"No place to live? Leave us alone"

A magazine feature about Israelis who moved to Greece, focusing on the growing Israeli community in Athens and tensions with locals over rising real estate prices. Yaki Rotem, an Israeli in the village of Trovo, recounts a hostile response he received: "What, you have no place to live? Leave us alone." The article follows the family of Koren, who moved to Greece in 2022, and describes the change in the Kifisia neighborhood. Additionally, the issue of voting in elections arises: many Israelis plan to fly to Israel to vote, but some feel unwelcome.

A magazine feature about Israelis who moved to Greece, focusing on the growing Israeli community in the Kifisia neighborhood of Athens and the rising tension with locals over real estate prices. The article opens with the story of Koren, an Israeli child who moved to Greece in September 2022; now seven years old, he speaks Greek and considers Greece his home. His mother, Elian, describes how the neighborhood has changed: dozens of Israelis living there, an Israeli café and supermarket, and a kindergarten where seven out of twenty children are Israeli. However, the Israeli influx, which intensified after October 7, has sparked anger among some locals. Yaki Rotem, 75, living in the village of Trovo, recounts a response he received while looking for a house for a friend: "What, you have no place to live? Leave us alone." He understands it's not personal, but it's unpleasant. The article also touches on voting in elections: Ayelet, an Israeli in Athens, describes the commitment to fly to Israel to vote, while Elian is unsure she can, after her ID renewal was refused. Elian concludes: "You feel they don't want us to come." The article reflects the gap between the sense of belonging to Israel and the new life in Greece.

"No place to live? Leave us alone"