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'Holocaust denier' set for key role in Greek government?
Assaf Uni
Published: 11.11.11, 10:46
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1. Antii-semite Karantzaferis
Marc Karmatz ,   Athens, Greece   (11.11.11)
While Karantzaferis is a very estute politician and has actually been one of the sane and prophetic voices in Greece, I am sad to say that this article is dead on about his bigetry. Greece has a very similar culture and political situation with Israel. Surrounded by enemies (Turkey, high defense costs) and a traditional conservative culture. Karantzaferis unfortunately employs a strategy in combining his bigetry with popular sentiment and smart ideas on reform. This is one instance where the baby should be thrown out with the bathwater.!!!!
2. Big deal! We have worse antiSemites and
jason white ,   afula, israel   (11.11.11)
anti Zionists in the knesset and the far left. This greek geek would fit in with them or the neuterei karta.
3. Not to worry!
Gunnar ,   Gothenburg, Sweden   (11.11.11)
Karatzaferis doesn't strike me as an anti-semite. Just as a typical Greek. Blaming everybody else, taking no responsibilty for anything and demanding that someone else takes the bill for one's own lavish and comfortable life style, is his M.O. Finding a scapegoat ELSEWHERE is a national sport in Greece, and Karatzaferis is just another participant. Jews do not need to worry.
4. 'another Jew hater
tiki ,   belgium   (11.11.11)
It would be an easier job to start counting those who arn't. Jew haters have always been among us and always will. Usually it sais more about them than about the Jews. Many of them are big guys with little..............brains.
5. #2Excellent observation, and more...
Ayeush ,   Gibraltar   (11.11.11)
It is true that as a result of Liberal Democracy (no matter where from Gaza to Oslo, by the way to Jerusalem and Athens) you have to admit thebuds that are gathering spines in an otherwise a close to an ideal garden. It means you get the poor with the pauper, but you just have to do with a Democratic governance that is- according to W. Churchill- the least incomplete in comparaison to the other humanly known system of governance.
6. obama & sarkosy will be so happy to have a new playmate.
ex-frummie ,   johannesburg S.A.   (11.11.11)
7. Karantzaferis anti-semetic ?
Dimitris ,   Netherlands   (11.11.11)
If he would be an anti-semetic then he wouldnt try through the connections that an MP of his party (mrs.Tzavella) has with the Jewish embassy in Greece. He tryies infact to get help from jews by kissing theis asses. He is a populist and he does anything to get what he wants...a true politician thus... ; )
8. Bankrupt nation
Haso ,   ME   (11.11.11)
They are not in a position to be anything right now, they are bankrupt.
9. Karantzfotze is a Jew-and israelhater
Susya Bar Dror ,   IL   (11.11.11)
and he is one of those who robbed money from the Greek state now deposited outside of Greece. He made a fortune with bribes from arab countries and spends a lot of time and money with boys.
10. Greeks not to blame, EU is
C McCoy ,   Canada   (11.11.11)
I don't even see the Greeks as being the main problem. Now suppose a homeless bum goes into a snooty bar, asks to start running up a tab, and accumulates a four digit bill. Who's to blame? Surely the bartender who allowed the tab to run. Just so, Greece has always been profligate with government finance using the drachma. Why on earth did the Eurocrats in Brussels ALLOW them into the precious Euro currency? The crisis was manufactured in Brussels, not Athens.
11. Who cares?
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (11.11.11)
Greece is bankrupt, and is well on the way to being kicked out of the European Union. It does occur to me that the fastest way to mend fences with Turkey (if that is a road Israel cares to take) is for Israel to shun ties with Greece and abrogate its agreements with Cyprus over natural gas. Leave Greece twisting in the wind. Then we'll see what's what.
12. Thats why Greece goes down the drain......
Ben Zion   (11.11.11)
''He who curses Israel will be cursed¨''. All of Israels enemies ( inner and outer ) will experience the effects of this eternal axiom! But Israel will be kept safely in the hands of its faithful God !!
13. I dont think they have a choice
zionist forever   (11.11.11)
In exchange for this EU bail out Greece is going to have to make alot of very unpopular cutbacks and so they need some kind of national unity government to create the stability which the financial markets and the EU need to make this deal work. There is also the fact that when they make these cutbacks the public need to see that both the left and right are agreed they must happen. This might damage Israel's growing relationship with Greece but from an economic point of view I think they had no choice. The important thing is survival of the Grreek economy and the euro not are these people anti semitic or not.
14. This notifies mankind that greeece will fall !
Moshe ,   Usa   (11.11.11)
15. #12 Baruch Hashem
(11.11.11)
Shabat Shalom.
