by Roots and Resistance Resistance | Sep 6, 2024 | Palestine Updates
Greece’s anti-terrorism police have arrested seven people over arson attacks against an Israeli-owned hotel and a synagogue in central Athens this year, Reuters has reported. A 25-year-old Greek woman, two Iranians aged 46 and 36 and an Afghan accomplice,...
by Roots and Resistance Resistance | Sep 6, 2024 | Palestine Updates
The Arab Higher Monitoring Committee has announced a general strike on 1 October to mark 24 years since the October 2000 protests against the Israeli military’s killing and wounding of scores of Palestinian citizens of Israel at the outbreak of the Second Intifada....
by Roots and Resistance Resistance | Sep 6, 2024 | Palestine Updates
The European Union’s office in Palestine announced yesterday that it is proceeding with the disbursement of €122.5 million ($136.2 million) in short-term emergency financial support to the Palestinian Authority (PA). In a statement, the office said that the aid...
by Roots and Resistance Resistance | Sep 6, 2024 | Palestine Updates
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has reiterated his refusal to reach a prisoner exchange deal with Hamas to stop the war on Gaza, and called for launching a large-scale war against Lebanon. “We are now paying the price for 30 years of a false perception, of...
by Roots and Resistance Resistance | Sep 6, 2024 | Palestine Updates
Nine protesters from Germany, Britain, France, Italy and Spain are set to be deported from Greece after being arrested during a pro-Palestinian demonstration at the University of Athens School of Law last week, their lawyers said on Monday. Police last week detained a...
by Roots and Resistance Resistance | Sep 6, 2024 | Palestine Updates
Hundreds of Greek workers marched through central Athens on Wednesday to demand pay rises that would bring their salaries close to the European average, Reuters has reported. The workers also protested against Israel’s war against the Palestinians in Gaza....
