Greek Prime Minister: No Change in Relations with Israel

Israelnationalnews.com (Arutz Sheva) ^ | 2/6/2015, 11:15 PM | Elad Benari

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Greece’s new Prime Minister reportedly assures the Israeli ambassador that Greek-Israeli relations will not change following his election.

Greece’s new Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, has assured the Israeli ambassador to Athens that Greek-Israeli relations will not change following his election, Kol Yisrael radio reported on Friday.

According to the report, Tsipras met this week with the Ambassador, Irit Ben-Abba, and made clear to her that his government is determined to combat anti-Semitism in Greece and that it will continue to prosecute the leaders of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party.

The meeting comes amid concerns among Greek Jews that the election of Tsipras could jeopardize the relationship between Israel and Greece.

Two members of Tsipras’s Syriza party had been aboard the Mavi Marmara flotilla which attempted to break the "siege on Gaza" in 2010.

"No doubt we will see a big change in the state of diplomatic relations between Greece and Israel, as well as the situation in Greece," a Jewish community member told Arutz Sheva following the election in the country.

One of Tsipras’s coalition partners is Panos Kammenos, leader of the nationalist Independent Greeks party. Kammenos has been accused of anti-Semitism after he alleged in December that Jews enjoyed preferential tax treatment in Greece.

[Patriot777]

Watch this man, because... (See next two posts).

[miss marmelstein]

With Turkey turning muzzie-crazed, they’d do well to keep pals with the Israelis. But then who expects these countries to be smart?

[SunkenCiv]

Two members of Tsipras's Syriza party had been aboard the Mavi Marmara flotilla which attempted to break the "siege on Gaza" in 2010.

[Fred Nerks]

...BEWARE GREEKS BEARING GIFTS!

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