16. and what is the point?
robert   (11.11.11)
not quite sure what the point is of all the excitment- are you going to kill all anti semites on Earth? This guy may be what you are claiming, but he is not in the Israeli government, he is a Greek politician. Why are there so many anti Israeli politicians in the Knesset? Start cleaning up there.
17. #11 sarah seems to be a fake, though a good attempt
Hippocrates ,   Earth   (11.11.11)
, still pathetic.
18. To: No. 17
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (11.11.11)
The post at No. 11 is mine. Just offering another way to look at the situation.
19. To: No. 16
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (11.11.11)
Thessaloniki (Salonica) used to have a very large and thriving Jewish community. Nearly all were deported by the Nazis and died in concentration camps. It is wrong on SO many levels for Greece to allow a Holocaust denier into the government.
20. Big Deal!
Billy H ,   Burlington, Canada   (11.11.11)
Situation might be taken out of proportion here! The guy criticized IDF in a derogatory way & attacked a political opponent because he permits his daughter to "mix" with other "unwanted/Jewish" culture!! Big deal! It's all within the Greek cultural thingy! And it's the media that advocates that IDF is a brutal occupying army! Media doesn't talk about how many times young brave Israeli soldiers will take injured Palestinians to Israeli hospitals to get a world class treatment! World doesn't understand the rules of engagement in Israel! They will never comprehend it's a matter of survivor-ship! I'm wondering when Israeli officials will feel the wake-up call? Israeli image is pretty much distorted! Anti-Israeli sentiments are growing! I can feel it here in Canada! Bibi now is called a liar by the French president without any objection from the American counterpart! Those supposed to be our "best" friends!!! It's a shame!
21. Dark forces
Brod ,   USA   (11.11.11)
Dark forces are trying to take charge of governments. Israel would have to cut its relation with AntiSemite countries.
22. #17, I disagree...it is a lousy attempt !
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (11.11.11)
23. Sad day to Greece
(11.11.11)
Beyond being an anti-Semite, he is certainly an ignorant, because only an ignorant can compare the IDF to Hitler. As such, I really do not except recovery of the Greece economy. After all, what can be expected from a government the members of which are ignorants?????
24. Look in the mirror Gunnar
Ellin ,   BANGKOK THAILAND   (11.11.11)
You wrote: 'demanding that someone else takes the bill for one's own lavish and comfortable life style' as a characteristic of Greeks. I think it fits you Swedes perfectly! Explain to us your wonderful 'neutrality' in WW2. We Greeks lost 500,000 people in the German occupation from starvation alone. We stood up to, and defeated, the Italians in 1940 and it then took the Germans 3 weeks just to take Crete! We paid the bill for your present 'lavish' lifestyle after you stayed out of WW2 in cowardly neutrality. You are a race of ungrateful, arrogant, and cowardly upstarts.
25. Karacaferis
emre ,   Ankara, Turkey   (11.11.11)
if he is nationalist nad antisemit how can he explain his surname meaning. Karacaferis =BlackJaafar'sSon Karacaferoglu in turkish.
26. We tolerate Arab MKs...
Vlad   (11.11.11)
So why should Greece be expected to be any different?
27. #19 Sarah B
Vlad   (11.11.11)
And guess who was in charge of the German Military District that incorporated Thessaloniki, and thus the man who was responsible for their deportation? Future UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim.
28. To: Vlad at No. 27
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (11.11.11)
I know. He did such a terrific job of rounding up Jews and sending them to their deaths, he got to do the same thing in Yugoslavia, where he was aided chiefly by the enthusiastic Nazi collaborators in Croatia -- the Ustaczy.
29. Greek Jews
Ellin ,   BANGKOK THAILAND   (11.12.11)
As a Greek, let me say this to every Jewish person reading this. In WW2, NO OTHER COUNTRY did more to hide and protect its Jewish citizens.For example, Google 'Jews of Zakynthos' for a truly heroic story. But there are many others and Yad Vashem has recognized this by making several Greek citizens 'righteous among the gentiles'. Around 800 Greek citizens of the Jewish faith died fighting in the Greek Armed Forces against Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany when we were invaded. Most famous of these is Colonel Mordechai Frizias who was killed by aircraft fire while leading a charge on horseback. Karatzaferis is an idiot and every country (including Israel) has idiots. Don't worry about people like that. Worry about people like our Swedish friend Gunnar (#3) whose country sat out the war in 'neutrality'. At war's end, their industry was intact and they prospered. Now they look down on us - who did their fighting for them!
30. wrong!!!
Christos ,   cyprus   (11.12.11)
Karatzaferis an anti-Semite!! Please that is not true there are Jews who are more anti-Semitic than he is, Noam Chomsky and George Soros just to mention a few. Karatzaferis is the Greek politician who most strongly advocates for Greece allying with Israel against all those Muslim fanatics. He is definitely anti Islamist like most Jews.
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