GREECE: THOUSANDS OF DEMONSTRATORS GATHER OUTSIDE ISRAELI EMBASSY IN SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

Record ID: 400436

  • Title: GREECE: THOUSANDS OF DEMONSTRATORS GATHER OUTSIDE ISRAELI EMBASSY IN SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIAN PEOPLE
  • Date: 31st March 2002
  • Summary: (U7) ATHENS, GREECE (MARCH 29,2002)(REUTERS) 1. SLV DEMONSTRATION; SCU BOY WEARING PALESTINIAN HEADDRESS SHOUTING DURING PROTEST (2 SHOTS) 0.08 2. SCU BOY; MV ANTI-GLOBALISATION PROTESTERS WEARING PALESTINIAN HEADDRESS AND HEADBANDS READING 'INTIFADA' BANGING DRUMS AND SHOUTING 'BUSH, SHARON, YOU ARE MURDERERS'; SCU POSTER OF PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT
  • Embargoed: 15th April 2002 13:00
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  • Location: ATHENS, GREECE
  • Country: Greece
  • Reuters ID: LVACN69WOP2OUIHNLTR8LBFW2L0C
  • Story Text: Close two thousand demonstrators have gathered outside
    the Israeli embassy in Athens to show solidarity with the
    Palestinian people and call an end to the bloodshed, following
    the latest events in the Middle East.

    Banging drums and chanting "Bush, Sharon, you are
    murderers", demonstrators circled the Israeli embassy in
    central Athens on Friday (March 29, 2002).

    Greek anti-globalisation protesters, Palestinians living
    in Athens, students and members of peace groups gathered to
    call for an end to the bloodshed in the Middle East.

    Demonstrators demanded the end of the occupation of
    Palestinian territories by Israeli troops and for the
    formation of an independent Palestinian state.

    The demonstrators, including children, chanted 'Intifada'
    and 'Freedom for Palestine', wearing Palestinian headress and
    carrying pictures of Arafat and banners condemning Israeli
    Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

    Riot police blocked the entrance to the Israeli embassy
    with police vans and kept the protesters at a distance from
    the building.

    "Something should be done to help my people," one
    Palestinian living in Athens said. "It's really a disaster
    what is happening there and this is the minimum we can do."

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