[ClearCase_guy]

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.

[Ciaphas Cain]

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.