{"id":743,"date":"2024-07-04T18:56:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T15:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/republicpalestine.com\/en\/?p=743"},"modified":"2024-07-04T18:56:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T15:56:42","slug":"from-the-river-to-the-sea-palestine-will-be-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/republicpalestine.com\/en\/?p=743","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Palestine protesters scale roof of Australia\u2019s Parliament House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The four protesters rolled out several banners that said, \u2018From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free\u2019 and \u2018No peace on stolen land\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-us.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXezIWwf-oVV38UZxsXzTfH0juhcTWB0E33Fquk9OBY_044zNiPn_chlaLtM9C7_8pw0WjzR7zV0sMj-mK5wH5bZn0WCH_rqCfVuOve619DOmz7iwFxrvwLhbEY5Ua3l7HIjx8H2pqt4Zq5BK8xhoftlGBk-?key=cbvI_5KNXs3Q3uQ58BUpfA\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pro-Palestine protesters have climbed the roof of Australia\u2019s Parliament House in Canberra and unfurled several banners, one of them reading, \u201cFrom the river to the sea, Palestine will be free\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The demonstration at the national parliament on Thursday followed recent divisions within Prime Minister Anthony Albanese\u2019s Labor government, which suspended a Muslim Senator who crossed the floor to vote in favour of Australia recognising a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four people from the Renegade Activists group, dressed in dark clothing, stood on the roof of the building for about an hour, rolling out several large black and white banners, including one reading, \u201cNo peace on stolen land\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the protesters gave a speech using a megaphone accusing the Israeli government of \u201cwar crimes\u201d in Gaza with the support of the United States, and the Australian government of being complicit in the alleged abuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe declare to the Australian government we will continue to unmask and resist the US imperial, hegemonic and capitalist interests you devote yourself to,\u201d the protester yelled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAustralia continues to enable and commit war crimes as lackeys to our \u2018great and powerful\u2019 friends.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A handful of police and security advised people not to walk directly under the protest at the main entrance to the building, while more were seen on the roof attempting to remove the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a serious breach of the Parliament\u2019s security,\u201d opposition Home Affairs spokesperson James Paterson said in a post on social media platform X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe building was modified at great expense to prevent incursions like this. An investigation is required.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest war in Gaza began when Palestinian fighters from Hamas burst into southern Israel on October 7, killing some 1,200 people and taking about 250 others captive. Israel\u2019s war on the besieged Palestinian territory has killed nearly 38,000 people, forcibly displaced most of the population multiple times and laid waste to the densely populated enclave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Africa has lodged a petition at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/6\/6\/which-countries-have-joined-south-africas-case-against-israel-at-the-icj\">accusing Israel of committing genocide<\/a> against Palestinians in Gaza, while a United Nations inquiry last month found that both Israel and Hamas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/6\/19\/israels-actions-in-gaza-intentional-attack-on-civilians-un-inquiry\">committed war crimes<\/a> in the early stages of the Gaza war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The inquiry also said that Israel\u2019s actions constituted crimes against humanity because of the immense civilian losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the war began, Australia has been the site of several pro-Palestine protests, including weekly demonstrations in major cities and a months-long occupation of university campuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Labor Party indefinitely suspended a senator, Fatima Payman, on Monday after she voted in favour of a parliamentary motion backing Palestinian statehood. Payman said she had been \u201cexiled\u201d after supporting the motion \u2013 put forward by the Greens party \u2013 in defiance of government policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Australia does not currently recognise Palestinian statehood, although Foreign Minister Penny Wong said in May it could do so before a formal peace process between Israel and Palestinian authorities is complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The four protesters rolled out several banners that said, \u2018From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free\u2019 and \u2018No peace on stolen land\u2019. Pro-Palestine protesters have climbed the roof of Australia\u2019s Parliament House in Canberra and unfurled several banners, one of them reading, \u201cFrom the river to the sea, Palestine will be free\u201d. The demonstration at the national parliament on Thursday followed recent divisions within Prime Minister Anthony Albanese\u2019s Labor government, which suspended a Muslim Senator who crossed the floor to vote in favour of Australia recognising a Palestinian state. Four people from the Renegade Activists group, dressed in dark clothing, stood on the roof of the building for about an hour, rolling out several large black and white banners, including one reading, \u201cNo peace on stolen land\u201d. One of the protesters gave a speech using a megaphone accusing the Israeli government of \u201cwar crimes\u201d in Gaza with the support of the United States, and the Australian government of being complicit in the alleged abuses. \u201cWe declare to the Australian government we will continue to unmask and resist the US imperial, hegemonic and capitalist interests you devote yourself to,\u201d the protester yelled. \u201cAustralia continues to enable and commit &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30,3],"tags":[43,48,46],"class_list":["post-743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-solidarity-movement","category-news-gaza-genocide-and-resilience","category-news","tag-freegaza","tag-freepalestine","tag-gazawar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.8 (Yoast SEO v24.8.1) - 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