In high tones, the confrontation that broke out between Israel’s ambassador to Athens, Noamand the Mayor of Athens, Harry Duke. The graffiti against Israel, who appeared on the streets of Athens, stood. The ambassador accused the mayor of not doing enough to protect the city from “organized minorities” who “encourage acts of violence”.
Haris Doukas responded hard, stating that “we do not accept democracy lessons from those who kill civilians and children.” He stressed that the Athens Municipal Authority has proven its opposition to violence and racism and that it does not accept criticism from those who, he said, “lead to deaths of dozens of people in Gaza daily, from bombs, hunger and thirst.” The mayor added that the ambassador’s focus on graffiti is causing “disgust” while “genocide” is being held in Gaza.
The statements have sparked political reactions, with the opposition taking a stand in favor of the mayor. The PASOK He called on the ambassador to deal with the Gaza, such as “Systematic Ethnic Cleansing” and “Loss”, and not with “aesthetic observations”.
Respectively, the SYRIZA He argued that the ambassador acts as a “representative of the regime who commits genocide” while New left He commented that the ambassador’s behavior was due to the “slave and substantial complicity of the Greek government”.