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• Alleged Palestinian terrorist arrested in Athens

  February 14, 2011 7:58pm

  Athens police arrested an alleged Palestinian terrorist accused of being in Greece to plan a major attack in Europe.

• U.S. Jewish leaders assured on Greece-Israel ties

  February 14, 2011 12:06am

  Greek officials assured a visiting delegation of American Jewish leaders that relations between Israel and Greece are serious and have nothing to do with the cooling of Israel’s ties with Turkey.

• Greek mayor in Israel on tourism business

  February 10, 2011 8:01pm

  Salonika Mayor Yannis Boutaris is visiting Israel to learn how to bring more Israeli tourists to Greece’s second largest city.

• ‘Zorba’ composer declares himself an anti-Semite

  February 9, 2011 7:16pm

  Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis said in a television interview that he is an “anti-Semite and anti-Zionist.”

• Israel, Greece agree to establish disaster force

  January 14, 2011 12:32am

  Israel and Greece agreed to set up a regional force to deal with natural disasters following a meeting between the foreign ministers of the two countries.

• Greek government condemns priest Seraphim

  December 23, 2010 10:50pm

  The Greek government condemned a high-level Orthodox priest for making anti-Semitic statements during a television interview.

• Leading priest blames Jews for Greece’s problems

  December 22, 2010 12:48am

  A high-level priest on the morning show of the largest television station in Greece blamed world Jewry for Greece’s financial problems.

• Greece-Israel relations soar as ties with Turkey fade

  December 14, 2010 8:14pm

  As two Mediterranean democracies in a region dominated by Islamic countries, Greece and Israel have become close over the past six months, ever since ties between Israel and Turkey, Greece’s chief rival, took a nosedive. Until 18 years ago, Greece and Israel didn’t even have diplomatic ties.

• Greek human rights activists acquitted

  December 6, 2010 7:39pm

  Three Greek human rights activists on trial for speaking out against judges who had acquitted a Holocaust-denying ultranationalist politician were acquitted.

• Greece’s Jewish museum defaced

  July 25, 2010 5:27pm

  Vandals painted red swastikas on the walls of the Jewish Museum of Greece in Athens.