{"id":13450,"date":"2026-06-29T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=13450"},"modified":"2026-06-29T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T12:30:00","slug":"thessaloniki-prosecutors-office-investigation-into-rubicons-anti-semitic-patrol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=13450","title":{"rendered":"Thessaloniki: Prosecutor\u2019s Office Investigation into \u201cRubicon\u201d\u2019s Anti-Semitic Patrol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"57\" data-end=\"217\">The Prosecutor\u2019s Office of the Court of First Instance Thessaloniki ordered a preliminary investigation into the activities of Rouvikonas, while the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KISE) denounces a new wave of anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"13musvv\" data-start=\"219\" data-end=\"277\"><strong data-start=\"222\" data-end=\"277\">Preliminary investigation &#8211; Offenses under investigation<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"279\" data-end=\"608\"><strong data-start=\"279\" data-end=\"303\">Preliminary investigation<\/strong> was ordered by the <strong data-start=\"314\" data-end=\"352\">Thessaloniki Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office<\/strong> regarding the case publicized in a social media post by <strong data-start=\"434\" data-end=\"448\">Rouvikonas<\/strong> in a social media post, according to which he carried out last Saturday a \u201c<strong data-start=\"508\" data-end=\"536\">anti-Zionist patrol<\/strong>\u201d last Saturday in the area of <strong data-start=\"555\" data-end=\"574\">Mavili Square<\/strong>, in the center of <strong data-start=\"591\" data-end=\"607\">Thessaloniki<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"610\" data-end=\"945\">On the orders of the <b>prosecutor <\/b>criminal prosecution, an investigate whether the offenses of <strong data-start=\"711\" data-end=\"737\">criminal conspiracy<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"743\" data-end=\"780\">public incitement to violence or hatred<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"786\" data-end=\"847\">incitement to commit crimes, violence, or discord<\/strong>, as well as <strong data-start=\"863\" data-end=\"895\">threatening to commit crimes, <\/strong>in accordance with the <b>anti-racism law<\/b>. The investigation has been taken over by the <strong data-start=\"924\" data-end=\"944\">State Security Service<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"947\" data-end=\"1233\">In its post, <strong data-start=\"968\" data-end=\"982\">Rouvikonas<\/strong> states that the purpose of this action was to express his opposition to Israeli<b> investments<\/b> and the presence of <strong data-start=\"1114\" data-end=\"1156\">Israeli business interests<\/strong> in Greece, while also declaring its support for the <strong data-start=\"1211\" data-end=\"1232\">Palestinian people<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"1uy8gsb\" data-start=\"1235\" data-end=\"1286\"><strong data-start=\"1238\" data-end=\"1286\">The KISE statement and the complaint regarding anti-Semitism<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1288\" data-end=\"1668\">Regarding \u201c<strong data-start=\"1293\" data-end=\"1318\">a new wave of anti-Semitism<\/strong>,\u201d says the <strong data-start=\"1334\" data-end=\"1383\">Central Jewish Council of Greece (KISE)<\/strong> is referring to a \u201c<strong data-start=\"1293\" data-end=\"1318\">new wave of anti-Semitism<\/strong>,\u201d commenting on the incident in <strong data-start=\"1417\" data-end=\"1432\">Thessaloniki<\/strong>. As it points out, this phenomenon \u201cthreatens not only the <strong data-start=\"1493\" data-end=\"1513\">Greek Jews<\/strong>, but also the well-being of all citizens,\u201d recalling that \u201c<strong data-start=\"1585\" data-end=\"1603\">anti-Semitism<\/strong> begins by targeting Jews, but it never stops there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1670\" data-end=\"2021\">At the same time, the <strong data-start=\"1684\" data-end=\"1692\">KISE<\/strong> expresses its sorrow over what it describes as the <strong data-start=\"1739\" data-end=\"1748\">tolerance<\/strong> shown by state authorities and social institutions toward the new wave of <strong data-start=\"1833\" data-end=\"1847\">fanaticism<\/strong>, arguing that such actions seek to undermine the <strong data-start=\"1917\" data-end=\"1957\">strategic relations between Greece and Israel<\/strong> at a time of heightened instability in the <strong data-start=\"1998\" data-end=\"2020\">Eastern Mediterranean<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2023\" data-end=\"2382\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">In conclusion, the <strong data-start=\"2040\" data-end=\"2048\">KISE<\/strong> expresses its conviction that the \u201c<strong data-start=\"2080\" data-end=\"2098\">assault squads<\/strong>\u201d of 2026 will be isolated and defeated, just as happened to those of <strong data-start=\"2167\" data-end=\"2183\">Golden Dawn<\/strong> in 2012, emphasizing that <strong data-start=\"2210\" data-end=\"2231\">Greek society<\/strong> and the <strong data-start=\"2238\" data-end=\"2259\">Greek State<\/strong> will defend the values of <strong data-start=\"2291\" data-end=\"2306\">democracy<\/strong> and will not allow <strong data-start=\"2348\" data-end=\"2358\">hatred<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"2367\" data-end=\"2381\">fanaticism<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Thessaloniki Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office has ordered a preliminary investigation into the activities of Rubicon, while the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KISE) has denounced a new wave of anti-Semitism.<br \/>\n&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13451,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-greece"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}