Greece–Israel relations

Greek-Israeli relations

Greece
Israel

Greek-Israeli relations refers to the bilateral relations between Greece and Israel.

Since May 1991,[1] diplomatic relations between the two countries have been upgraded from Diplomatic Representation to Embassy level. Greece is represented in Israel through its embassy in Tel Aviv, its Consulate General in Jerusalem, and an honorary consulate in Haifa. Israel is represented in Greece through its embassy in Athens. Whilst relations between the two countries have been less warm in the late 20th century, since 2008 they have become the strongest relations in the Eastern Mediterranean. Israel and Greece consider each other as their stronger collaborator in the aspects of military, intelligence, economy and culture.[2] Both countries are part of the Energy Triangle which referred to the extraction of oil and gas from both Israel and Cyprus by 2015, which will be delivered to mainland Europe with a pipeline through Greece. Israel-Greece relations have been heavily influenced by the relation between Israel and Turkey.[3]

History

Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki.
The White Tower of Thessaloniki, marking the southeastern edge of Jewish quarter of Thessaloniki, "the Mother of Israel".

Along with Cuba, Greece was one of only two Christian-majority nations to vote against the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine. Following the signing of armistice agreements confirming Israel's survival in the aftermath of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Greece recognized the State of Israel on 15 March 1949,[4] although it was diplomatically represented in Tel Aviv on lower-than-embassy level. Bilateral trade doubled between 1989 and 1995. That year Israel exported $200 million worth of chemicals and oil products to Greece and imported $150 million worth of cement, food, and building materials. Israel is the second largest importer of Greek products in the Middle East. In the 1990s, Greece signed a defense cooperation agreement with Israel. While Greece has traditionally been supportive of the Palestinians, efforts were made to improve ties with Israel.[5] Tensions existed due to Israel's perception of Greek favoritism towards the Arabs and support of terrorists, particularly under Andreas Papandreou who was Greek prime minister twice, in 1981–89 and 1993-96.[6] Israeli military cooperation with Turkey in the 1990s also contributed to the poor relations,[7][8] as have controversies over the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem.[9] In August 2010, Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu became the first Israeli Prime Minister to visit Greece. On his two-day tour, the Prime Minister discussed with the Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou the possibility of expanding strategic ties and establishing greater cooperation between the nations' militaries and related industries. Israeli diplomats expressed their consent to expand ties with Greece since relations with Turkey soured following the Gaza flotilla incident in May 2010.[10][11]

Current relations

Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel Daniel Ayalon with Deputy FM Dollis of Greece on 22 November 2011
Foreign Minister of Israel Liberman meets with Greek Prime Minister Papandreou

Relations between Greece and Israel improved since 1995 due to the decline of Israeli-Turkish relations under the AK Party of prime minister Erdoğan, Greece's desire to increase its deterrent power against Turkey, the death of Papandreou in June 1996, and the improvement in U.S.-Greece relations.[12] In 2006, President Moshe Katsav visited Greece, in what was the first official visit by an Israeli head of state.[5][13] Greece–Israel relations improved as Turkish-Israel relations worsened in the aftermath of the Gaza flotilla raid in May 2010. In July 2010 Greek Prime minister George Papandreou (son of Andreas Papandreou) made an official visit to Israel after many years, in order to improve bilateral relations between the two countries.[14] During Netanyahu's reciprocal visit in August 2010, the leaders of the two states discussed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iran, and military and economic cooperation in a one-on-one meeting that lasted an hour and a half.[15] In January 2011 Foreign Minister of Israel Avigdor Liberman made a state visit to Athens. During that visit, the two countries reportedly set up a joint committee to study ways of improving cooperation on strategic and anti-terror issues.[16][17]

Military collaboration

The Israeli and Greek Navies joined forces near Piraeus
Two Israeli Air Force Apache Longbows alongside a Greek Apache during a joint exercise, June 2011

In October 2010, the Israeli and Greek air forces trained jointly in Greece. According to the BBC, this signified a boost in ties that was due in large part to Israel's rift with Turkey.[18][19]

