Riyad Aladassi

An Australian-Palestinian Nurse has been on a hunger strike for 15 days, he is joined by 50 plus supporters who have set up camp at Port Melbourne in readiness to block weapons exports to Israel. On November 9th, around 500 protesters gathered at Port Melbourne and blocked trucks from the Zim shipping company from loading a ship on the dock. Following the action, Nurse and Gaza native Riyad Aladassi remained at the dock and began his hunger strike. Some protesters remained with him and others have set up tents, sleeping bags and supplies to join him.