Hundreds of demonstrators marched through central Cape Town on 1 August, clanging cooking pots and waving Palestinian flags as they condemned Israel’s military offensive in Gaza and accused Western governments of enabling what they called a genocide. The protest, one of several recent actions in South Africa, highlighted concern over reports of famine in the besieged enclave. In Australia, the New South Wales Supreme Court late on Friday ruled that a pro-Palestine march may proceed across the Sydney Harbour Bridge on 3 August, rejecting a police application to ban the event on public-safety grounds. The decision clears the way for what organisers say could be one of the largest demonstrations in the country since the Gaza war escalated last year. Similar scenes played out in Mississauga, Ontario, where hundreds gathered on 1 August, banging pots and pans to draw attention to food shortages in Gaza. The rally was led by members of the Palestinian Youth Movement, some of whom face pending charges related to earlier protests in Toronto. Local police maintained a visible presence but the event concluded without major incident.