Τρίτη, Μαρτίου 06, 2012

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Israel must fight to keep neo-Nazis out of Greece's government

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As a Jew and an Israeli, I feel it is my duty and obligation to share with you Voridis’ background and political career. A former leading figure in Greece's neo-Nazi youth group, Chrysi Avgi (Golden Dawn), Voridis has a long history of Holocaust denial, anti-Semitism and xenophobia, including physical threats to Jewish families and leading groups of thugs against immigrants and leftists. Over the last couple of weeks he has smoothed over his thuggish past by describing it as "right-wing activism". As a student at the elite Athens College high school, alma mater of current Prime Minister Papadimos, former Prime Minister Papandreou, Samaras and myself, Voridis formed the fascist student group “Free Students” that painted the walls with swastikas and saluted each other with using the Nazi-era greeting "Heil Hitler."

During school elections, Voridis would violently threaten not only the Jewish students who opposed his fascist group, but also their families. After graduation, Voridis formed a fascist group in the Law School of Athens and became active in neo-Nazi youth groups. In the 1990s, following the footsteps of his mentor, Jean Marie LePen, he formed the National Front, an anti-immigrant party. His party's motto was "Red card for immigrants." A few years ago, he joined LAOS and was elected to parliament. He soon became the darling of the Greek media, due to his extensive family connections, his debating skills and his charisma in front of the cameras.

Although less charismatic, the second of the two LAOS MPS, Adonis Georgiadis, also has a long history of anti-Semitism. This includes attacking Jews through his television show and being named as a prosecution witness against the leaders of the Greek Jewish community who are on trial for the defamation of Kostas Plevris, a self-proclaimed Nazi and anti-Semite whose book was described by the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece as a "defamatory, anti-Semitic book in which Jews are called 'subhuman' and are directly threatened with annihilation." Plevris himself went on trial for incitement, but was acquitted, and then he sued the leaders of the Jewish community. Plevris is also the father of Thanassis Plevris, another LAOS member of the parliament.

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2 σχόλια:

Κατερίνα Στρατηγοπούλου-Μ. είπε...

Είναι γνωστό το "ακτιβιστικό" παρελθόν του Βορίδη όσο και ο ιδεολογικός προσανατολισμός του. Αν η Νέα Δημοκρατία τον δέχθηκε στην αγκαλιά της, προς το παρόν είναι δικό της πρόβλημα και πρόβλημα των ψηφοφόρων της. Ελπίζω να μην γίνει και δικό μας - εννοώ του συνόλου των ελλήνων πολιτών με μια νέα είσοδο του (και των ομοφρόνων του) στην Βουλή.

Δεν καταλαβαίνω όμως με ποιο τρόπο καλείται να εμπλακεί ("fight" όπως θέλει αυτός που έγραψε το κείμενο) ένα ξένο κράτος - εν προκειμένω το Ισραήλ - στις εκλογές ενός άλλου. Υποθέτω πως ο συγγραφέας του κειμένου δεν θα πρότεινε να παρεμβαίνει η Ελλάδα στις εκλογές του Ισραήλ "fighting" να μην εκλεγούν ισραηλινοί πολιτικοί με αντιπαλαιστινιακή ιδεολογία και πρακτική.

xomeritis είπε...

"Greece-Israel relationship started warming up about a year ago..."

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