Things We Learned on Twitter Today- Greece and Israel Are in a Relationship

Greetings from the Starbucks in Front Royal, Va., a town where actor Robert Duvall once resided in a horse farm (we are not actually in Front Royal but there is a Starbucks there), where today we are posting about a new pact between Greece and Israel.

I suppose the headline does indicate a slight Turkish-American bias (for those of you in Welch, WVa, where in all probability no Greek-American or Jewish person resides, Turkey and Greece were enemies but are now friends. Conversely, Turkey and Israel were friends, but well things have changed!).

According to a tweet from The Jerusalem Post, Greek and Israeli relations have improved since the infamous flotilla raids. While the pirate-style invasions of the relief vessels meant to give food and aid to Palestinians made international headlines because of the raid aboard the Turkish ship The Marmara which killed nine people all of whom were Turkish, several Greek ships were targeted in the same dubious effort as well.

But, this week eight Israeli choppers are taking part in search and rescue efforts in southern Greece, according to the Israeli newspaper.

Conversely, right-wing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Athens in August, and the Jersualem Post reports he has no such plans to dine with the Erdogans in Ankara (Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whom a friend of mine in Bursa, Turkey, calls The Turkish Bush is the PM of Turkey).

SIDEBAR_ Today, we add Mercy High School in Omaha, Neb., to our long list of High Schools of the Week. We were wondering why the school, nicknamed The Monarchs, had no football team until we found out they were an all-girls' Catholic school. Carolyn Jaworski is the principal of the school, which has its own Facebook and Twitter pages.