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The Greek Current

From the East Med to Congress: Cyprus and the Iron Dome, a wire-tapping scandal in Greece, Congress and the No Jets For Turkey campaign, and Dr. Oz

Endy Zemenides, HALC’s Executive Director, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss a number of developments - from the East Med to the halls of Congress. We look at a story unfolding that indicates that Cyprus has reportedly secured a deal to procure Israel’s cutting-edge Iron Dome air defense system, the latest reaction from a bipartisan group of US lawmakers to reports that Turkey is moving forward with another acquisition of Russian-S400 missiles and what this means for the #NoJetsForTurkey campaign, the latest viral campaign led by HALC and ANCA to shed light on US Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz’s connections to Turkey, and the wire-tapping scandal in Greece that is dominating Greek headlines.

You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here: 

Cyprus goes light on Israel’s Iron Dome

Greek wiretap cases turn up heat on Mitsotakis

The wiretapping case and Greece’s image abroad

Government to go on offensive over wiretapping

Pappas Raises Alarm on Sale of Russian S-400s, U.S. F-16s to Turkey

Turkey Says Won’t Buy F-16s From US If Conditions Imposed on Use

Would Turkey’s president have leverage over ‘Senator Doctor Oz’?

Finland and Sweden hold talks with Turkey to push Nato bid

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