Pro-Palestine Activists Target US Consulate and Pine Gap Military Base

Pro-Palestinian activists have staged protests at the Australian-U.S. military base in Pine Gap and the United States consulate in Melbourne. At the consulate, footage has emerged of activists locking themselves to the entrance of the consulate in front of signs stating “close Pine Gap,” “stop the genocide,” and “Australia’s #1 partner, world’s #1 terrorist.” The demonstrators were seen in front of barricades with the signs and a pro-Palestinian flag along with an Aboriginal flag. Multiple people have reportedly been arrested. In the Northern Territory, two women were seen in images blocking the main road to the Pine Gap military base....