About a thousand Israelis who sailed on a Mano Shipping cruise became stranded at noon at Souda port on the Greek island of Crete due to a handful of pro-Palestinian protesters blocking the exit from the port. Yossi Manor, one of the passengers on the "Crown Iris" ship, said in a conversation with ynet: "We disembarked from the Mano Shipping vessel and wanted to exit the port, but there are about ten pro-Palestinian protesters standing with signs and shouting 'Free Palestine,' blocking the exit. The Crete police are helpless. They blocked the gates and the police are not letting us out."