Pro-Palestine protests continue nationwide
Thousands of Pro-Palestinian supporters have again rallied across Australia, demanding a ceasefire and freedom for Palestine. Brisbane saw its biggest protest yet, but there was none of the violence we have seen around the country in recent weeks.
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00:00Anger and despair spills onto Brisbane streets.
00:07What do we want?
00:08Peace and quiet.
00:10When do we want it?
00:11Now.
00:12Pro-Palestine demonstrators of all ages marched through the CBD,
00:17demanding an end to the bloodshed as the death toll rises in Gaza and now Lebanon.
00:24I sympathise and empathise with the people from Gaza and the West Bank and Palestine.
00:30People are still dying on the ground every day.
00:33Many of these protesters say their calls have been falling on deaf ears and they've had enough.
00:38They're demanding the federal government take stronger action and sanction the Israeli government.
00:43And to stop any arms trading with Israel.
00:48Police kept a watchful eye.
00:50The protest ended outside the ABC's Brisbane headquarters at Southbank.
00:55No arrests were made.
01:01Their calls echoed in Sydney.
01:03We haven't seen yet enough response from the Australian government to do what they're supposed to do.
01:09This is a humanitarian crisis.
01:11And in Melbourne, protesters held their 52nd rally.
01:18No signs of stopping as the war rages on.