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SECOND EXAMPLE OF PALESTINIAN UNGRATEFULNESS TO GREEK FRIENDSHIP

After decades of Greek support for the Palestinian cause Palestinian leader Mahmood Abbas has congratulated Turkey for the usage of Agia Sophia as a Mosque. You would expect that a Muslim country would support another in its religious actions. There is, however, a special consideration when we think of the relationship between Greece and Palestine for decades now.

Greece has been the only European country that has been a supporter of the Palestinian cause for freedom of this war stricken place. The only European country that has helped Palestinians in their quest for self determination.

This is the second time the Palestinians have shown a blatant contempt towards friends.

The first being their proposal of common EEZ with the Turks to the detriment of Greece only a little while ago. As it was reported in the MIDDLE EAST EYE: Palestinian Authority 'ready to sign maritime exclusive economic zone deal with Turkey. A pact with Palestine could strengthen Turkish oil and gas claims in the Mediterranean.

According to the MIDDLE EAST EYE A deal with the PA (Palestinian Authority) could further embolden Turkish attempts to minimize Greek ambitions to restrict Turkish activity into a tight coastline.

These positions are obviously pro-Turkish and anti-Greek and must not be ignored.

For the Palestinians, a reminder:

ΤΟΔΙΣΕΞΑΜΑΡΤΕΙΝΟΥΚΑΝΔΡΟΣΣΟΦΟΥ.

Or as we say in English;

Don't make the same mistake twice

Below, two maps: In the first, the Mediterranean EEZs according to UNCLOS. In the second the wishful thinking of Palestine.

United Nations Convention on The Laws Of the Sea map.

EEZ between Palestine and Turkey, according to Palestinian proposal.

ARE THEY HAVING A LOUGH?

WHAT THE ACTUAL?

Greece is in turmoil. The economy is in tatters. Successive governments fail to satisfy the need for a national independent policy.

And yet people seem to ignore all that. It's business as usual. The tavernas, the kafeneios, the shops are as full as ever. Certainly there is a section of the population which is suffering, as they always have. Blame our capitalist system for that. So I've thought about this and I searched left right and centre in the hope of finding something to explain this oxymoron. Eventually I came across some statistics that shed light to my question. I am listing them here without comment and I hope you come to the same conclusion as I have:
Some explanatory notes are necessary.

Wealth is the total sum value of monetary assets and valuable material possessions owned by an individual, minus private debt, at a set point in time.
Wealth is influenced by real estate prices, equity market prices, exchange rates, liabilities, debts, adult percentage of the population, human resources, natural resources and capital and technological advancements, which may create new assets or render others worthless in the future.

Mean net financial assets per capita by country. Countries are categorised as HWC (high wealth countries), MWC (medium wealth countries) or LWC (low wealth countries).
Median is the value separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample. is the central value of a discrete set of numbers.
Mean is the central value of a discrete set of numbers.

World distribution of wealth is the statistical data that describes how wealth is distributed around the world.

All values from Wikipedia.