretty noisy. The

01:12 crowd is getting revved up. They're a chance. This is just beginning. The speeches have

01:20 just begun and this group will be marching shortly through the city towards Belmore Park.

01:27 towards Belmore Park.

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