Cyprus communist party accusing Israelis of trying to take over their country ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Cyprus communist party accusing Israelis of trying to take over their country

From Greek site Efsyn:

AKEL Secretary General: Israelis are buying up land en masse in Cyprus - Dangers lurk

Stefanos Stefanou identified a serious geopolitical issue regarding the possibility of Israeli citizens acquiring large and ghettoized real estate properties on the island.
"The government must protect our land, ensure that Cyprus will continue to belong to Cypriots and be controlled by Cypriots in perpetuity ," said the Secretary General of the Cypriot parliamentary party AKEL, Stefanos Stefanou, on Friday before the 24th congress of the Party, referring to the dangers of the uncontrolled sale of real estate to wealthy citizens of third countries and making special reference to the practices followed by citizens of Israel.

He also indicated that "we must take into account how the establishment in Israel thinks and acts, referring to the sweeping acquisitions of important economic units and large areas of land, while serious newspapers in Israel are talking about a targeted policy of expansion of the country towards Cyprus . If we do not take effective measures now, at some point we will discover that our country does not belong to us."

AKEL is a prominent communist political party with significant representation in their parliament.

Philenews points out that no one seems to have had a problem when othe rnationalities bought properties in Cyprus en masse:

I have a question. Is the problem because they are Israelis? Because Cyprus, as is well known, has, from time to time, attracted various foreign “blood donors”. Whom we always welcome with open arms. Lebanese, Russians, Ukrainians… In Limassol, for example, the Russians had a regular colony, with companies, schools, Russian-speaking media… They probably thinned out after the invasion of Ukraine, but many stayed forever. As did their jobs. We didn’t see anyone worried. Now should we worry about the Israelis?

The president of the Association of Real Estate Appraisers in Cyprus, Polys Kourousidis, called out Stefanou :

He mentioned, there are foreign buyers in Cyprus, but the majority are not Israeli. "What the Secretary General of AKEL stated is very dangerous. There are geopolitical developments in our region and it is dangerous to target ethnic groups."
He stressed that, in total, foreigners buying property in Cyprus amount to approximately 5–6 thousand. “The majority are non-Europeans; that is, approximately 3–4 thousand.”
He added that he researched and found no specific data on the total number of Israelis who have purchased a home in Cyprus. “We turned it into a political issue, talking about an ‘expansion policy’ and an ‘invasion of Israeli capital’ in Cyprus.”
Furthermore, Mr. Kourousidis mentioned that during the AKEL government period, foreign buyers were much more numerous. "Back then, they were mainly Russians and there was no problem."

Israelis buy second homes in Cyprus because the prices are much lower than Tel Aviv and the island is easy to travel to - even when Israel's airspace is closed. There is no nefarious plan to expand Israel, except in the minds of the communists and the Turks.

Oh, and the Arabs. Greek site Politis discussed how Chabad was helping Israelis stranded in Cyprus during the war, and how Chabad has expanded there to accommodate Israelis. So Rai al Youm is using that information to make it sound like Chabad itself is a Jewish expansionist organization:

The report indicated that the number of Israelis reached 15,000 people, and noted the activity of the Jewish Chabad movement in the region.
The newspaper reported that the Israeli immigrants are "close to establishing a city," and the report stated that the Israelis have used Greek Cyprus as a "backyard" during the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the report, the Chabad movement owns six homes, a synagogue, a kindergarten, a mikvah (Jewish bath), a kashrut center (a Jewish body that grants kosher certification), a cemetery, and summer activity facilities.
Chabad is an extremist organization that does not believe in the existence of Palestinians, calls for their expulsion from occupied Palestine, and opposes any agreement that would grant them part of the land.
The organization's members are present in several countries, including the United States, France, and Canada, in addition to the UAE, where they established a Jewish community center containing a synagogue and Torah scrolls.

See? It isn't Israelis - it is the Jews!