Israeli, Lithuanian Presidents Face Pro-Palestinian Protests

Israeli, Lithuanian Presidents Face Pro-Palestinian Protests

Lithuania is one of the countries in which the Holocaust began

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JONIŠKIS, Lithuania — Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda were met by pro-Palestinian protests as they shook hands outside the presidential palace in the capital city of Vilnius on Monday.

Pro-Palestine voices in Lithuania protest against Israeli President Herzog’s visit, condemning the ongoing war in #Gaza . pic.twitter.com/7JeL6aZbAB

— In Context (@incontextmedia) August 4, 2025

Herzog is one a three-day visit to the Baltic states — Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. He is visiting Holocaust memorial sites, including the new Lost Shtetl Museum in the small town of Seduva, in northern Lithuania.

“Do not say that this is my final road,
Though clouds have hidden the light of day.
This is the day we longed for to come,
And our steps will thunder: we are here!”

The words Hirsh Glick wrote in the Vilna Ghetto, an iconic Holocaust-era resistance poem which became the anthem… pic.twitter.com/uiIwCUW1oe

— יצחק הרצוג Isaac Herzog (@Isaac_Herzog) August 4, 2025

At a joint press conference with the Lithuanian president, Herzog stressed the fact that Israel is helping Palestnians in Gaza with humanitarian aid, and he stressed the need to rescue the Israeli hostages.

Speaking alongside Lithuanian President @GitanasNauseda at the Presidential Palace in Vilnius, I presented the shocking images released by Hamas terrorists of hostages Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski. I spoke of their terrifying ordeal and cried out to the world for their… pic.twitter.com/85FsxGrSEz

— יצחק הרצוג Isaac Herzog (@Isaac_Herzog) August 4, 2025

Israel’s Government Press Office said in a statement:

In his remarks, President Herzog said: *“For nearly two years, the State of Israel has been fighting to bring our hostages home and restore security for all our citizens. We deeply mourn every innocent life lost. And in response to your comments, Mr. President, I want to emphasize: we are making tremendous efforts to address the humanitarian situation, in accordance with international law. Just this week alone, 23,000 tons of humanitarian aid entered Gaza. Hundreds of trucks are waiting to be distributed—but the United Nations has failed to do so efficiently.”

He added, “We encourage and welcome humanitarian airdrops by more and more countries, and we call on all nations to join this critical effort to improve conditions on the ground. But we must also speak the truth: the Hamas campaign of false accusations, while it itself bears direct responsibility for the suffering of Gaza’s civilians, is a blatant lie and a distortion of reality.”

He held the pictures of the hostages and said, “Allow me to show you this image: this is Evyatar David, a young Israeli with Lithuanian heritage. Just two days ago, Hamas released footage of him from captivity. Look at the hand of the captor – well-fed – compared to Evyatar’s emaciated frame. He is in immediate, life-threatening danger. Hamas also released footage of another hostage, Rom Braslavski, who is in similarly dire condition. They are among dozens of hostages still being held in Gaza.”

He stressed, “From here, I cry out to the world: we must not remain silent. They must all be brought home. That is the key to resolving the severe crisis in Gaza and the wider Middle East….

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A younger generation of Lithuanians, raised after the fall of the Soviet Union, is taking an interest in their country’s Jewish legacy. There is, however, a remnant of antisemitism, whose hatred is directed at Israel.

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