Over 15,000 attendees a protest outside the Capitol on Sunday calling for an immediate ceasefire in Palestine, an end to the United States' aid to Israel and an end to the siege on Gaza, on Nov. 12, 2023. Protestors rally on the north side of the Capitol, reciting chants and listening to speakers before marching downtown.
Protestors carry a scroll in a protest for Palestine at the capitol on Nov. 13, 2023. The scroll listed the names of Palestinian children in Gaza killed by Israeli attacks since Oct. 7.
Protestors chant and holler from the parking garage to the marchers below in downtown Austin on Sunday. Thousands called for an immediate ceasefire in Palestine, an end to the United States' aid to Israel and an end to the siege on Gaza.
Over 15,000 marched from the Capitol through downtown Austin on Sunday calling for an immediate ceasefire in Palestine, an end to the United States' aid to Israel and an end to the siege on Gaza, on Nov. 12, 2023. The Palestine Solidarity Committee, Palestine Youth Movement and Students for Justice in Palestine chapters across the state collaborated on what they say is one of the largest protests for Palestine in Texas history.
Protestors weave their way across crowded sidewalks on the Capitol grounds during the mass demonstration.
The crowd of thousands begins their trek downtown, from the State Capitol.
Tariq Dwekat and Zaid Sehwail, from Dallas, release colored smoke grenades above the crowd of thousands. “We all wish to see a liberated Palestine,” Sehwail said.
A mother and child watch the mobilizing crowd of thousands.
A demonstrator leads crowd in chant. "Gaza Gaza, don't you cry," the speaker began. "We will never let you die," the crowd responded.
Demonstrators walk north back towards the Capitol before the end of the march.
