Boorloo rallies for Palestine, calls for ceasefire

Alex Salmon
Boorloo/Perth
October 31, 2023
Issue 
1393
News
Protesting the war on Gaza on October 28. Photo: Daniel Njegich

More than 2000 people rallied in Forest Place on October 28 to demand an immediate ceasefire and an end to Israel's genocidal war on Gaza.

Since October 7, more than 7000 Palestinian people in Gaza have been killed, including 3000 children.

The protest was organised by .

As well as condemning Israel's genocide, speakers demanded an end to the West’s complicity with Israel.

Australia abstained from a United Nations General Assembly vote on October 28 which called for an immediate ceasefire. It was supported by 120 countries, opposed by 14 and 45 abstained.

[ has called at 12.30pm at Forest Place.]

Imperialism & war
International solidarity
2023-24 Israeli genocide on Gaza
ceasefire
Friends of Palestine WA
Australia

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