Tasos Kosteas, President of the Pancyprian Peace Council, stated that “we’re right here to ship the message that Cypriots don’t settle for this barbarity that’s taking place as we speak in Gaza and which in our opinion is nothing extra and nothing lower than a scientific extermination of the Palestinian individuals.”
He added that “what is going on is an insult to civilized humanity and we share the ache of the Palestinian individuals and ship a message of solidarity to everybody in Gaza. We consider that as Cyprus, in a semi-occupied homeland with our strongest weapon being worldwide legislation, we should condemn what the Worldwide Legal Court docket has deemed a brutal crime in opposition to humanity.”
The occasion was attended by, amongst others, AKEL MPs. AKEL the primary opposition get together in Cyprus had known as on Wednesday for protests in opposition to the go to of Israeli President Isaac Herzog to the island , describing it as “provocative”.
In a written assertion, AKEL acknowledged that the get together would assist the 2 separate protests to be organized by the Cyprus Peace Council”
A robust police pressure was current at each the airport roundabout and the Kalo Chorio roundabout, whereas a police helicopter was flying over the realm whereas the President of Israel was touring with an escort to Nicosia.
