Michael Walker
July 25, 2025
On Tuesday, a committed group of over 1,000 activists rained on the Government’s parade, using the day of the opening of Parliament to protest Australia’s ongoing complicity in the Israeli Government’s genocidal actions in Gaza.
Protesters representing Australians from all walks of life – including more than a few people of the Jewish faith – called on Australia’s government to immediately impose sanctions on the state of Israel for its murderous conduct in the Gaza strip.
The 28-country statement signed by Australia, that was announced a few hours earlier, rightly decried the situation as reprehensible but then stopped short of threatening any sort of consequence should Israel ignored their condemnation, which it promptly did.