Pro-Palestine Protesters Occupy Minister’s Office, Demanding an End to Arms Supply to Israel
The activists, many wearing face masks, said they were anti-zionist Jewish activists, First Nations mates and allies for a free Palestine.
A group of 50 protesters holding banners saying, “Stop arming Israel,” “Free Palestine”, “Free Gaza,” and “Stop the genocide” have blockaded the office of Australian Defence Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles.
The minister is in the United States and was not present when the protesters arrived at his electorate office in Geelong, Victoria.
Bike chain locks were used by some of the protesters to chain themselves by the neck at the minister’s reception area.
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One of the organisers delivered a speech in front of Mr. Marles’ office, admitting he “doesn’t fully get the Palestinian situation at the moment” but demanded the government stop providing arms to Israel.
“One of those things we can do though, is we can put pressure on our own governments and on the corporations that operate on our land, to stop providing arms and resources to Israel that are only going to be used to ethnically cleanse Palestinians.”
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