On 28.5.2025, the "Maritime Med. Conference" was held in Athens with the participation of the Ambassador of Israel to Greece, Mr. Noam Katz, who in his post stated: "Today, I had the honor to participate in the "Maritime Med" Conference in Athens, a cooperation initiative between the Greek and Israeli business communities, with over 100 participants.
This year's participation of Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest is political, in the communicative sense of course. But it does not concern LGBTQI+ rights, as one would assume considering the context of this particular pop fiesta, since the Netanyahu-Trump relationship does not allow for such... experiments at the present juncture, which is crucial for the future of the Middle East. The political aspect of the matter concerns the singer Yuval Raphael herself. She is a nice girl, 24 years old, who has suffered the horrific experience of October 7, 2023 as a target of Hamas. She managed to escape under thriller conditions. And now in Basel she will sing on behalf of the Jewish state.
On Tuesday, April 30.4.2025, 30.646, Yom HaZikaron, Israel honored the memory of the soldiers who died defending Israel, as well as the victims of terrorism, totaling 25.420 people, of whom 5.229 are Israeli soldiers, police officers, and members of the security forces, and XNUMX civilians who lost their lives due to war and terrorism.
The siren to commemorate the day sounded across the country, marking the beginning of the ceremonies and initiating a minute of silence and a cessation of all activity.
On the eve of the 77th Anniversary of Independence Day, the population of Israel is 10.094.000. This is according to data from the Central Statistical Office, published on 29.4.2025. In 23 years, that is, on the 100th Anniversary of Independence Day of the State of Israel, the country's population is expected to number 15,2 million inhabitants.
Metropolitan Pavlos of Servia & Kozani in his sermon on the evening of Maundy Thursday 17.4.2025 he said, among other things: “The greatest sin is ingratitude. To condemn and lead to death the person who benefited you here is a crime in cold blood”, said, among other things, in his sermon the Metropolitan of Servia & Kozani Mr. Pavlos referring to the Jews, concluding that: “I am not an anti-Semite but this is the truth” (Video HERE)
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