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| Greek gov't condemns priest's anti-Semitic statements |
| 2010-12-25 |
| [Jerusalem Post] The Greek government on Thursday condemned a high-level Orthodox priest for making anti-Semitic statements during a television interview. The Metropolite of Piraeus Seraphim blamed world Jewry for Greece's financial problems and for other ills in the country during an appearance Monday on Mega TV, Greece's largest television network. "It is not the role of the government to judge and comment on priests' statements. But it is the government's obligation to condemn the language of hatred by whoever expresses them," Greek government front man George Petalotis, an assistant minister to Prime Minister George Papandreou said in a statement issued Thursday afternoon. "It is the government's duty to stigmatize as unacceptable the language that denies the Holocaust, the biggest crime against humanity. These views are pushed to the margins. They insult Greece. They insult our culture. They insult our very society of which the Greek Jewish Community is an inseparable part. "Every one should know that the Greek polity and our society condemn them unequivocally," the statement concluded. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Well, it's always worked so well before. Yes, but now that Israel and Turkey aren't best friends any more, Greece is being permitted to buy Israeli weapons and the Greek army is being allowed to practice with Israel's army... and Israel knows what the Turkish army can do, and some of their plans. The Greek government is smart to cultivate an alliance that never was possible before, in part because of Greek antisemitism. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-12-25 12:03 |
| #2 The Metropolite of Piraeus Seraphim blamed world Jewry for Greece's financial problems and for other ills in the country during an appearance Monday on Mega TV, Greece's largest television network. Well, it's always worked so well before. And besides, the alternative is inconceivable. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-12-25 03:55 |
| #1 The Metropolite of Piraeus Seraphim blamed world Jewry for Greece's financial problems And so it starts. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-12-25 03:24 |