Jews are to blame for the Greek government’s plans to remove religion from the country’s identity cards, according to the leader of Greece’s Orthodox Church. Archbishop Christodoulos said U.S. Jewish leaders persuaded Prime Minister Costas Simitis in 1996 to change the identity cards. The leader of Greece’s Jewish community said that Greece’s 5,000 Jews do oppose listing citizens’ religion on their identity cards, but did not pressure the government on the issue.
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