Despite low turnout in second round of regional elections, Greeks sent a strong message to the government

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This is our weekly round-up from Greece. 

The Greek government supports Israel, new SYRIZA leader Kasselakis makes a school essay-style statement on the conflict, Greek people take the streets in support of Palestine, and we remember when back in the 80s, emblematic PASOK leader Papandreou aided emblematic Palestinian leader Arafat (then called a “terrorist”) enraging the West.

They were far more outraged by Hamas’s attack on Israel than by the IDF bombing of a historic Greek Orthodox Church in Gaza with some 400 civilians sheltering inside. At least, that’s what we understood by all relevant statements of the Greek government.

Athens has a new mayor - and this time, it is not a PM's nephew.