PM, in Israel, wins tourism pledge and warns on Turkey

Greece and Israel pledged on Tuesday to work toward a resumption of bilateral tourism in August if coronavirus precautions permit and discussed shared concerns over Turkey's energy exploration in the eastern Mediterranean.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, on his first trip abroad since the pandemic erupted, brought a cabinet delegation to Jerusalem in a show of confidence in mutual health measures and to promote a trilateral natural-gas consortium with Cyprus.

Greece opened its main airports to mainly EU visitors on Monday. Israel - some 1.2 million of whose citizens travelled to Greece annually in recent years - is a big market.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hoped that as of Aug. 1 travelers to and from Greece would not be required to self-quarantine - a de facto resumption of airline traffic.

"This also depends on what...