Greece and Israel: A Bridge Over Troubled Waters

Greece and Israel: A Bridge Over Troubled Waters

One of the most prominent strategic realignments in the east Mediterranean over recent years has been the burgeoning cooperation between Greece and Israel, which both Jerusalem and Athens now call “strategic” in nature.

In this edition of “Explaining Greece”, veteran Corinth-based journalist, correspondent and communications specialist Jean Cohen, details how once chilly official relations have evolved into a solid partnership in various areas, including defense cooperation.

People-to-people exchanges, mainly through tourism and very heightened interest by Israelis in purchasing homes in Greece, and even residing in the southeast European country, are broached.

On the wider political front, Cohen offers his candid views over the backlash faced by the IDF and Israeli leadership after Oct. 7 in their quest to eradicate Hamas from Gaza, referring reactions in Greece, which echoed, to a smaller extent, protests other western countries.

Cohen also disuses the state of the venerable Jewish communities of Greece, including the ancient legacy of the Romaniote Jews and the once unrivaled Sephardic Jewish community of Thessaloniki – which was decimated during the Holocaust.


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