Greek activists boycott Zionist theatrical performance in solidarity with Palestine

On September 11, 2014, more than 80 protesters in solidarity with the Palestinian people, gathered outside the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation to protest the foundation’s sponsorship of a theatrical rendition of Aristophanes’ Lysistratia by an Israeli theater company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, at a protest organized by the Network in Solidarity with Palestinian Resistance. We received the following statement from the protesters:

A Mossad echelon and the Israeli embassy escort were roaming the foundation’s reception since early in the afternoon. Few were the people that intended to watch the performance, and when they saw Palestinian flags and heard the crowd’s chants against the Zionist murderers’ culture vibrating in the air, they walked away. Some of them stayed and chanted with us.

Despite the favorable advertisement (two-pages in wide circulation bourgeois newspapers) by the political editors who serve as the mouthpieces of the Zionist lobby, no more than a hundred spectators entered the building at the Israeli troupe’s premiere, even though the hall that was intended for the performance was much more spacious. Amongst them were the personnel and attachés of the Zionist embassy, giving looks of contempt to the protesters under the protection of the riot police that was lined up in front of the Foundation’s entrance; and of course some bourgeois media journalists that arrived to cover the show. The greek theatrical audience pointedly abstained from the performance, even though entrance was free! It was a slap in the face of the M. Cacoyannis Foundation administration, who obscenely tarnish the work and name of its pro-Palestinian founder, Michalis Cacoyannis, by investing into the cooperation with the Zionist interests in our country.

It was once again vividly shown that the greek people, the greek theatrical audience harbor deep feelings of solidarity towards the Palestinian people and their rightful fight for freedom, that has been ongoing for seven decades now. The ruling class in our country, the political personnel and their press mouthpieces claim to be building “bridges of friendship and cooperation” with the Zionist war criminals, but they will keep on stumbling upon our people’s firm refusal.