President Reuven Rivlin hosts his Greek counterpart, Prokopios Pavlopoulos in Jerusalem for a conversation that centers on regional issues, with a focus on the refugee crisis and the radical Islamic State group, which has ravaged Syria and Iraq and brought a surge of terror attacks to the continent.
“Countries in this region must recognize the common danger posed by militant Islam and IS, unite against this enemy, and form one alliance: a regional security and economic alliance to bring an end to global terror,” Rivlin tells Pavlopoulos, according to a readout from his office.
“IS’s terror is aimed at all of humanity,” Pavlopoulos responds. “We must make clear to Europe that we stand against terror together, and that when it comes to the issue of the refugees, we will not allow expressions of hatred between people, which is the source of racism and anti-Semitism.”
He says he views “with great concern” the “wave of hatred” against refugees in Europe, and invokes the memory of the Holocaust to explain why Europe must fight that “darkness.”
“We must eliminate it, with the memory of the Holocaust; we must fight against terrorism, but for human life,” Pavlopoulos says. “We must not allow the European continent to return to darkness, Europe must continue to be a continent of enlightenment and humanity.”
President Reuven Rivlin meets with Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos in his Jerusalem residence on Wednesday, March 30, 2016 (Mark Neiman/GPO)
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