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Mitsotakis-Netanyahu meeting sparks backlash in Greece: ‘No greater shame’
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York drew sharp criticism from New Left leader Gavriil Sakellaridis, who called for an end to military cooperation with Israel.
The Turkiye Times Editorial DeskUpdated:
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York on the evening of September 24 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. They discussed their strategic partnership, energy and defense cooperation, preparations for a trilateral summit with Cyprus and regional developments. Netanyahu congratulated Greece for choosing Israeli defense systems.
The meeting drew criticism at home. New Left leader Gavriil Sakellaridis said there was “no greater shame for Greece” than the meeting, asking: “How proud can Mitsotakis feel joking with a war criminal?”
Pointing to the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Netanyahu, Sakellaridis called on Greece to end its military cooperation with Israel.
Other opposition parties also criticized the meeting. SYRIZA said Mitsotakis “chose embraces and the role of faithful ally,” MeRA25 called it an “image of shame,” and ELAS, Alexis Tsipras’s new party, said: “Turkey builds alliances, we became Netanyahu’s wagon.”
Hours after the meeting, Netanyahu used his UN General Assembly speech to attack President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, claiming Türkiye illegally occupies northern Cyprus, prompting a sharp response from Ankara. Mitsotakis and Netanyahu also discussed holding a new Greece-Cyprus-Israel trilateral summit before the end of the year.
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