Israel was grateful to Greece for its role in thwarting the planned second Gaza flotilla in 2011.[20][21]

In November 2011, the Israeli Air Force hosted Greece’s Hellenic Air Force in a joint exercise at the Uvda base.[22][23] Greece sent five F-16 block 52 fighter jets for a five-day exercise, which included practice air fights as well as ground attacks. Israeli F-15 and F-16 fighter jets also participated in the exercise, along with Boeing fuel supplier airplanes.[24]

Similar training was held in 2012 by the IAF in cooperation with the Hellenic Air Force in the Peloponnese and parts of southern Greece in a response to the need of the IAF training of pilots in unfamiliar areas.[25][26]

On March 14, 2013, the navies of Israel, Greece and the US held a two-week joint military exercise for the third year in a row. The annual operation is nicknamed Noble Dina and was established in 2011. Similar to Noble Dina in 2012, the exercise in 2013 included defending offshore natural gas platforms and simulated air-to-air combat and anti-submarine warfare.[27][28][29][30]

Blue Flag

"Blue Flag" exercise on Ovda Air Force Base
Israeli and Greek officers in May 2012 when the two armies conducted a joint-drill near the port of Piraeus

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In November 2013 Israel hosted its biggest aerial maneuver drill code-named 'Blue Flag'. The exercise included seven combat squadrons from the Israeli Air Force and one squadron each from the air forces of Greece, the United States and Italy. Half of Israel’s air space has been closed to traffic for the exercise, extending from the center of the country southwards. The pilots practised attacks on enemy bases and as tactics for combating anti-aircraft measures, including shoulder-held missiles, advanced surface-to-air missiles and radar systems.[31][32] Observers including military attaches and representatives from Cyprus and Bulgaria were viewing the drill.[33]

Opening of Military Attaché Office in Athens

In April 2014 the IDF and the Ministry of Defense of Israel announce the closure of their military attaché office in Switzerland during the summer of 2014 and that it was decided to open a new military attaché office in Greece due to the growing military cooperation between the two countries and as a counterweight to the decline of defense relations with Turkey. Until April 2014 the military attaché in Italy was also responsible for transactions and security relations in Greece, however after the announcement of the decision Athens will host a permanent military attaché who will address security relations between Greece and Israel directly.[34][35]

Energy cooperation

Coordination between Israeli and Greek delegations ahead of the Sixty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly

The joint Cyprus-Israel oil and gas explorations centered on the Leviathan gas field are also an important factor for Greece, given its strong links with Cyprus.[2][36][37] ΔΕΗ-Quantum Energy, a Cyprus-based group including Greece's state-controlled power utility Public Power Corporation of Greece (PPC, also known as ΔΕΗ) is planning to lay the world's longest subsea power cable, linking Israel, Cyprus and Greece. The link, called the EuroAsia Interconnector project, would be the longest in the world.[23][38] The tripartite energy memorandum of understanding came after nearly a year of negotiations and was signed in Nicosia, Cyprus, by Energy and Water Resources Minister Silvan Shalom; Nicos Kouyialis, the Cypriot minister of agriculture, natural resources and environment; and George Lakkotrypis, the Greek minister for the environment, energy and climate change.

On 8 August Greece, Israel and Cyprus signed the tripartite energy memorandum of understanding after the completion of one year negotiation in Nicosia. Negotiations were held between the Energy and Water Resources Minister of Israel Silvan Shalom, the Cypriot minister of agriculture, natural resources and environment Nicos Kouyialis and the Greek minister of environment, energy and climate change George Lakkotrypis.[39] The 2,000-mega-watt EuroAsia Interconnector is planned to lift Cyprus and Israel out of energy isolation through cheaper electricity as supported by George Lakkotrypis. Silvan Shalom announced that the agreement is "historic" and insisted that it demonstrated the powerful relations between the countries the three countries adding that the electric conduit will become a cable and is going to export electricity to the European energy market.[40][41][42] The Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras proclaimed on 8 August that Israel has a special role to play in supplying Europe with energy resources and supported that it can become a key energy hub.[43]

