Israeli visitors at a five-star resort in Rhodes, Greece were shocked to discover that they were tagged differently from other guests, with blue wrist bands.
The joint exercise is the first practical result of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s initiative to build a wide-ranging system of emergency cooperation between the two countries.
Greece is set to join several other European nations in recognizing a Palestinian state with a non-binding symbolic declaration that will take place after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the Greek parliament on Tuesday.
Newly-appointed Greek government Minister Dimitris Kammenos resigned only hours into the job over anti-Semitic and racist remarks he made on social media.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias in Jerusalem on Monday, promising to help Greece as its debt crisis worsens.