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Stefanos Stefanou, secretary general of the Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL), the main opposition party in the Greek Cypriot administration, accused Israel of using Greek Cyprus as a tool for its own projects.
In his weekly remarks, Stefanou criticized what he described as the government’s dangerous rapprochement with Israel.
He said the government of Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides believes Israel will support them against Türkiye, but warned that this was a dangerous illusion.
“Israel is using Greek Cyprus as a tool in its own projects, and our government, without calculating the existing dangers for our country, is serving this policy in an unhealthy way,” Stefanou said.
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Stefanou recalled that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been convicted by the International Court of Justice for war crimes over genocide against Palestinians and said this was why they criticized the Greek Cypriot administration for persistently supporting and protecting Netanyahu and his regime.
He stressed that Israel couldn't function as a guardian of Greek Cyprus.
The AKEL secretary general also questioned why the Christodoulides government and Foreign Minister Konstantinos Kombos place such trust in U.S. President Donald Trump.
Stefanou described Trump as a leader who sends soldiers to arrest another country’s president, threatens states, and imposes economic sanctions on countries that do not follow his orders.
Referring to Trump’s frequent praise of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Stefanou asked whether a president who “misses no opportunity to praise Erdogan” would act in the interest of Greek Cyprus.
“Is our government waiting for Trump to open his arms and save us?” he said.
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