A protest action involving local residents was held in the port city of Agios Nikolaos, located in the northeastern part of Greece’s Crete island, against the docking of the cruise ship “Crown Iris” carrying Israeli tourists.
Sea-news.az reports that dozens of city residents and activists gathered in the port area and chanted slogans in support of Palestine.
Protest participants declared that Israeli tourists are unwelcome in the city of Agios Nikolaos and the port waters.
Information about the action was almost entirely omitted in Greece’s central mass media.
Precise details are not provided as to whether the protesters attempted to access the pier where the “Crown Iris” was scheduled to dock, or whether the Coast Guard intervened.
Against the backdrop of the ongoing military-political crisis in the Middle East, such instances of protest against cruise ships flying the Israeli flag or carrying Israeli tourists are increasing in Mediterranean ports.
