Greek Leftists Protest against Gaza Conflict
Hundreds of Greeks took part Tuesday in a protest by leftist parties against the conflict in Gaza, which has killed more than 620 Palestinians and 29 Israelis in 15 days.
"Hands off Gaza," around 2,000 protesters chanted as they marched past parliament and the European Union offices in Athens.
Several of them carried placards reading "Freedom to Palestine, No to (Israeli) occupation."
"This brutality must stop," said main opposition leader Alexis Tsipras, whose radical leftist party Syriza was one of the organizers of the protest.
"We cannot stand idle while children are killed on coasts of a sea shared with the European continent. Tomorrow this could happen on our own side," said Tsipras, a Palestinian keffiyeh headscarf draped around his shoulders.
Source: Agence France Presse
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