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.

|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.

|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.

|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.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN

American fighter pilots in Israel for joint drill

Exercises will take place near the southern city of Eilat at the Air Force’s Uvda airbase.

MAY 8, 2017ByANNA AHRONHEIM
IAF fighter jets during the Red Flag joint exercise at Nellis air force base in Nevada

Government approves sale of Karish and Tanin gas reservoirs

Greek developer Energean: Gas expected to flow by 2020.

DECEMBER 7, 2016BySHARON UDASIN
AN AERIAL SHOT of Prinos, a Greek oil reservoir that belongs to the energy firm Energean.

Israel, Greece, Cyprus to hold second trilateral summit

Meeting in Jerusalem comes less than a year after ‘strategic alliance’ announced in Nicosia.

DECEMBER 3, 2016ByHERB KEINON
Trilateral consultations between Israel, Greece and Cyprus hosted by the Foreign Minister in Jerusalem

My Ioannina

Even though it was all very pleasant and it was 2016, the Holocaust hovered over us.

DECEMBER 1, 2016ByEMILY UDLER
'The cantor blew the shofar so beautifully that it brought many to tears.’

‘Time has come to dream and imagine a new Eastern Mediterranean’

Glafcos Clerides and Shimon Peres: The legacy of two realistic statesmen with a vision for peace.

NOVEMBER 30, 2016ByAVEROF NEOPHYTOU
PROTESTORS HOLD a Cyprus flag during a demonstration in favor of a peace settlement on divided Cyprus

IAF helicopters hold two-week drill in Greece

In last year’s exercise, Apache attack helicopters as well as IAF Hercules and Super-Hercules transport planes took part.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016ByYAAKOV LAPPIN
An Israel Air Force Apache helicopter lands across from a Greek mountain range during a joint Israel-Greece exercise with the Hellenic Air Force in October 2011

Golden Dawn lawmaker says Israel ‘eternal enemy’ of Greeks, Christians

Golden Dawn, which is the third largest party in Greece, frequently uses Nazi imagery

JUNE 1, 2016ByJTA
Greek defense minister Panos Kammenos speaking at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies.

A new Mediterranean friendship amid regional instability

The once frosty relationship between Israel and Greece has blossomed into a new partnership dedicated to boosting security ties, as the region is plagued by new threats.

MAY 12, 2016ByYAAKOV LAPPIN
An Israel Air Force Apache helicopter lands across from a Greek mountain range during a joint Israel-Greece exercise with the Hellenic Air Force in October 2011

Israel's alliance that could potentially offset enhanced Russian and Iranian power

The tripartite alliance between Israel, Greece and Cyprus could serve as a basis for a wider front.

MARCH 26, 2016ByLESLIE SUSSER
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades (center) and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras shake hands ysterday outside the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, Cyprus, January 28, 2013

A new geopolitical bloc is born: Israel, Greece and Cyprus

This sharp uptick of diplomatic activity is not taking place in a vacuum.

FEBRUARY 21, 2016ByARYE MEKEL
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades (center) and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras shake hands ysterday outside the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, Cyprus, January 28, 2013