The coordinated demonstrations, organized by the Palestine Action Group, spanned more than 40 cities and regional centers throughout the country.
Tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied across Australia over the weekend in one of the largest waves of anti-Israel protests the country has seen, with organizers claiming total attendance of nearly 300,000 nationwide, though numbers are contested.
The impetus for the coordinated demonstrations, spanning more than 40 cities and regional centers, and organized by the Palestine Action Group, was the United Nations-backed report on Friday claiming “reasonable evidence” that there has been “famine” in Gaza since Aug. 15, according to Sky News Australia.
Israel said that the “famine” determination contradicts recent, publicly available data and uses “outdated figures while downplaying or disregarding newer information that directly undermined the famine classification.”