Israelis hide their identity in Greece
Sun 3:55 pm +00:00, 30 Aug 2026Israel is arming Greece,
Athens treats Israel as a vital partner, above all as a counterweight to Turkey.
But arms sales, high rents blamed on Israeli property buyers, and revulsion at the Gaza war are turning that partnership into a domestic liability.
Critics call the relationship asymmetrical, even colonial.
Can Israel’s friendship with Athens survive its own unpopularity?
Mathilda Mallinson is joined by former CIA analyst and host of John Kiriakou’s Briefing Room, John Kiriakou.
Israelis buying huge lands in Greece, whole suburbs of Cyprus, a military and a Mossad base.
Huge gas field discovered off south coast of Cyprus.
The Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean are getting away from the USA.
Into the power vacuum the Israelis can move. They bomb Syria twenty miles from Turkish border. No one does anything about it. Armenian, Greek, Israeli ambassadors all sit together at international get-togethers.
Israelis are taking over real estate in Greece and so on. Protests against Israelis in the streets – Israelis can’t disembark from cruise ships. Israelis want the world to overlook the genocides in Iran, Syria, Lebanon, West Bank and Gaza.
