{"id":796224,"date":"2026-05-14T16:43:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T16:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/796224\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T16:43:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T16:43:20","slug":"deputy-fm-greece-israel-relations-flourishing-large-scale-projects-advancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/796224\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputy FM: Greece-Israel relations ‘flourishing,’ large-scale projects advancing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greece-Israel relations are \u201cflourishing,\u201d Israel\u2019s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sharren Haskel told The Jerusalem Post, following a three-day diplomatic and economic mission to Athens<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The aim of the visit was to deepen the strategic partnership and alliance between Israel and Greece<\/a>, focusing primarily on infrastructure projects, energy, regional connectivity, and security.<\/p>\n

During the mission, the deputy minister served as a keynote speaker at the Maritime Med conference and the East Med Energy Transition Summit.<\/p>\n

She also held a series of high-level meetings with senior Greek officials, including Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexandra Papadopoulou, Deputy Minister<\/a> of Foreign Affairs for Economic Diplomacy Harry Theoharis, and Alternate Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Konstantinos Kyranakis.<\/p>\n

Haskel presented Israel\u2019s commitment to advancing large-scale regional infrastructure projects, most notably the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI). This strategic initiative involves a subsea electricity cable connecting the grids of Israel, Cyprus<\/a>, and Greece to mainland Europe. Additionally, Haskel emphasized the critical importance of the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) trade corridor as a \u201ccornerstone for global economic stability.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"DeputyDeputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sharren Haskel on a three-day diplomatic and economic mission to Athens. (credit: Courtesy Israel FM)<\/p>\n

\u201cRecent months have proven beyond a doubt that we cannot rely on trade routes or energy sectors that are vulnerable to radical and irresponsible actors,\u201d said Haskel.<\/p>\n

\u201cDependency on hostile coalitions is a tangible danger to the entire free world. The GSI project and our tight strategic alliance with Greece and Cyprus are game-changers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Israel will be ‘critical’ to Europe’s energy security<\/strong><\/p>\n

She explained that Israel is becoming a reliable and central energy hub that will \u201cnot only ensure regional prosperity,\u201d but also \u201cserve as a critical pillar of Europe\u2019s energy security.\u201d<\/p>\n

The deputy minister also held a special meeting with the leadership of the Jewish community in Athens.<\/p>\n

Haskel told the Post that the leaders expressed much concern over the rise of antisemitism in Europe.<\/p>\n

However, she said that the Greek government has implemented many programs to tackle antisemitism, so the situation in Greece has \u201cnot been as bad.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Jewish community is absolutely incredible. They\u2019re so active and participatory in not just creating this community, which is tiny, but they\u2019re combating challenges to make sure that what\u2019s happening in Europe will not happen in Greece.\u201d<\/p>\n

Haskel also presented Papadopoulou with the \u201cSilenced No More\u201d report. This 300-page document, authored by the Civil Commission on Hamas\u2019s Crimes Against Women and Children, chronicles the institutionalized and systematic sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas against men, women, and children starting on October 7.<\/p>\n

The meeting focused on the report\u2019s finding that these acts of violence were not incidental but served as a deliberate strategic weapon within Hamas\u2019s broader offensive.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be able to give [Papadopoulou] that, to talk about the tragedy and the weaponizing of sexual violence against women, children, and men and the mutilation and everything that happened on October 7 \u2013 that was very meaningful,\u201d Haskel told the Post.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really glad I had the opportunity to give that to her, so that she can personally see this and gain all the evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Haskel also said that preserving the memory of October 7 and exposing the truth of the atrocities carried out is a \u201cmoral duty\u201d that she carries with her to every diplomatic meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Greece-Israel relations are \u201cflourishing,\u201d Israel\u2019s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sharren Haskel told The Jerusalem Post, following a…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":796225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5539,84276,56665,24918,99,50,184756],"class_list":{"0":"post-796224","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-athens","9":"tag-foreign-affairs","10":"tag-foreign-ministry","11":"tag-greece","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-sharren-haskel"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116573937535472041","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/796225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}