A spokesman of the new left-wing opposition party (polling second) of former prime minister Tsipras, has confirmed that, should the party form the next government, the alliance with Israel will be preserved, on the basis that the national interests of Greece "come first" What do you think of this?

Posted by SOHONEYSAME@reddit | AskBalkans | View on Reddit | 19 comments

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Greek_Bodybuilder995@reddit

There are grievances towards Israel in Greece, sure. But we trust Israel far more than we trust Turkey. So, we support Israel diplomatically and we receive military support and investments. It disappoints many, mais c'est la vérité.

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hunbaar@reddit

So you are OK with genocide as long as you come on top. Taking notes here.

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Few-Interview-1996@reddit

There is a saying in Turkish: denize düşen adam, yılana sarılır.

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janesmex@reddit

The party that polls first isn't going to stop the alliance with Israel either and I guess neither the party that polls third. I guess it's about realism and understanding that even if there are some disagreements about how their goverment handles some things it's still beneficial to have them as allies.

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Excellent_Jeweler_43@reddit

Israel does not have allies though, they have enemies or servants

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numba1cyberwarrior@reddit

I'm sure Bulgaria is very generous with its many allies.

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Beautiful_Ad6686@reddit

Bulgaria has more allies than Israel

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Hezzyo@reddit

Literally this

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Nikoschalkis1@reddit

It's so easy with you guys, you all belong in the same basket, wasting your free and your paid time posting on Reddit about "Tsipras" and such. Inferiority complex Greeks. In fact I'll make a meme about you to flex on you.

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vaniot2@reddit

Basically they're clearing up that if they get elected they will not act as a sovereign nation but they will continue acting as a US/Israel lapdog like our current government.

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Beautiful_Map_9589@reddit

The person who won't come out to say this will never be prime minister of Greece. End of question. Apart from how hard is for someone to pull Greece out of this alliance, the Israeli system (which helped Mitsotakis win btw) will not only help Mitsotakis again but it will fight against the person who will say "I will end the alliance". One does not break the alliance with Israel just like this.

To sum up. They played smart and well. The rebellious spirit of 2015 didn't work out well for him.

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Fred_Neecheh@reddit

Why would anyone vote for Tsipras is beyond me, no offense.

And no Balkan nation should support Israel and its genocide.

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Pink-floyd2@reddit

Same thing can be asked for the governing party but still 20% of the total population decided they should. And now we are constantly being fucked by the people that put us like this. Some people consider one of the two the leser of two evils. Some people only see tsipras as an alternatively, others only mitsotakis.

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Useful_Trust@reddit

I see Kaselakis. I unronicaly think he would be a good PM.

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DimGenn2@reddit

Yeah, no shit. It was unde Tsipras that cooperation with Israel really started to take off, and I commend him for it, because he put national interests above ideological issues.

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kulamsharloot@reddit

Both Jews and Greeks are ancient people who suffered from religious fanatics.

I'm not well versed in how serious the Greek - Turkey situation is, but we still suffer from religious fanatics who try to kill us all while yours are "on hold" at worst.

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