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Hundreds protest in Cyprus in solidarity with Gaza

NICOSIA - Several hundred pro-Palestinian protesters have demanded a halt to military action in Gaza during a peaceful protest near the Israeli embassy in the Cypriot capital.

 

Monday's protest was organized by left-wing trade unions and peace groups and included Turkish Cypriot activists from the ethnically divided island's breakaway north.

 

Riot police standing behind a cordon of barbed wire-topped fences prevented marching protesters from approaching the embassy's entrance.

 

Some protesters burned a hand-painted Israeli flag.

 

Organizers condemned the bloodshed in Gaza and urged the international community to put pressure on Israel to stop the fighting.

 


פרסום ראשון: 07.21.14, 21:28