Activists are set to return to the streets to protest Donald Trump's proposed US push into Gaza and call on Australian politicians to emphatically distance themselves from the plan.
Protesters took to Sydney's streets on Friday night and others will hit Melbourne on Sunday, fighting back against a proposal Palestinian supporters say amounts to ethnic cleansing.
Australian leaders - including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese - have repeatedly emphasised their support for a two-state solution, which would be killed by the president's plan.
Mr Trump has suggested the US should take over, own and redevelop the destroyed Gaza Strip while Palestinians relocate elsewhere.
The White House later walked back some of the comments and said no decision had been made about sending in US troops.
Free Palestine Melbourne, which has organised Sunday's protest at the State Library, labelled the proposal "genocidal" and said Gazans, not the American president, should determine their future.
"The Australian government must immediately and unequivocally repudiate Trump’s plan ... silence or neutrality in the face of such a proposal is complicity," they wrote on their Facebook page.
"Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong must take a stand: condemn Trump’s plan, call it what it is - ethnic cleansing - and demand an immediate and unconditional end to Israel’s assault on Gaza."
Hundreds attended Sydney Town Hall on Friday night to protest the proposal, with many holding signs that read "Palestine is not for sale".
Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi said the prime minister's muted response showed the Australian government had "no red line" on Gaza.
The Independent and Peaceful Australia Network said it was "stunned" by Mr Albanese's "relative silence" and "alarmed" by Opposition Leader Peter Dutton's position.
Mr Dutton described the president as a “big thinker and a deal maker”, before later clarifying he still supported a two-state solution.
“(IPAN) is horrified by the proposal … Anthony Albanese must categorically state Australia’s commitment to a Palestinian state and advise President Trump there is absolutely no place for his proposal for the removal of the people of Gaza,” spokeswoman Kathryn Kelly said.
International law experts have suggested a US takeover of Gaza would not be legal as the use of force is prohibited.
Australian Jewish groups have widely rejected Mr Trump's proposal to relocate the Palestinian residents and argued their decision to stay or leave Gaza is theirs to make.
