Athens mayor: ‘We do not take lessons from those who kill civilians’
https://www.jns.org/athens-mayor-we-do-not-take-lessons-from-those-who-kill-civilians/
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Athens mayor: ‘We do not take lessons from those who kill civilians’
https://www.jns.org/athens-mayor-we-do-not-take-lessons-from-those-who-kill-civilians/
by Wagamaga
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The mayor of Athens lashed out at Israel’s ambassador to Greece following the envoy’s condemnation of antisemitic graffiti in the city, declaring, “we do not take lessons from those who kill civilians,” and accusing Jerusalem of carrying out “an unprecedented genocide” in Gaza.
The war of words comes amid a series of antisemitic incidents targeting Israelis in Greece since the onset of the nearly two-year conflict with Hamas in Gaza.
Israeli Ambassador to Greece Noam Katz told the Kathimerini daily that Israeli tourists have felt “uncomfortable” in Athens, citing the mayor’s failure to act against “organized minorities” responsible for antisemitic graffiti.
In response, Doukas fired back on X, stating, “We have proved our strong opposition to violence and racism, and we do not take lessons in democracy from those who kill civilians.”
“Israeli tourists have felt “uncomfortable” in Athens”
Thats the mindset of conquerors, not tourists.
Greece, and especially Athens, is the melting pot from civilizations across 3 continents, if you feel uneasy, then maybe you shouldn’t come here at the first place.
If Athens had a “strong opposition to violence and racism” and racism then we wouldn’t be seeing that kind of bigoted graffiti. We’d also see more concern shown towards bigotry in the city Athens’ mayor is responsible for.
A Syrian screamed [‘F*ck Israel, I’m Hamas’](https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-says-man-screamed-fck-israel-im-hamas-bit-part-of-his-ear-off-in-greece/) and bit off an ear of an Israeli in Athens because he heard him talk Hebrew. [Kosher Jewish restaurants get vandalized](https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-860884). There are Jew[ hunter groups walking](https://www.europeaninterest.eu/athens-is-not-safe-for-jews-antisemite-assault-battalions-patrol-tourist-areas-of-the-greek-capital/) around Athens looking to beat up Jews.
Yeah, Athens has an antisemtisim problem and seeing how the mayor fails to address the violent sentiment and doubles down I can absolutely see why.
The latest trend in “progressiveness” is witch-hunting
Don’t have to take their lessons but still can do something about antisemitism, it’s not that difficult to do the right thing. unless of course you’re an antisemite and antisemitism is your schtick…
>Israeli Ambassador to Greece Noam Katz told the Kathimerini daily that Israeli tourists have felt “uncomfortable” in Athens, citing the mayor’s failure to act against “organized minorities” responsible for antisemitic graffiti.
How about the ambassador talk to Israeli goverment about how violence and attacks on christians in Israel (spitting,destruction of church property,violent attacks,harrasment….people can easily google) has increased tenfold in recent years. Wonder do those people feel comfortable with that?
But i am sure graffiti makes some tourists uncomfortable here after all imagine your goverment effectively destroying a city,killing thousands of innocent people,starting multiple fronts…..but you go ahead and go on a cruise to the mediteranean.
The ammount of delusion is crazy.
Well said.
>*Athens mayor: ‘We do not take lessons from those who kill civilians’*
Proceed to increase the number of russian tourists instead.
Apparently some civilians count less then others.
The amount of astroturfing that goes on to try and make the horrific actions of Israel is stomach turning.
“Israeli tourists have felt uncomfortable”.
Bet they still get to eat though. Really don’t have any sympathy. Perhaps look at your government and realize they’re doing something bad. Instead a lot of Israelis jump on social media and joke about Palestinians not having food or water.
As an Athenian, this makes me proud.
If there was graffiti in Jerusalem that was against something the Greeks did would that be anti Greek Orthodox?
Unfortunately, anti-Semitism is on the rise worldwide, including here. This forum alone is a clear indication of this. This post clearly shows that anti-Semitism is also on the rise, as many people cannot distinguish between the actions of a government, the soldiers of a government, and the ordinary civilians of a country.
wow, this thread was really hijacked by israeli bots. someone is getting really nervous. good.
If only other EU countries had balls like Greece
Gee, I wish the mayors of Americas cities would say this to ICE and to police unions when cops kill unarmed citizens. Wouldn’t that be nice?
“They felt uncomfortable” – well indeed, you’re citizens of a state commiting war crimes and settlements in a foreign territory. I would feel uncomfortable as well, but self-reflection doesn’t seem to be a character trait amongst Israeli politicians.
Of course, not my circus, not my monkeys for that absolute clown show in the Middle-East.
So the ambassador is concerned about graffiti?!
While starving 2m people is a mere trifle….
Good job Greece 👏
Israelis are literally slaughtering Western visitors in the West Bank. Everyone is fine with that.
Oh but look, graffiti!
Arrest Netanyahu
Imagine how people’s minds would change if you were to replace Israeli with Russian or any other minority?
The main problem with these controversies is that the current Israeli government, and their fans, will describe literally anything that isn’t *sufficiently pro-Israel* as antisemitic. According to this view, the vast majority of human rights organizations worldwide, including some Israeli ones, are antisemitic, as are a variety of Western governments that have called out Israel’s atrocious behavior. There are ‘advocacy’ outlets whose entire job is literally just writing long articles about how the UN is Hamas and part of an Islamic religious plot to subvert international order to bring advantage to themselves (sounds familiar?).
So us poor fucking normal people who just like using words for their meaning are in a bit of a crying wolf situation. When we hear ‘antisemitic incident’ from external sources, how are we supposed to know what we’re actually hearing about? Is it a Jewish person being punched in the face, or a ‘Free Palestine’ graffiti that got an Israeli national real spooked?
I have resigned to no longer caring for these ‘advocacy’ or ‘official’ (Israeli) sources, personally. There are very clear, atrocious episodes of antisemitism that have the war as merely a thinly-veiled excuse, these are reported widely on news internationally and do not require me to believe an Israeli official at their word. For everything else, it’s no longer distinguishable from noise.
Interesting comments considering Greece has had such a rosy experience with Islam throughout their history
Honestly that’s a win for Greece.
Turkish genocidal monsters and greek authoritarians say something something and no one cared
I’m fine with Greece rising to become the center of the world again
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