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Live updates: Pro-Palestine supporters on roof of Parliament House; Lehrmann committed to stand trial

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Protestors from the group Renegade Activists appear to be packing up their banners to begin their descent from the roof of Parliament House.

It comes as a journalist told Sky News she saw the four protestors jump the fence of Parliament House while she was sitting on the grass with her children outside.

One of the banners stated, “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”.

Protestors from the group Renegade Activists on the roof of Parliament House. Alex Ellinghausen

The phrase has been condemned by the prime minister and coalition who claim it supports a one-state solution where Israel wouldn’t exist.

However, it has also been used by pro-Palestinian protesters and Labor senator Fatima Payman, who controversially used the phrase to defy the prime minister, to call for justice and freedom in occupied territories while still supporting a two-state solution.

Jacob, a representative from the activist group, praised Senator Payman.

“She’s doing what she has been employed to do and that is represent the best interests and the aspirations of her constituents,” he told AAP.

“What the Labor Party is actually telling us is that they would prefer people to bulls*** about how they feel, than to speak the truth.

“And I think that uncovers the Labor Party more than anything else.”

A protestor yelled from the roof, “we declare to the Australian government, we will continue to unmask and resist the US imperial, hegemonic and capitalist interests you devote yourself to”.

“Australia continues to enable and commit war crimes as lackeys to our powerful friends,” another protestor said.

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