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Is Greece about to Recognize Jerusalem as Israel's Capital?
Gatestone Institute ^ | 3/9/18 | Maria Polizoidou

Posted on 03/09/2018 9:39:59 AM PST by jalisco555

On his return from a recent two-day trip to Israel -- where he met with high-level officials -- Adonis Georgiadis, the vice president of Greece's opposition party, New Democracy, declared his support for recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

In an interview with Skai Radio on March 7, Georgiadis called it "almost funny to discuss whether Jerusalem is a Jewish city or not."

"[It] was founded by the Jews... in ancient times. You can read Flavius Josephus or read Diodoros Siceliotis and see the references to the city of Jerusalem, where there was the High Priest of Solomon's Temple and that it was the city of the Jews. This is the reality."

When challenged by the interviewer, who said, "But as time went by, many things happened in the city's history," Georgiadis, a historian, replied:

"I don't disagree, but this city is from the beginning a Jewish city. They [Jews] made it; they founded it; it's theirs... Now, President Trump's decision to transfer the US Embassy to Jerusalem is a little bit provocative... But I have to say... that I am in favor of this decision rather than against it."

Two days earlier, on March 5, MP Makis Voridis, a former minister from the New Democracy party, expressed a similar position in an op-ed in the Greek daily Kathimerini:

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This would certainly be a big deal if it came to pass. BTW Gatestone is one of my daily go-to sites.
1 posted on 03/09/2018 9:39:59 AM PST by jalisco555
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To: jalisco555

Maybe Greece is trying to get into God’s good graces - whatever it takes to get out of their withering economy.


2 posted on 03/09/2018 9:41:40 AM PST by Jim W N
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To: jalisco555; pigsmith; SaveFerris; SkyPilot; Lera; metmom; jonno; Rushmore Rocks; LucyT

Thanks for posting Jalisco555!

Pinging EndTimes list. Recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s Eternal Capital is all of a sudden popular now.


3 posted on 03/09/2018 9:42:43 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (This country & world is living on borrowed time (Luke 17:26-27))
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The Jewish festival of Hanukkah celebrates the re-dedication of the Temple following Judah Maccabee’s victory over the Seleucids. The Seleucids were Hellenistic Greeks who controlled remnants of Alexander the Great’s empire, including Judea.

The Greeks know that Jerusalem is a Jewish city. Always has been.


4 posted on 03/09/2018 9:48:01 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (The government cannot protect you and isn't even trying. Self-defense is a right.)
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It would certainly be something of an "Up Yours!" to the Islamic world for more than 400 years of Turkish domination.

Missilonghi is still a bitter occasion to many Greeks.

5 posted on 03/09/2018 9:52:38 AM PST by Ciaphas Cain (Progressives do not want to destroy us because we hate, but because we are sane.)
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This will be a welcome improvement for Greece... and so much of the world has gone along with the Falestinian lie for so many years, just flushing that garbage down the toilet of history is actually a big deal now.


6 posted on 03/09/2018 10:03:34 AM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: Jim 0216

Greeks and Persians have never been real friendly...............


7 posted on 03/09/2018 10:04:59 AM PST by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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Score one for the Greeks.


8 posted on 03/09/2018 10:09:23 AM PST by Jim W N
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To: Jim 0216

They are still pissed over the Persians burning Athens thingy...............


9 posted on 03/09/2018 10:13:16 AM PST by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Jerusalem is going to be the Burdensome Stone.

I believe God placed President Trump in office so that His Word shall be fulfilled.

Gonna be a lot of sharp opinions coming out of countries regarding Jerusalem.

I expect a pretty polarized divide. Which is basically a Captain Obvious. I expect more to come especially if May 14 really is a target date for the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem.

Will get “interesting”.


10 posted on 03/09/2018 10:38:47 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: jalisco555

Cool, if it happens.


11 posted on 03/09/2018 10:38:53 AM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: SaveFerris

AND the Cup of Trembling.


12 posted on 03/09/2018 10:39:30 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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“I don’t disagree, but this city is from the beginning a Jewish city. They [Jews] made it; they founded it; it’s theirs...”

Well, technically the Jebusites made it, but I don’t think any of them will be raising objections.


13 posted on 03/09/2018 10:43:06 AM PST by Boogieman
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[the Jebusites ]

Yep, they lost it about 1004 B.C.


14 posted on 03/09/2018 10:54:14 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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The Jebusites. Are they the supporters of JEB!


15 posted on 03/09/2018 2:48:37 PM PST by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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LOL


16 posted on 03/09/2018 2:55:53 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear; metmom; CynicalBear; SkyPilot; tuffydoodle; tang-soo; righttackle44; ...

Blast From the Past:

https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3634085,00.html

W. Bush: “I was the first American President to call for a Palestinian state, and building support for the two-state solution has been one of the highest priorities of my Presidency.”

Published: 12.06.08

And the nation had just elected Barack Hussein Obama who was to take the pResidency about 6 weeks later.


http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/123095

16/07/07

On Monday, US President George Bush announced his intention to convene an international conference for “the establishment of a Palestinian state.”

As part of his Middle East foreign policy strategy, President Bush called upon Israel to make several immediate concessions to PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen). “Israel has a clear path,” he said, explaining that this included releasing frozen tax revenues Israel collected on behalf of the PA, ceasing what he called the “continuing occupation of the West Bank,”


17 posted on 03/09/2018 3:07:41 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: jalisco555
"What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?"

--Tertullian

18 posted on 03/09/2018 3:54:41 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Boogieman

They won’t be objecting, since they were low-energy Jebusites.


19 posted on 03/09/2018 8:56:55 PM PST by confederatecarpetbag
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To: Verginius Rufus

“Cedo quia absurdum est”

- Tertullian

Trump meeting and defeating Kim’s nuclear ambition without war
is absurd of itself. Therefore I believe it is possible


20 posted on 03/09/2018 9:17:09 PM PST by confederatecarpetbag
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