Protestors march through Melbourne's CBD for Palestine

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In Melbourne’s CBD, the city's largest show of support yet for Palestine and an end to the war in Gaza is underway. Organisers say it's the 97th consecutive week of protests there. Harvey Biggs reports.

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00:00Well, the streets of Melbourne have been brought to a standstill again.

00:04There are tens of thousands of people here taking part in what is nationwide rallies,

00:10marches for Palestine.

00:11We've heard from organisers who say this is the 97th consecutive rally in this city

00:17for Palestine, and they're calling on much of the same things they did the first time.

00:21They want, as they say, the injustices to stop in Gaza.

00:25There's been a big focus on the starvation that's happening and the impact on civilians,

00:29particularly children.

00:31They say that today there's been a real cross-section of support from unions as well as LGBT and

00:37disability groups and people from just general walks of life coming together to protest against

00:43what is happening.

00:44What they really want is the Australian government to sanction Israel and to withdraw support

00:49for the Israeli government.

00:51But here's some of what those who have come here today said to me.

00:55There's a groundswell and I think the government has to see that the people really care and

01:02the people want change.

01:03I think the fact that our government has changed over time is because of these things and if

01:08we continue to do it, it will put more pressure on our governments which will then put more

01:13pressure on the world governments and put pressure on Netanyahu.

01:17So the message from those here today is that they will continue to turn up, they'll continue

01:21to protest and fight for Palestine.

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