Tag Archives: Palestine

“I condemn in the clearest way the firing of thousands of rockets by Hamas against Israel,” Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias told reporters on Tuesday following meetings with officials of the Israeli government and the Palestinian authority. He reiterated Greece’s position that “Israel, like every country in the world, has …

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Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will visit Israel and the Palestinian territories on Tuesday and Egypt on Thursday, a foreign ministry announcement said on Monday. According to media, Greece aims to assume a mediator role between Israelis and Palestinians. Dendias will hold meetings with the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem …

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The escalation of violence in Jerusalem and Gaza must stop, the Greek foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. It stressed that Greece was deeply concerned about the recent rocket attacks on civilians in Israel, which were reprehensible, and called for an immediate end to them. “At the same …

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Palestinian Christians on Saturday pummeled the car of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III during a visit to the occupied West Bank in protest against the church’s decision to sell land to Jewish groups. Hundreds of Palestinians blocked Patriarch Theophilos III’s convoy as he drove to a church …

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The Greek Parliament unanimously voted a resolution recognizing the state of Palestine on Tuesday. the voting took place during a special parliamentary session attended also by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas currently on an official visit to Athens. PM Tsipras, President Abbas, Greek Parliament Speaker Voutsis “[The Greek parliament pledges] to …

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