{"id":134719,"date":"2023-11-30T05:24:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T05:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=134719"},"modified":"2023-11-30T05:24:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T05:24:56","slug":"pro-palestine-activists-storm-hotel-in-melbournes-cbd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/world-news\/pro-palestine-activists-storm-hotel-in-melbournes-cbd\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Palestine activists storm hotel in Melbourne's CBD"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pro-Palestine activists have sparked outrage after 20 demonstrators stormed a hotel where loved ones of Israeli victims and hostages were staying in Melbourne’s CBD.<\/p>\n
The activists, armed with flags and signs with anti-Israel messages, had tracked the Israeli supporters to their hotel in Docklands on Wednesday at about 10pm.<\/p>\n
The Israeli group had been speaking about their experiences earlier in the evening at the\u00a0Mount Scopus Memorial College.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When they returned to their hotel they were met with the ‘frightening’ protesters, many holding Palestinian flags.<\/p>\n
The group had also thrown baby dolls covered in fake blood on the floor and held up a banner reading ‘Stop arming Israel, free Palestine’.<\/p>\n
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The activists, armed with flags and signs with anti-Israel messages, had tracked the Israeli supporters to their hotel in Docklands on Wednesday at about 10pm<\/p>\n
Another protester held up a sign that had the message ‘zionism is fascism’.<\/p>\n
3AW’s Neil Mitchell branded the pro-Palestine supporters as ‘idiots’.<\/p>\n
‘The idiot protesters here launched a nasty, noisy, threatening protest,’ he said.<\/p>\n
‘Threatening, frightening, intimidating. The families had to be evacuated from a Melbourne hotel.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘These idiots were targeting victims!’<\/p>\n
One of the Palestinian activists was heard shouting over a loud speaker as several Victorian police officers waited on a nearby escalator.<\/p>\n
‘You’re really f**ked up!’ she shouted.<\/p>\n
‘This is a really f**ked up situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘Give them a place to eat and fuel their economy! Shame! Shame!’<\/p>\n
A police spokesperson said the protesters were moved on by officers, and added no one was injured during the incident.<\/p>\n
The Israelis had earlier this week met with\u00a0Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penelope Wong, along with members of Jewish communities in Melbourne and Sydney.<\/p>\n
They had lost family members and friends during the October 7 attack by Hamas.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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One of the Palestinian activists was heard shouting over a loud speaker as several Victorian police officers waited on a nearby escalator<\/p>\n