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Key figures, including former Labor foreign minister Bob Carr, Sydney’s Lord Mayor Clover Moore, and backbencher Ed Husic, appeared to lend credibility to the event. Husic even claimed that, despite some objectionable elements, the focus should be on the collective desire to see hostilities end and aid reach Gaza. However, this message conveniently overlooked the fact that the protests explicitly demanded that Israel cease fighting Hamas—an organization that continues to hold 50 hostages, many of whom are children, and refuses to surrender.