Australia’s pro-Palestine movement shifts focus to pressuring Albanese to cut ties with Israel

Groups call for Benjamin Netanyahu's arrest and urge Australia to pressure Israel on Palestine just as South Africa was over apartheid

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Pro-Palestine protests that have been held every week in Sydney and Melbourne since 7 October 2023 will now switch focus to pressuring the federal government into cutting ties with Israel, organisers have said.

Amal Naser, from the Palestine Action Group (PAG), called the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel a step forward" for the pro-Palestine movement in Australia, and said the group would now pivot from weekly protests to targeted protests that call for specific policy change in government.

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