Recordings from Palestinian Land Day rally at Sydney Town Hall and Palestinian Prisoner’s Day at Hyde Park, Sydney

Saturday, 9 May 2026 - 9:30am to 10:00am
Palestinians commemorate Land Day in the "buffer zone" of the eastern Gaza Strip

Vivien Langford brings us recordings from the Palestinian Land Day rally at Town Hall Square in Sydney, featuring speeches from Susan Higginson and Josh Lees, and from Palestinian Prisoners' Day at Hyde Park in Sydney, featuring a speech from Mona. 

Susan Higginson, Greens MP in NSW Parliament, tells crowd: 'You are our humanity'.

Josh Lees from Palestine Action Group recounted the history of Palestinian Land Day since 1976, describing the barbaric warfare where the targeting of medical staff, journalists and civilians is normalised. 

Mona, a Palestinian, speaks about the horrific tortures being suffered by Palestinians in Israeli prisons. 

Image: Palestinians commemorate Land Day in the "buffer zone" of the eastern Gaza Strip (2014), by Joe Catron on Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0