New Israeli Ambassador Signals Stronger Defense Ties With Greece

Israel’s new ambassador to Greece, Pninat Yanay, met with Greece’s top military commander Tuesday and pledged to deepen what she called the countries’ strong strategic defense partnership. Ms. Yanay met with Gen. Dimitrios Houpis, chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff, at a time when Athens and Jerusalem are expanding military cooperation and coordinating over shared security concerns in the eastern Mediterranean. The talks focused on defense and security cooperation based on ...

By ANTHEE CARASSAVA