In recent months, Greece has emerged as a hotbed of anti-Israeli protests linked to the war in the Gaza Strip.
Activists from the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and its youth movement (KNE) staged a shock action on Friday morning, hoisting two giant flags on the cliff of the Acropolis in Athens, one of the most visited tourist sites in the world.
The banners, written in Greek and English, carried the messages: “Stop the genocide! No to cooperation with the murderous state of Israel! Free Palestine.
The unusual demonstration at the iconic historic site aimed to convey “a message of international solidarity with the Palestinian people,” according to organizers.
The action took place in the presence of dozens of activists who came with red flags and chanted slogans in support of the Palestinian cause. Participants called for an intensification of global protests against what they called the “Gaza massacre,” explicitly condemning Israel, the United States, NATO, and the European Union.
The protesters are demanding that the international community end all aid and cooperation with Israel and recognize a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
In recent months, Greece has emerged as a hotbed of anti-Israeli protests linked to the war in the Gaza Strip. The movement culminated in the “Day of Rage” last month, which saw dozens of small demonstrations take place simultaneously across the country.
This mobilization comes amid a worsening climate for Israeli tourists in Greece, with several anti-Semitic attacks recently recorded. The most recent incident occurred last Saturday: a 29-year-old Israeli man was attacked by three Palestinians in Syntagma Square, in central Athens, and was slightly injured.
Following this incident, the Hind Rajab Foundation, a pro-Palestinian organization dedicated to tracking down Israeli soldiers and their alleged “war crimes,” demanded the arrest of the victim, whom it described as “a fighter in the IDF’s Golani Brigade.”
