Athens, We Have a Problem: New Greek Left Solidifies Anti-Israel Stance

The center-right government moves to deport foreign students protesting Israel, but a united left in Greece — as elsewhere in Europe — appears to rally in the opposite direction.

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Greek opposition leader Stefanos Kasselakis at Athens, September 25, 2023. AP/Yorgos Karahalis, file

Weeks after Hamas’s murderous October 7 rampage Jerusalem’s ambassador to Greece, Noam Katz, spoke to a packed audience at Athens about the nature of Hamas and the ongoing threat the terrorist group poses to regional stability. One individual conspicuously absent from the prestigious Athens Security Forum was the newish head of Greece’s left-wing Syriza opposition party, Stefanos Kasselakis. 

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