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Apples and oranges. It's been 2200 years since Jews and Greeks last fought, and both sides aim to keep it that way. Israel has 0 island-hopping capabilities co
by ocschwar 6y ago
Apples and oranges. It's been 2200 years since Jews and Greeks last fought, and both sides aim to keep it that way.
Israel has 0 island-hopping capabilities compared to Greece's ability to patrol its Aegean waters.
- marshmallow_12 6y agoIsrael has a navy, and nuclear-fitted subs allegedly.
- newsclues 6y agoNavy’s aren’t interchangeable. Is real has many costal patrol ships and a few subs. The Greeks have a navy suitable for their archipelago waters
- ocschwar 6y agoIsrael could do Greece a favor send some IDF forces to play as the Turks and war game a land invasion on the Thracian border. It would be a useful exercise for Greece because Israel's infantry capabilities map closer to Turkey's than to Greece's.
- elorant 6y agoGreece and Israel do a joint military exercise each year on the Greek peninsula. Mostly land and air forces.
- kuschku 6y agoIsrael and Greece even use the same dieselhydroelectric TKMS submarines (just Israel using a special larger version with special features).
- throwaway894345 6y ago> It's been 2200 years since Jews and Greeks last fought Which conflict was that?
- ocschwar 6y agothe Maccabean Revolt.
- TedDoesntTalk 6y agoStill celebrated today as part of the Jewish holiday Hanukkah
- gorkemyurt 6y agoOutside of germany and poland most jews died in greece in the Holocaust. Salonika had a vibrant jewish population in early 1900s and now virtually no jews live in Salonika. During ottoman times greeks and jews were fierce enemies and killed each other in many occasions in Istanbul, Smyrna, Alexandria and Salonika.. Jews, mostly loyal to ottamans during the greek independence war were punished (aka murdered) by the greek army in many occasions.
- elorant 6y agoOutside of germany and poland most jews died in greece in the Holocaust. "Most" as a percentage, not an absolute number. There were approximately 60.000 Jews who were murdered from Greece which amounts for 87% of the total Jewish population in the country. Hungary had some 500k loses, Poland 3M, Romania at least 200k, Soviet Union 1,3M etc.
- ocschwar 6y agoIt is true that in the Ottoman and Czarist mercantile cities, ethnic riots did involve Jews and Greeks, sometimes against each other. I should have specifically said Jewish and Greek armies.