Mass Gaza solidarity rally shuts Sydney Harbour Bridge amid calls for ceasefire and aid
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Torrential rain failed to deter tens of thousands marching across Sydney Harbour Bridge in a “March for Humanity”, their demands cutting through the downpour: an immediate ceasefire, urgent aid for Gaza, and condemnation of Western support for Israel.
The demonstration, swollen with protesters chanting “stop killing children”, had earlier defeated a police attempt to block the bridge via Supreme Court intervention.
Emotional voices rose above the crowd—one calling Gaza’s plight “appalling”, another pleading “give them food”—as drone footage captured the sea of umbrellas stretching across the halted city.
Police eventually redirected the march, citing safety concerns, though not before the protest’s sheer scale underscored Australia’s shifting sympathies.
The rally coincided with Canberra’s impending recognition of Palestinian statehood, a move activists hope will spur other Western nations to follow suit.
Beneath the spectacle of defiance lay raw anguish over starvation and bombardment, with one protester insisting: “We must scream to be heard.”
The bridge, usually a postcard landmark, became instead a artery of collective outrage, its closure a testament to the movement’s gathering force.
Al Jazeera’s Sarah Clarke reports from Sydney.
Australian protesters ‘outraged’ over Israel’s war on Gaza, government’s ‘complicity’: Analysis
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Tens of thousands of people in Sydney have held a protest against Israel’s war on Gaza.
Crowds marched across Sydney Harbour Bridge, which was closed for about five hours.
Organisers are demanding all humanitarian aid be immediately allowed into Gaza, and for the Israeli military to withdraw from the Strip.
Al Jazeera’s Sarah Clarke was at the protest for more.
Antony Loewenstein, author of The Palestine Laboratory, a book on the Israeli arms and surveillance industry, and who spoke at the rally, said he had “never seen a turnout like this” in the Australian city.
Tens of thousands of people march across Sydney to demand an end to Israel’s war on Gaza
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Tens of thousands of people in Sydney are holding a protest against Israel’s war on Gaza.
The crowds will march across Sydney Harbour Bridge, which will be closed for about five hours.
Organisers are demanding all humanitarian aid to be immediately allowed into Gaza, and for the Israeli military to withdraw from the Strip.
New South Wales police promised a heavy presence ahead of the demonstration, after previous attempts to stop it from taking place.
Al Jazeera’s Sarah Clarke has more from the demonstration in Sydney, Australia.
