Pro-Palestine activists blockaded dozens of Barclays bank branches on Saturday in protest at the institution’s financial links with Israel.The protesters called for customers to close their accounts to show their opposition to the bank’s alleged investment in arms companies selling weapons used by Israeli forces in the Gaza conflict.

Pro-Palestine protesters have blockaded several Barclays stores in protest at the company's links to weapons and arms manufacturers that have worked with Israel.

The official unveiling of the famous Bourke Street Mall Myer Christmas windows didn’t go ahead due to a planned pro-Palestinian protest to ruin the event. During the week, the organiser of the pro-Palestine protest said the protest wasn’t going ahead due to Myer’s decision to cancel the event.

The group held a sit-in in protest of the war in Gaza and planted an eight-foot olive tree in the middle of the road. Police arrested 12 protesters.

Pro-Palestinian protesters shut down a road Thursday in Dallas, leading to 10 arrests on the first day of a major pro-Israel conference in Dallas.