The True Face of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras: Meets up with Netanyahu, Endorses Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital

The True Face of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras: Meets up with Netanyahu, Endorses Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, November 28, 2015

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Alexis Tsipras who led the “left wing” SYRIZA movement against
neoliberalism has revealed his true face in his recent visit to Israel.

He has joined the pro-Israeli EU political bandwagon, which pays lip service to Netanyahu.
As we recall Syriza confirmed as part of its election platform its
endorsement of the rights of Palestinians against the State of Israel.
“About-turn” in Greece’s foreign policy in relation to Israel?

A recent Israeli report by Israel’s I24news TV reviews PM Tsipras’ visit to Israel (click to see complete TV report):

Meeting with the Israeli leadership, opening a two day
tour in Jerusalem and Ramallah, Tzipras praised the importance of the
relations between Israel and Greece and showed that the partnership has
survived the political change.
While in Jerusalem for a meeting with Israeli President Reuven
Rivlin, Tsipras took an opportunity to sign the President’s guestbook,
writing, “ With great honor to be in your historic capital and to meet your excellencies.”
Because of the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict and dispute over Jerusalem, many countries refuse to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, much to Israel’s displeasure.
A former Israeli diplomatic official said that Tzipras’ reference to
Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was “unprecedented, especially for a
European leader.”

Tal Shalev/ i24news

Tal Shalev/ i24news
“Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras signed President RIvlin’s guest book”

During talks with Rivlin, Tsipras also addressed the global rise in terrorism saying “in
the wake of European terror, we must send a message from here in
Jerusalem that cooperation can banish extremism and hatred.”
(emphasis added)

The issue of Israel’s State supported terrorism against Palestine was not mentioned.

Rivlin responded saying, “ISIS is not only in Syria and
Iraq, but spreading to the whole western world, who must take
responsibility and say that we cannot live in a world in which ISIS
exists.”
In a press conference following the meeting between the two leaders
Netanyahu said, “we have a growing and enduring partnership between
Greece and Israel. We are two countries with ancient roots.”
Tsipras echoed Netanyahu’s sentiments and addressed additional topics important to both nations.

“There is, as you said, a natural affinity between the Israelis and
the Greeks. It’s very obvious when you go to either country,” Netanyahu
said to Tsipras.
(Tal Shalev,  diplomatic correspondent of i24news, i24news, November 26, 2015)

Alexis Tsipras has a short memory. He remains mum on the issue of
Israeli crimes against humanity. He tacitly endorses Netanyahu’s stance
which casually equates the Palestinians with terrorists. He endorses Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. 
According to the i24news report: “If Jerusalem had any concerns about the the Left-wing Syrizan regime, Tzipras’ smiles appear to indicate there is no need to worry”. (emphasis added). According to WSWS analyst Jean Shaoul:

Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu is using the terrorist
attacks in Paris to ramp up tensions in pursuit of Israel’s geostrategic
interests.
“Israel stands shoulder to shoulder with France in the battle against
radical Islam,” he declared in the aftermath of Friday’s killings. “All
terrorism must be condemned and fought equally with unwavering
determination. It’s only with this moral clarity that the forces of
civilization will defeat the savagery of terrorism.”
Netanyahu is once again seeking to equate the Palestinians with
terrorism. This, after all, is the man who said, following the terrorist
attack on the World Trade Centre in 2001, that the attack was “very
good” because it would “generate immediate sympathy” for Israel and its
war against the Palestinians. (Jean Shaoul, WSWS and Global Research,
November 18, 2015)

Since the beginning of October, Israeli forces have killed 101
Palestians in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, and the Gaza
Strip. In the period between Thursday October 1st and Thursday November 26th, 2015, as confirmed by the Palestinian Health Ministry. 
This was not the work of ISIS, which so happens to be supported by
Israel, it was carried out on the orders of the Netanyahu government and
implemented by Israeli security forces. 

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