International Courant
ATHENS
European politicians and activists organized late Wednesday a march to the US and Israeli embassies in Athens to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the “Nakba” (Nice Disaster), the pressured displacement of Palestinians from their lands.
Palestinians in Greece protested Israel’s assaults on Palestine, first marching to the US and Israeli embassies, chanting anti-US slogans upon the decision of the MeRA25 Celebration, civil society organizations and college students within the nation.
The rally was attended by MeRA25 celebration chief and former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Clare Daly, in addition to politicians and activists from Italy, Eire, and Germany.
Varoufakis rejected assertions that Israel is performing in self-defense, as a substitute highlighting a long time of Palestinian oppression by Israel.
He additionally criticized Germany’s ban on his political actions and entry attributable to his pro-Palestinian stance, stating the implications for “political rights” and solidarity with “Palestinian, Jewish, German, and Italian comrades.”
The march resulted in entrance of the Israeli Embassy in Athens, leading to clashes between police and protesters, who hurled stones at them and close by store home windows.
Police intervened with tear fuel to discourage protesters from throwing stones, resulting in the arrest of three people.
Criticize pro-Israel insurance policies
Audio system on the occasion condemned Israel’s assaults on Palestine and criticized US and EU pro-Israel insurance policies, emphasizing the struggling and difficulties confronted by the Palestinian folks for the reason that Nakba.
Palestinian Leyla Celed, talking to Anadolu, recounted her expertise through the Nakba in 1948 when she was “two years previous,” stating that her household “fled to Lebanon on foot.”
She emphasised that the Palestinian exile has endured since then, highlighting her personal life as a refugee in varied nations, together with “Lebanon and Greece.”
Celed underscored the statelessness of Palestinians, noting the repeated displacement skilled by Palestinian households.
Mohammad Sayid, president of the Palestinian Neighborhood in Greece, described the Nakba as a pivotal occasion in Palestinian historical past, handed down via generations.
He emphasised the importance of the Nakba in summarizing Palestinian struggling and in addition condemned Israel’s actions, describing them as “genocidal.”
Naim al-Ghadur, president of the Muslim Society in Greece, criticized the unchanged attitudes of Israel and the West in the direction of Palestinians “even 76 years after the Nakba.”
He highlighted the concern within the West of potential Israeli returnees and recalled the historic European persecution of Jews, contrasting it with Muslim support.
Palestinians commemorate Might 15 because the Nakba attributable to Israel declaring its independence on Might 14, 1948, and subjecting Palestinians to pressured displacement within the occupied Palestinian territories.
*Writing by Gizem Nisa Cebi in Istanbul
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