Electricity connection between Cyprus, Israel and Greece

Electricity connection between Hadera of Israel and Vasilikos in Cyprus is one of the projects that will be funded by the European Union in the framework of the programme Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).[44] According to a press release issued by the European Commission the amount earmarked for the Hadera Israel-Vasilikos Cyprus connection is approximately €1.325m. The project is based on an undersea cable for the connection of the electricity systems of Israel, Cyprus and Greece. Its capacity will be 2000 MW and its length approximately 1518 km. It will include three connections: 329 km between Israel and Cyprus, 879 km between Cyprus and Crete and 310 km between Crete and mainland Greece and will allow electricity transmission to both directions.[45]

Cooperation between Israeli and Greek lobbies in the United States

Pressure group "Hellenic-Israel Alliance" chaired by Congressmen Ted Deutch and Gus Bilirakis is estimated to become the most influential pressure group in Congress by 2014
Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos meeting with David Harris, the President of the Organisation of American Jewish Committee in Athens in July 2012

A new joint action committee for the Greek-Israeli alliance has been created in the U.S. Congress in early 2013. The creation and goals of the Greek-Israeli Caucus under the name Congressional Hellenic-Israel Alliance were announced at a special event held in the Congress.[46] It is co-chaired by Congress members Gus Bilirakis the Republican representative from Florida and Ted Deutch the Democrat from Florida, and the Greek-Israeli Caucus consists of powerful members of both Republican and Democratic party. It is estimated that it may become the most important pressure group in Congress by 2014.[47][48][49]

On 13 March 2013 in Washington the Israeli ambassador Michael Oren hosted the launching of a new congressional grouping dedicated to improving Israeli-Greek-Cypriot ties.[50][51][52] Attending the launch were the co-chairmen of the newly established Hellenic-Israel Caucus, Ted Deutch and Gus Bilirakis as well as lawmakers including John Sarbanes and Eliot Engel, the senior Democrat on the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee. Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren in his remarks at the dinner at his residence touted shared economic and strategic interests among Greece, Cyprus and Israel. The Greek ambassador Christos Panagopoulos in Washington announced that cooperation among the three countries would bring “peace, stability and prosperity” to the region. Also addressing the event was Olympia Neocleous, the chargé d'affaires at the Cypriot embassy in Washington.[53][54]

With the passing of Greek-American Leader Andrew Athens, the AJC has honored his pioneering work to advance Greek-Jewish and Hellenic-Israeli ties more than once. The most recent occasion occurred in recognition of Athens’ 90th birthday before AJC’s National Board of Governors and invited guests from the political and diplomatic communities, in his hometown of Chicago in 2011. Partnering early on with his cherished friend, the late Maynard Wishner, a fellow Chicagoan and AJC national leader, Athens spearheaded a number of joint AJC and Greek-American delegations to Greece, Cyprus and Israel.[55][56][57]

Agricultural Co-operation

Firefighting delegation with airplanes and helicopters from Greece rallied to help Israel stop the spread of fire

The arid topography of Israel has spurred Israeli scientists to develop innovative farming methods and desalination technologies. The start of an efficient desalination by Israeli scientists as planned will be a boost to many of Greece’s islands such as Santorini that suffer inadequate freshwater reserves and must often rely on shipped water.[58][59] Agricultural Development and Foods Minister Athanassios Tsaftaris in a visit to Israel with Israeli Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Orit Noked in 2011 emphasised that both governments are very interested in further boosting agricultural development.[60][61][62]

Cultural relations

Exterior view of the Monastir Synagogue in Thessaloniki
The Greek Altar of Calvary, Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem

