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Speaking exclusively to SKAI and Apostolos Maggiriadis, Israeli Ambassador Yossi Amrani mentioned the importance of tripartite structures in the region, but also the role of Turkey and Egypt.
In relation to the recent statements of the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and the questioning of the sovereignty of the Greek islands, Mr. Amrani pointed out the need for all countries to respect the sovereign rights of their neighbors in the region, referring to the recent Greece-Cyprus-Israel declaration.
Mr. Ambassador, what are the main conclusions from the last tripartite meeting in Israel between the leaders of Greece, Israel and Cyprus?
Follow. I think continuity and tradition would be the most important conclusions of the visit of Prime Minister Mitsotakis, as well as Cypriot President Anastasiades to Israel, which was the first meeting with the new leadership of Israel. And the importance of the tripartite lies in the continued commitment of the three parties to the cooperation scheme, to continue to work together for peace, stability, security, prosperity in the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean.
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The importance that Israel attaches to the tripartite cooperation with Greece and Cyprus, as well as Greece's strategic role in the region, was highlighted by the Israeli ambassador in Athens, Yossi Amrani.
In today's press briefing at the Israeli embassy ahead of the 9th tripartite Greece-Israel-Cyprus meeting in Jerusalem next Tuesday 7.12.2021, Yossi Amrani emphasized that despite the cancellation of all official visits that have been imposed to Israel for the next two weeks, the meeting the one between the three leaders will take place following a personal decision by Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. "And I think this is a very clear indication of the importance that the Prime Minister of Israel attaches to the relationship with these two countries. And the tripartite is one such" he emphasized characteristically.
At the same time, he announced that Greece is a very important player in regional diplomacy and emphasized that it can be the glue in bringing different countries to different forms of cooperation on different issues.
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80 years have passed since the massacre of thousands of Jews in the Babi Yar ravine, in Kiev, Ukraine. Over the course of two days, October 29 and 30, 1941, approximately 34.000 Jewish residents of Kiev were exterminated by machine gun fire. But today, there is almost nothing that reminds of the tragic events: the Nazis made sure to wipe out every trace. When they saw that they were losing the war, they returned to Babi Yar, opened the mass graves and burned the bodies.
"Only ashes remained" he says sadly in statements he made within the framework of the Democratic Forum of Athens Patrick Debois, Catholic priest and founder of the organization Yahad – In Unum, which searches for mass graves of Jews in Eastern Europe. SEE HERE RELATED VIDEO
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In 2020, the UN General Assembly passed 17 resolutions against Israel for human rights violations, and only six related resolutions for six of the other 192 member states. 21% of UN Human Rights Council resolutions focus on just one state - Israel!
This unacceptable unilateralism wanted to be embellished by the Association of Transatlantic Friends of Israel (TFI), as part of an initiative of the AJC Transatlantic Institute in view of the convening of the UN General Assembly on 14.9.2021. Thus, on 13.9.2021, the TFI leadership promoted the "Declaration to end discrimination against Israel" to the EU member states, the United Kingdom, Norway and Switzerland, as well as to the EU leadership and G.G. of the UN.
The Declaration was signed by 313 MPs, MEPs, ministers, from all over Europe, North America and Israel. The 26 Greek politicians who signed the text were in attendance, while MEP Anna Michelle Asimakopoulou, together with Austrian MEP Lucas Mandl, are the initiators of the initiative.
"It is time for EU member states and other democratic countries to follow the US' example and vote against unilateral UN resolutions that unfairly target Israel." Ms. Asimakopoulou said characteristically. See here is the video promoting the campaign. Read on here the Declaration (in English) at the AJC Transatlantic Institute website, and see here the 313 politicians who sign it.
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Powergame.gr, 19.7.2021: Greece's role is critical in the complex and turbulent Eastern Mediterranean region to shield stability and security in the wider region, says Mr. David Harris, CEO of the American Jewish Committee (AJC).
Turkey has overestimated its strategic role, he emphasizes in an interview with Powergame.gr and Georgette Zolota.
Inspired by the first steps of the EU, he believes that Greece can contribute to bringing together the countries of North Africa, the Middle East and the Balkans in the field of energy, electricity and the environment.
Mr. Harris took part in the recent 25th Economist Roundtable in Greece.
Greece is located in a quite sensitive and sensitive region of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans. How do you see Athens managing these multiple challenges?
Having familiarized myself with the area, I can understand without any difficulty the references to the sensitive and nervous nature of the area. It is complex, turbulent and, at the same time, vitally important. This is why the insightful and impressive leadership that Greece has shown is so necessary, especially when it is enhanced through the strategic triangle with Cyprus and Israel that has been developing in recent years.
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"If the Arabs lay down their arms, then there will be no war - if the Israelis lay down their arms, then there will be no Israel." This saying is attributed to Golda Meir, the first female prime minister of Israel, when the Jewish state was surrounded by Arab states that sought to destroy it, with successive wars that they had waged against it, as early as the first day of its independence, on the 14 May 1948.
Unfortunately, the same phrase is still relevant in 2021. It could be seen as a communication trick of the Israelis to win the sympathy of public opinion. But let's see if it applies in the field of the long-term confrontation, which today is at the center of Israel's conflict with Hamas on its southern border and with Hezbollah and Syria in the north.
That is, if Hamas abandoned the war of attrition against Israel, does anyone doubt that the very next day the blockade of the Gaza Strip would have been lifted? Israel has no territorial claims to this strip of land, instead withdrawing in 2005, hoping that the Palestinian Authority could take control of the area and isolate the Islamic movements of Hamas and Jihad. The disarmament of Gaza will mean a breath of fresh air for its struggling population, a new page of development and prosperity, a new road that will eventually lead to its union with the West Bank of Jordan, and the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside the state of Israel with secure borders. Free movement of people and goods, investment and improved living standards, an end to bloodshed - this would mean the disarmament of Gaza.
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Israel's ambassador to Greece Mr. Yossi Amrani gave interviews to the newspaper "Proto Thema" on 23.5.2021 to Nefeli Lygerou and to the website LIBERAL on 21.5.2021 to Ilias Tasopoulos regarding the crisis in the Middle East and the important role of Greece.
In his interview at Liberal sends the message that Israel has no interest in escalating the situation, speaks of the effort of Hamas, which, having lost all sense of restraint, is attempting to increase its political power and become the main force in the Palestinian Authority through violence , points out that the Palestinians must understand that the only way is through negotiations and peace, while making special mention of the role of third countries, saying that some incite and provoke elements of the Palestinian population.
- ARTICLE BY DORELLA CAMPHI ON THE CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
- INTERVIEW OF VICTOR H. ELIEZER ON THE MUNICIPAL RADIO OF IOANNINO ON THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST
- STATEMENT OF THE PRESIDENT IHRA AMBASSADOR CH. LAZARI ON THE RECENT ANTI-SEMITIC VIOLENCE AND HATE SPEECH RELATED TO THE CRISIS IN ISRAEL
- THE CULTURAL VALUE OF THE ALLIANCE WITH ISRAEL