‘The difference between my kids and those kids in Palestine is geography,’ one attendee says, as thousands turn out for marches

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Brisbane has amassed the largest pro-Palestinian crowd in the city’s history, rally organisers say, as thousands marched across Australia in a show of support for the Palestinian cause, days after famine was declared in Gaza for the first time.

In Brisbane, organisers estimated at least 50,000 people gathered for a rally they described as “historic”, with Queensland police putting the figure at 10,000.

Source: Guardian - World News