BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,360, December 29, 2025
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: On 22 December 2025, Israel, Greece and Cyprus had their tenth trilateral summit in Jerusalem. The three countries are endeavoring to steadily expand their cooperation, and the timing of …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,340, April 8, 2025
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: On March 30, 2025, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. Fifteen years after the historic visit to the …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,329, February 10, 2025
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israeli-Greek relations were tested during the Israel-Hamas war. While Greece preferred to take a balanced stance at the UN level, it was eager to cement its strategic partnership with …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,275, April 10, 2024
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict contains a maritime dimension in the Red Sea. The Houthi offensive, ostensibly directed against Israel, is not only targeting Israel itself but also commercial and …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,247, December 26, 2023
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Greece’s stance on the Israel-Hamas war reflects the excellent status of its relations with the Jewish State. The swift expression of Greek solidarity with Israel after the Hamas terrorist …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,195, May 8, 2023
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The future of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s political career will be decided on May 14, when his People’s Alliance will compete with the Nation’s Alliance in a presidential …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,180, February 13, 2023
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israel and Greece are steadily cementing their partnership. On 31 January 2023, Nikos Dendias became the first Minister of Foreign Affairs of a member state of the European Union …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,110, August 1, 2021
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In July 2021, Israel expressed full support to the Republic of Cyprus in the wake of the unilateral reopening of the Varosha coastline by Turkey. Last year, it also …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,096, July 15, 2021
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The summit of Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin in Geneva last month was the most important event of Biden’s tour of Europe. While Washington hopes to contain Beijing, …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,083, June 29, 2021
Ambassador Arye Mekel, a senior research associate at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, served as Israel’s envoy to Greece from 2010 to 2014. He was also deputy Israeli ambassador to …
