Protest against Israeli President Herzog's visit in Nicosia

On Thursday, September 10, 2026, a coalition of activist groups held a demonstration outside the Presidential Palace in Nicosia to protest the official visit of Israeli President Isaac Herzog. The protest, which began at 6:30 pm and involved a few dozen participants, took place while President Nikos Christodoulides hosted Herzog for talks. The groups involved included the Cyprus Peace Council, KISA, Voices for Palestine, and others, who condemned the visit as a provocation amid ongoing military operations in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, and Iran.

Demonstrators waved Palestinian flags and held placards accusing the Israeli leadership of genocide, with some speakers calling the hosting of Herzog a moral failing. The protest was monitored by a modest police presence and concluded without any reported incidents. According to organizers, the official talks aimed to address regional tensions between Israel and Turkey and to potentially strengthen military cooperation between Nicosia and Tel Aviv. This event follows a pattern of previous opposition to Herzog’s visits to Cyprus, where activist groups have consistently labeled the Israeli president as unwelcome due to the humanitarian situation in the Middle East.