Minister and MP clash over Gaza flotilla

[InTime News]

Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis has launched a crisp onslaught successful Parliament connected Thursday against a New Left MP implicit her information successful the caller planetary Gaza assistance flotilla, accusing her of “working against Greece’s semipermanent nationalist interests” and being much funny successful “selfies” than substance.

Responding to Peti Perka’s disapproval of the government’s stance connected Gaza, Georgiadis said her determination to articulation the flotilla was “wrong,” fixed Greece’s strategic narration with Israel.

“This strategic narration is seen successful Cyprus and the sophisticated weapons our Jewish friends person provided to look the Turkish threat, successful associated subject exercises with F-35s, and successful the US Congress blocking F-35s for Turkey,” helium said, adding that it is besides evident successful the Jewish tourists and investors who support the Greek economy.

The curate dismissed Perka’s claims that she and different flotilla members had been “kidnapped,” saying: “No 1 kidnapped you. You entered a vessel of your ain escaped will to enactment connected a amusement – for selfies, TikTok videos, and planetary media attention, arsenic the Left ever does.”

Georgiadis added that Greek participants successful the flotilla should not person been repatriated astatine the government’s disbursal but charged for it done their tax bills.

Responding, Perka said she had fulfilled her “political and motivation duty,” adding that “history will beryllium merciless with those who did not speak retired astir this crime. In Gaza, there is nary war, there is genocide. There is 1 service committing genocide and starving a people.”