{"id":123016,"date":"2025-08-04T17:00:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T15:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=123016"},"modified":"2025-08-04T10:54:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T08:54:26","slug":"04-00-103","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=123016","title":{"rendered":"Tens of Thousands Join Pro-Palestinian March Over Sydney Harbour Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Tens of Thousands Join Pro-Palestinian March Over Sydney Harbour Bridge<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Reuters <\/strong>and<\/em> <\/span>Algemeiner Staff<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Protesters gather to walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the Palestine Action Group\u2019s March for Humanity in Sydney, Australia August 3, 2025. Photo: AAP\/Dean Lewins via REUTERS<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Tens of thousands of demonstrators braved pouring rain to march across Sydney\u2019s iconic Harbour Bridge on Sunday calling for peace and aid deliveries in the war-torn Gaza Strip, where a humanitarian crisis has been worsening.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of those attending the march, called by its organizers the \u201cMarch for Humanity,\u201d carried pots and pans as symbols of the hunger.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEnough is enough,\u201d said Doug, a man in his 60s with a shock of white hair. \u201cWhen people from all over the world gather together and speak up, then evil can be overcome.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Marchers ranged from the elderly to families with young children. Among them was Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Many carried umbrellas. Some waved Palestinian flags and chanted \u201cWe are all Palestinians.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

New South Wales police said up to 90,000 people had attended, far more than expected. The protest organizer, Palestine Action Group Sydney, said in a Facebook post as many as 300,000 people may have marched.<\/span><\/p>\n

New South Wales police and the state\u2019s premier last week tried to block the march from taking place on the bridge, a city landmark and transport thoroughfare, saying the route could cause safety hazards and transport disruption. The state\u2019s Supreme Court ruled on Saturday that it could go ahead.<\/span><\/p>\n

Acting Deputy Police Commissioner Peter McKenna said more than a thousand police were deployed and the size of the crowd had led to fears of a crush.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNo one was hurt,\u201d he told a press conference. \u201cBut gee whiz, I wouldn\u2019t like try and do this every Sunday at that short notice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Police were also present in Melbourne, where a similar protest march took place.<\/span><\/p>\n

Diplomatic pressure ramped up on Israel in recent weeks. France and Canada have said they will recognize a Palestinian state, and Britain says it will follow suit unless Israel addresses the humanitarian crisis and reaches a ceasefire.<\/span><\/p>\n

Israel has condemned these decisions as rewarding Hamas, the group that governs Gaza and whose attack on Israel in October 2023 began an Israeli offensive that has flattened much of the enclave. Israel has also denied pursuing a policy of starvation and accused Hamas of stealing aid.<\/span><\/p>\n

Australia\u2019s center-left Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said he supports a two-state solution and Israel\u2019s denial of aid and killing of civilians \u201ccannot be defended or ignored,\u201d but has not recognized a Palestinian state.<\/span><\/p>\n

Therese Curtis, a marcher in her 80s, said she had the human right and privilege of good medical care in Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBut the people in Palestine are having their hospitals bombed, they\u2019re being denied a basic right of medical care and I\u2019m marching specifically for that,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tens of Thousands Join Pro-Palestinian March Over Sydney Harbour Bridge Reuters and Algemeiner Staff Protesters gather to walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the Palestine Action Group\u2019s March for Humanity in Sydney, Australia August 3, 2025. Photo: AAP\/Dean Lewins via REUTERS Tens of thousands of demonstrators braved pouring rain to march across Sydney\u2019s iconic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[26,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123016"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=123016"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123034,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123016\/revisions\/123034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=123016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=123016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=123016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}