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Pro-Palestine Protests Erupt as Albanese Faces Pressure

7/23/2025

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Pro-Palestine protests erupted as Australia’s 48th parliament opened, coinciding with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's re-election. Demonstrators, some arrested, called for sanctions against Israel amid escalating violence in Gaza. Senator Mehreen Faruqi confronted Albanese about the dire humanitarian crisis, highlighting international war crime charges against Israeli leaders.

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Pro-Palestine protests erupted as Australia’s 48th parliament opened, coinciding with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's re-election. Demonstrators, some arrested, called for sanctions against Israel amid escalating violence in Gaza. Senator Mehreen Faruqi confronted Albanese about the dire humanitarian crisis, highlighting international war crime charges against Israeli leaders.