The foundations of European civilization are Acropolis, Capitol Hill in Rome and Golgotha in Jerusalem.
Greek philosophical thought, Roman law and Christian ethics make up the European DNA. It is in these hills that Athenian democracy meets the basis of law and the Judeo-Christian tradition from which Christian morality springs.
For these reasons, we Greek Europeans, today that the state of Israel is celebrating 78 years since its foundation, we ought to honour our roots.
Because Israel is an integral part of European civilisation, and at the same time a characteristic element of European identity that anti-Semitism attempts to distort and ultimately erase from historical memory.
And this is happening while Europe is at a critical crossroads: on the one hand, preserving its historical roots and, on the other, managing a new, multicultural reality that often challenges its traditional values.
When one considers that in Europe before the Second World War the number of synagogues exceeded 17,000 and today it is only 3,318 – while the number of mosques is approaching 10,000 – something is wrong!And this is mainly due to the policy of equal distances that ends up to the detriment of Europe.
