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Al Jazeera
Politics
John Psaropoulos

Once pro-Palestinian, Greece is now one of Israel’s closest European allies

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Jerusalem, on October 23, 2023 [Dimitris Papamitsos/Greek Prime Minister's Office/Handout]

Athens, Greece – Greece has emerged as a key supporter of Israel in the Eastern Mediterranean, a position unimaginable little more than a decade ago and apparently at odds with public opinion.

“I come here not just as an ally but as a true friend,” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, in Tel Aviv on October 23, as the latest Middle East conflict flared.

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