Voridis rejects accusations of anti-Semitism

Agriculture Minister Makis Voridis has rejected allegations of anti-Semitism levelled against him by the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS), the umbrella organization of Greek Jews.
"I have never been an anti-Semite. I have however served for many years in political parties and organizations in the nationalist flank and I have politically coexisted with people who held unacceptable ideas of this sort," said Voridis.
"I denounce any action, omission or tolerance to any action by a third party that could be interpreted as anti-Semitic or neo-Nazi," he added.
Speaking on News24/7 radio, KIS Secretary-General Victor Eliezer said that Greece's Jewish community was not "particularly happy" with Voridis' appointment in the new cabinet.
"There is a dark past and we publicly urge him to his renounce his anti-Semitic past," he said.
Last week, an...