Greek President Karolos Papoulias did not received Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to show his opposition to the Israel. The veteran Greek politician Papoulias was Greek Foreign Minister for eight years during the premiership of Anreas Papandreou.
Greece did not recognized the Israel until 1991, when Andreas Papandreou was in power. Netanyahu arrived in Athens and met with Prime Minister George Papandreou and Head of center–right New Democracy Party Antonis Samaras, but other heads of Greece political parties, by declaring opposition to the establishment of ties between Athens and Tel Aviv, did not accept to meet with Netanyahu.
Labor Union, Women Union, Democratic Force Union as well as a number of other unions, by issuing statements, asked the government not to continue this talk. Simultaneously, Greek media and websites questioned Greece political ties with the Israel and said that establishment of relations with the Israel would be sharing the massacre of the innocent people of Palestine.
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