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Apples and oranges. It's been 2200 years since Jews and Greeks last fought, and both sides aim to keep it that way.

Israel has 0 island-hopping capabilities compared to Greece's ability to patrol its Aegean waters.

Outside of germany and poland most jews died in greece in the Holocaust. Salonika had a vibrant jewish population in early 1900s and now virtually no jews live in Salonika. During ottoman times greeks and jews were fierce enemies and killed each other in many occasions in Istanbul, Smyrna, Alexandria and Salonika.. Jews, mostly loyal to ottamans during the greek independence war were punished (aka murdered) by the greek army in many occasions.

Outside of germany and poland most jews died in greece in the Holocaust.

"Most" as a percentage, not an absolute number. There were approximately 60.000 Jews who were murdered from Greece which amounts for 87% of the total Jewish population in the country. Hungary had some 500k loses, Poland 3M, Romania at least 200k, Soviet Union 1,3M etc.

It is true that in the Ottoman and Czarist mercantile cities, ethnic riots did involve Jews and Greeks, sometimes against each other. I should have specifically said Jewish and Greek armies.

> It's been 2200 years since Jews and Greeks last fought

Which conflict was that?

the Maccabean Revolt.

Still celebrated today as part of the Jewish holiday Hanukkah

Israel has a navy, and nuclear-fitted subs allegedly.

Navy’s aren’t interchangeable.

Is real has many costal patrol ships and a few subs. The Greeks have a navy suitable for their archipelago waters

Israel could do Greece a favor send some IDF forces to play as the Turks and war game a land invasion on the Thracian border. It would be a useful exercise for Greece because Israel's infantry capabilities map closer to Turkey's than to Greece's.

Greece and Israel do a joint military exercise each year on the Greek peninsula. Mostly land and air forces.

Israel and Greece even use the same dieselhydroelectric TKMS submarines (just Israel using a special larger version with special features).

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