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MAKIS VORIDS’ STATEMENT REJECTING NEO-NAZISM AND ANTISEMITISM |
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Tuesday, 16 July 2019 09:33 |
"I have never been anti-Semitic," Rural Development and Foods Minister Makis Voridis said on Saturday July 13, 2019, though admitting that he had for many years been a member of nationalist political parties and organisations and had "coexisted politically with people that had such unacceptable ideas."
"To resolve any doubts, therefore, I denounce all action, omission or tolerance on my part to the act of a third party that might be interpreted as anti-Semitic or neo-nazi," he added. Voridis was responding to the General Secretary of the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece, Victor Eliezer, who he said had "called on me to publicly denounce by anti-Semitic past" in a radio interview. "I also wish to notify Mr. Eliezer of the following, hoping to assuage the concerns he expressed: 2. I have spoken in parliament against the so-called antiracist law, recognising as its only positive point the penalisation of denial of the Holocaust. 3. I am the only Greek politician that has written articles in support of transferring the Greek Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. 4. I am the only Greek politician that has supported the signing of a defence and not just a strategic alliance with Israel. 5. I am the only Greek politician that has adopted a position against Israel's condemnation for the incidents in Gaza. In light of these, I hope that his concerns have been alleviated," Voridis said. Source: AMNA, July 13, 2019 Relevant: MAKIS VORIDIS VISITED THE JEWISH MUSEUM OF GREECE AND STRESSED THE PRIORITY OF FIGHTING ANTISEMITISM RADIO INTERVIEW of VICTOR ELIEZER ON MAKIS VORIDIS’ NEONAZI POLITICAL PAST -The Times of Israel: New Greek Minister denies ‘dark’ antisemitic past, 13.7.2019 |