Protests have been held at Greek islands and mainland ports along the route of the Crown Iris, several of which have led to clashes with police.
At the port of Piraeus, near Athens, on Thursday demonstrators held flares and waved Palestinian flags behind a cordon formed with riot police buses.
Protest organizers, citing online posts from travelers, said off-duty Israeli soldiers were among the passengers.
“They are unwanted here and have no business being here,” protest organizer Markos Bekris said. “The blood of innocent people is on their hands, and we should not welcome them.”
Greece is a popular holiday destination for Israelis. But the ongoing war in Gaza — and global attention on the widespread destruction and severe food shortages — has triggered hundreds of anti-Israel protests in Athens and other Greek cities, as well as a political confrontation.
Left-wing opposition parties are calling on the conservative government to halt commercial and broad military cooperation with Israel.Similar scenes unfolded the previous day when the Crown Iris docked in a port on the eastern Greek island of Rhodes, where clashes broke out between riot police and demonstrators calling for an end to the war in Gaza.
There also, the cruise ship's passengers disembarked for tours of the island and no violence was reported.
Anti-war protesters on Greece's island of Syros were the first to hold a demonstration against the docking of the Crown Iris on 22 July.
The crowd of about 150 people chanted slogans and carried banners that read "Stop the Genocide" and "No a/c in hell," a reference to the conditions Palestinians face in GazaOn that occasion, the ship's roughly 1,700 passengers didn't disembark and the ship left the island earlier than planned, with the company operating the trip, Israel's Mano Cruise, saying it had "decided in light of the situation in the city of Syros to now sail to another tourist destination."
Last week's incident had triggered a phone call by Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar to his Greek counterpart, George Gerapetritis.
Greece is a popular tourist destination for Israelis on package tours and traveling independently, particularly in the summer months, and there are several flights per day between Tel Aviv and Athens, as well as from Israeli airports directly to Greek islands.
