The “Freedom Flotilla” has run into a lot of problems trying to set sail from Greece to Gaza. Greek authorities have imposed a ban that prohibits the ships leaving from Greek ports. There’s speculation among flotilla organizers and their sympathizers that Greece’s motives — what a shock! – might not be entirely pure: 
In a conversation with a delegation of activists supporting the Tahrir, the Canadian Boat to Gaza, who entered the consulate demanding a meeting about the Freedom Flotilla, [Greek consular official George] Ayfantis asserted that Greece’s economic interests were at stake in stopping the Flotilla, saying that an undersea natural gas pipeline and a natural gas liquidizing plant in Crete were at stake.
Later in the above article, the author, a ”Palestinian solidarity activist,” laments:
The [Greek] government, of course, is no stranger to representing the interests of the International Monetary Fund and the United States (and its ally and partner Israel) at the expense of the Greek people.
Even if the Greek government is supporting Israel in this case because it wants the pipeline to go through, so what? Given Greece’s disastrous economic situation, supporting healthy economic partnerships with its allies is clearly in Greece’s best interests. Allowing a bunch of rabid anti-Israel activists to sail from its ports to attempt to illegally break Israel’s blockade on Gaza helps the Greek people … how, exactly?!?
Here’s a little Economics 101 for “Palestinian solidarity activists”: If your country is in dire financial straits, harsh, anti-Israel rhetoric isn’t going to help. Money will.
What do you think?
5:32 am
i think palestinian’s leadin people are comunist, they beging and dont work asking for hel to build palestin and thei destroiin main time , please get reed of such caracter’s ASAP.
12:03 pm
Greece did what was right. What would Greece gain if the flotilla crowd succeeded in humiliating Israel and/or smuggling weapons to Gaza in order to kill Israelis? As a friend nation to Israel, Greece did what was morally and practically right.
5:54 am
Good for Greece ! I wish all the countries of the Free World only knew how important it is to Stand with Israel and the Jewish people !
5:16 pm
Yippi Yahoo for Greece!!
G-d Bless them forever!!
I agree with fellow supporters that the Flotilla should be sunk before it gets there.It looks like G-d is getting the last word on those moldy bunch of Jew haters-Go Israel forever!! Amen and Amen.
3:16 pm
We need to see the so-called Palestinians for what they are,TERRORISTS.They won’t even agree to Isreal’s right to EXIST..Why haven’t the arab countries absorbed these people in 60 years?Because they were told in 1948,that after Isreal was defeated,they could just”take”the land…WHOOPS,didn’t work out that way.TFB(hope you know what that means).
10:38 am
Anything that negatively affects the anti-Israel flotilla is a great thing! f them
4:33 pm
I love Israel and will always support her! Our present NONpresident seems to do everything in his power to put down Israel—-he will never succeed! I say stop the BOAT!
10:37 am
It is Greece’s best interest all the way around! The Bible clearly tells us that if we “stand with Israel” God’s blessing will be given to us! It gives no indication of what the motive has to be!!
10:21 am
The Flotilla should be sank off the shore of Israel, that way everyone would understand that most of the free world will stand with Israel.
10:42 am
@Deb…I would like to think that Israel would be supported…but I just don’t know anymore. I don’t trust the virtue of even my own country anymore to do the right thing. Very sad.
1:30 pm
do unto others, as you have them do unto you, and do no harm! if we would all just do these two things, we would be so much better off! but we don’t! so we go round after round with one another, like boxer’s in a boxing match. but soner or later a knock out punch well come, and who will come to israel aid? the u.s. has always been their! “but now we have a new u.s. team!” the obama team! and that maybe the one u.s. team, that doesn’t stand with israel!