On Tuesday, May 7, clashes between pro-Palestinian protesters and police broke out in the Greek capital.
Some of the protesters, who numbered about a thousand people, tried to climb over the fence of the Egyptian embassy, located in the area of the central Athens Syntagma Square. writes ekathimerini.
Police used batons, stun grenades and tear gas to push back the activists and lined up in front of the embassy. Minutes earlier, protesters tried to advance to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Houses of Parliament and were attacked with tear gas.
Pro-Palestinian protests are taking place in different countries. As new demonstrations in support of Palestine are organized every day in the United States, students gathered on the George Washington University campus in the capital to protest Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, chanting slogans.
Demonstrations that began on the University of Amsterdam (UvA) campus in the Netherlands in solidarity with the Gaza Strip continue. Following the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, demonstrations began at universities in Geneva and Zurich in response to Israeli attacks on Gaza and in support of pro-Palestine protests at various universities in the US and Europe.
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