Gather for Gaza mobilised 300 people at Coffs Harbour Jetty in a rally on May 19. The group is calling for an immediate and sustainable ceasefire and an end to Israel's brutal occupation of Palestine.
More than 25,000 children have been killed or injured since October 鈥渢he equivalent of one child every ten minutes鈥, the group said.
A local Palestinian organiser told the rally: 鈥淎ll we hear from our politicians is that some people in Australia might feel unsafe鈥. He added that the media and politicians have 鈥渄ouble standards鈥 about safety and Palestinians are experiencing genocide.
Palestinian storyteller Assala Sayara also spoke out against Israel's occupation and siege of Gaza.
Wearing a traditional Palestinian 鈥渢hobe,鈥 that had belonged to her great aunt, she said the dress was older than the state of Israel.
鈥淭he children of Gaza are like any other children in this world,鈥 she said.
has organised a number of actions, rallies and events since last October and is calling for more people to become involved.
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