Many of the most promiment Orthodox Christian and Jewish interfaith officials, scholars and clerics held a three-day conference in Thessaloniki in June 2013 to discuss the crucial importance of protecting the environment and religious values and condemned events of anti-Semitism and religious prejudice around the world. The meeting had an aim to help improve even further relations between these two ancient faith communities.[63] Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has declared 2013 the Year of Global Solidarity thus Metropolitan Emmanuel declared: “It is well documented that Greeks living in Thessaloniki at the time of the Shoah stood with their Jewish neighbors and friends. Today, more than ever, we must stand together to battle the evils of anti-Semitism, religious prejudice and all forms of discrimination.”[62][64][65][66] The Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem is an autocephalous Orthodox Church within the wider communion of Orthodox Christianity and it is headed by the Patriarch of Jerusalem and it is regarded by Orthodox Christians as the mother church of all of Christendom. Christians believe that it was in Jerusalem that the Church was established on the day of Pentecost with the descent of the Holy Spirit on the disciples of Jesus Christ (Acts 2:1-41) and that the Gospel of Christ spread from Jerusalem. The Church celebrates its liturgy in the Byzantine rite, whose original language is Koine Greek, and follows its own calendar of feasts.

Greek singers to Israel

Glykeria during a concert held in Rishon LeZion, September 2013.

Greek music is considered the most popular foreign genre in Israel after Anglo (American/British) music. Israel is the top destination for Greek Music concerts among Germany, the United Kingdom and Cyprus.[67] Popular Greek singers who have performed in Israel include Eleftheria Arvanitaki, George Dalaras,[68] Haris Alexiou,[69] Glykeria[70] and Natassa Theodoridou.[71] In December 2012 Natassa Theodoriou performed some of her songs in Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center in Hebrew. In 2007 during the interview of Shimon Peres by Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation on George Dalaras concert in Israel, President Peres stated: "In Israel we love the Greek Music. For us Greece is a country but also a melody".

“ "In Israel we love the Greek Music. For us Greece is a country but also a melody". ”

A special broadcasting day of Greek classical and modern music was organised on 12 June 2013 by the Israel Broadcasting Authority, in cooperation with the Embassy of Greece in Tel Aviv. The program started with an hourly show, presented by Ambassador Lampridis and the Director of the Radio Station Arie Yass with an emphasis on the roots and the historical evolution of modern Greek music. During the whole day, Kol Ha Musica broadcast works of modern Greek composers including Hatzidakis, Theodorakis, Spanoudakis, Remboutsika, Karaidrou, Mikroutsikos and Markopoulos. The programme also included Sephardi music from Thessaloniki and Rhodes.

Israeli Radio show "Yaron Enosh" is almost completely dedicated to Greece, the Greek culture, music, philosophy and history and has an audience of approximately 800,000 Israeli listeners. In Israel there are 12 internet radio stations that broadcast exclusively Greek music.[72]

Greek resistance to the Holocaust

Greek Jews visit the Auschwitz concentration camp
Visit of Greek Foreign Minister Dimitrios Droutsas to Holocaust Museum Yad Vashem, being explained about a painting depicting the deportation of Greek Jews from Thessaloniki. There are 315 Greeks who have been awarded as Righteous Among the Nations.

Greece is ranked as the first country in the Balkans with most people who were awarded as Righteous Among the Nations. The Greek population was significantly active in hiding fellow Greeks of Jewish religion. Even though Jews of Thessaloniki were easily deported from Thessaloniki collaboration was minimal in Athens and there Nazi propaganda was not as effective, as the ancient Romaniote Jewish communities were well-integrated into the Orthodox Greek society and could not easily be singled out from the Christians, who in turn were more ready to resist the German authorities' demands. The Archbishop of Athens Damaskinos ordered his priests to ask their congregations to help the Jews and sent a strong-worded letter of protest to the collaborationist authorities and the Germans. Many Orthodox Christians risked their lives hiding Jews in their apartments and homes, despite threat of imprisonment. Even the Greek police ignored instructions to turn over Jews to the Germans. When Jewish community leaders appealed to Prime Minister Ioannis Rallis, he tried to alleviate their fears by saying that the Jews of Thessaloniki had been guilty of subversive activities and that this was the reason they were deported. At the same time, Elias Barzilai, the Grand Rabbi of Athens, was summoned to the Department of Jewish Affairs and told to submit a list of names and addresses of members of the Jewish community. Instead he destroyed the community records, thus saving the lives of thousands of Athenian Jews. He advised the Jews of Athens to flee or go into hiding. A few days later, the Rabbi himself was spirited out of the city by EAM-ELAS fighters and joined the resistance. EAM-ELAS helped hundreds of Jews escape and survive (especially officer Stefanos Sarafis), many of whom stayed with the resistance as fighters and/or interpreters.

