(22 May 2025)
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Athens, Greece – 22 May 2025
1. Various of pro-Palestinian protesters chanting slogans at rally outside Israel’s embassy, UPSOUND (Greek): "Freedom to Palestine"
2. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Merini Stefanidi, protester:
"We are here to condemn the murderous state and government of Israel, which continues with the backs of the European Union, the US and NATO, to mercilessly bomb Gaza. So far they have a purpose, they have killed thousands of people, they have killed 16,000 children. And today they are depriving the children of Gaza of humanitarian solidarity."
3. Various of pro-Palestinian protesters holding placards depicting Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
4. Various of pro-Palestinian protesters holding flags and placards
5. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Yannis Vogiatzis, protester:
"There is a genocide going on there, for many years, but today it has gone out of limits. Yesterday I looked at images of small, hungry children, it is clearly genocide. It is not a matter of humanity, it is a genocide of the Israelis against the Palestinian people."
6. Various of pro-Palestinian protesters
7. Mid of man giving away Palestinian flags to protesters
8. Various of pro-Palestinian protesters
9. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Name not given, protester:
"Today we are all here to shout, to protest. Because right now there is a genocide happening and they know it is a genocide. They are starving, a people is starving and we cannot remain silent because silence is complicity. It is shameful and we cannot remain silent."
10. Various of placards
11. Various of pro-Palestinian protest
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside Israel’s embassy in Athens late Thursday.
People held placards, waved flags and chanted slogans calling for the freedom of the Palestinian people, at the demonstration organised by trade unions affiliated with the country’s communist party.
"We are here to condemn the murderous state and government of Israel, which continues with the backs of the European Union, the US and NATO, to mercilessly bomb Gaza," protester Merini Stefanidi told The Associated Press.
"They are starving, a people is starving and we cannot remain silent because silence is complicity," another protester said.
Protesters dispersed peacefully at the end of the demonstration.
Pressure from close allies is mounting on Israel following a nearly three-month blockade of supplies into Gaza that led to famine warnings.
Even the United States, a staunch ally, has voiced concerns over the hunger crisis.
U.N. agencies say Israeli military restrictions and the breakdown of law and order in Gaza make it difficult to retrieve and distribute the aid. As a result, little of it has so far reached those in need.
Gaza’s Heath Ministry said Thursday morning that more than 100 people had been killed across the Gaza Strip and around 250 wounded over the past 24 hours.
AP Video shot by Lefteris Pitarakis
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