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Riot police block protesters from approaching Israeli cruise ship in Greece
Riot police blocked hundreds of protesters from reaching the Israeli cruise ship amid ongoing demonstrations against Israel's Gaza offensive, part of hundreds held across Greece, officials said.
- Riot police in Greece cordoned off an area around an Israeli cruise ship to prevent protesters from approaching it.
- Protesters said off-duty Israeli soldiers were among the passengers, citing online posts from travellers.
- Left-Wing opposition parties in Greece are calling on the government to halt cooperation with Israel over the Israel-Hamas conflict.
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Riot police block protesters from approaching Israeli cruise ship in
PIRAEUS: Riot police at Greece’s largest port cordoned off an area around an Israeli cruise ship that arrived early Thursday to prevent several hundred protesters from approaching the vessel. Protests have been held at Greek islands and mainland ports along the route of the Crown Iris, several of which have led to clashes with police. At the port of Piraeus, near Athens, on
Greek police block protesters from approaching Israeli cruise ship
Last month, the Crown Iris left the Greek island of Syros early without its passengers disembarking after more than 150 protesters demonstrated at the island's port. There have been similar protests in Rhodes and Crete.
The Greek police formed a cordon in one of the largest ports in Greece, to stop hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters who tried to get close to an Israeli cruise vehicle. It happened in the Pireu port near Athens, where the demonstrators had towers and flown Palestinian stairwells behind the cordon format of anti-revolving police buses, according to Euronews. According to the protest organizers, who mentioned the online positions of some travel…
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