At Zakynthos, the commandant ordered Metropolitan Bishop Chrysostomos and Mayor Lucas Carrer to submit a list with the names of all the Jews that lived on the island, together with details of their assets within 24 hours. They gave him an envelope with only their names (bishop’s and the mayor’s). Not a single Jew of the 275 that lived on Zakynthos was deported. The bishop and the mayor had informed the leader of the Jewish community, Moses Ganis, of the German plans, prompting a massive operation to hide the island’s Jews in villages, farms and the homes of Christians, no one betrayed them, no one confessed to knowing where they were hiding.[73]

Visits

Formal meeting between the Greek Foreign Minister Dimitrios Droutsas and the Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Athens in January 2011
Hosting of Israel Defense Minister Ehud Barak by Greek Foreign Minister Stavros Dimas in Athens
Working visit of Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, July 2015 in Jerusalem
Guest Host Place of visit Date of visit
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Greece Prime Minister George Papandreou Athens, Greece August 2010
Israel Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman Greece Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas Athens, Greece 13–17 January 2011
Greece Energy Minister Giorgos Papakonstantinou Israel Environmental Protection Minister Gilad Erdan Tel Aviv, Israel November 2011
Israel Defence Minister Ehud Barak Greece Defence Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos Attica, Greece January 2012
Greece Former Prime Minister George Papandreou Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Shimon Peres Jerusalem, Israel 9–12 January 2012
Greece Deputy Foreign Minister Demetri Dollis Israel Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon Jerusalem, Israel 28 February 2012
Israel President Shimon Peres Greece Prime Minister Antonis Samaras Maximos Mansion, Athens August 2012
Greece Minister of Tourism Olga Kefalogianni Israel President Shimon Peres Jerusalem, Israel January 2013
Greece Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Jerusalem, Israel May 2013
Greece Prime Minister Antonis Samaras Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Jerusalem, Israel October 2013
Israel Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman Greece President Karolos Papoulias Athens, Greece March 2014
Israel Head of Israeli Navy Ram Rothberg Greece Head of Greek Navy Evangelos Apostolakis Athens, Greece July 2014
Greece Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Jerusalem, Israel July 2015
Greece Minister of Defense Panos Kammenos Israel Minister of Defense Moshe Ya'alon Jerusalem, Israel July 2015
Greece President Prokopis Pavlopoulos Israel President Reuven Rivlin Jerusalem, Israel March 2016

Country comparison

 Greece  Israel
Population 10,815,197 (2012)[74] 8,462,000 (2015 est.)[75]
Area 131,990 km2 (50,962 sq mi) 20,770 km2 (8,019 sq mi)
Population Density 82/km2 (212/sq mi) 347/km2 (899/sq mi)
Capital Athens Jerusalem
Largest City Athens – 3,090,508 (3,753,783 Metro)[74] Jerusalem – 890,428 (1,029,300 Metro)
Government Parliamentary republic Parliamentary republic
First Head of State Ioannis Kapodistrias David Ben-Gurion
Current Head of State Prokopis Pavlopoulos Benjamin Netanyahu
Official languages Greek Hebrew and Arabic
Main religions 98% Christianity, 0.9% Muslim, 1.1% Others 75.4% Jews, 20.89% Muslim, 7.8% Others
Ethnic groups 93.76% Greeks, 4.32% Albanians, 0.39% Bulgarians,
0.23% Romanians, 0.18% Ukrainians, 0.14% Pakistani,
0.12% Russians, 0.12% Georgians. 0.09% Indians, 0.65% Others		 75,4% Jews, 20,6% Arab, 4,1% Others
GDP (nominal) US$207 billion ($18,863 per capita) US$305 billion ($38,004 per capita)
Military expenditures $7.5 billion (2.3% of GDP) $23.2 billion (7.6% of GDP)
Military Troops 109,070 176,500
English Speakers 51% 84.97%
Labour Forces 4,918,000 3,493,000

See also

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