Greece israel relations

Turkey key underlying issue as Israel, Greece, Cyprus hold summit - analysis

The trilateral partnership took shape some 15 years ago after Israel’s ties with Turkey deteriorated, even if it was initially framed in the language of energy cooperation and regional diplomacy.

DECEMBER 21, 2025|ByHERB KEINON

CYPRIOT PRESIDENT Nikos Christodoulides (C) holds a trilateral summit with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (R) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the presidential palace in the Cypriot capital Nicosia on September 4, 2023.

An Israel Navy Vessel seen outside the Ashdod port in southern Israel, June 9, 2025

Greece, Israel, Cyprus working on 2,500-strong force for Mediterranean defense - report

According to the report, Greece is analysing implementing Israeli measures, as well as offering a coordinated response mechanism to possible threats by enemy states.

DECEMBER 18, 2025|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN

A LORA quasi-ballistic missile by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is exhibited at the DEFEA Defence Exhibition, in Athens, Greece, May 8, 2025.

Israeli's defense technology playing a key role in Greece's military modernization - analysis

The military modernization is Athens’ most ambitious defense overhaul in modern history, designed to transform the Hellenic Armed Forces into one of Europe’s most technologically advanced militaries.

DECEMBER 16, 2025|ByANNA AHRONHEIM

Lightning illuminates the sky over the upper Galilee, during a rain storm on November 13, 2025.

Israeli yacht lost at sea made contact with authorities, sailing home ahead of Storm Byron

"An initial inspection conducted indicates that the ship was not in distress but merely lost contact," the Transportation Ministry said in a statement.

DECEMBER 10, 2025|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN

Rivlin calls Pavlopoulos to protest Church Silence on antisemitism

The increase in antisemitic incidents around the globe are not only cause for concern, but have aroused the ire of both President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

JANUARY 28, 2019ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR Janna Saatsoglou sits in front of a Holocaust monument during the 70th anniversary of the first deportation of Jews from Thessaloniki to Auschwitz in Thessaloniki.

Israel, Greece and Cyprus can count on U.S. support

As far as economic collaboration is concerned, progress is significant.

DECEMBER 22, 2018ByGEORGE TZOGOPOULOS

Israel PM Binyamin Netanyahu,Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at Israel-Greece-Cyprus summit on December 20, 2018

Greek warship docks in Haifa port as part of naval exercise

HS Prometheus to hold joint drills with Israeli Navy vessels on Wednesday

AUGUST 21, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM

Israel offers aid to Greece as wildfires rage near Athens

The fire in Mati village, some 29 km (18 miles) east of Athens, was by far the country's worst since flames devastated the southern Peloponnese peninsula in August 2007.

JULY 24, 2018ByREUTERS, JULIANE HELMHOLD

A man looks at the flames as a wildfire burns in the town of Rafina, near Athens, Greece, July 23, 2018

The future of EU-Israel relations

In times of a highly critical EU foreign policy, Israel must encourage its new partners to stand up for it.

MAY 12, 2018ByYAIR RUDICK

PM Benjamin Netanyahu and EU foreign policy chief Mogherini brief the media in Brussels

A democratic bloc in the eastern Mediterranean

Political elites’ agreements need some public support.

MAY 12, 2018ByGEORGE TZOGOPOULOS

Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades (C) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras attend a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, Cyprus May 8, 2018.

Whither Greece-Israel relations?

Eight years after prime ministers George Papandreou and Benjamin Netanyahu took the first steps for opening a new chapter in Greek-Israeli relations, the bilateral partnership is stronger than ever

FEBRUARY 9, 2018ByGEORGE TZOGOPOULOS