The mayor of Athens issued a sharp rebuke on Sunday to Israeli Ambassador to Greece Noam Katz, following the diplomat's criticism in an interview with the leading Greek newspaper Kathimerini in which he accused the city of failing to remove anti-Israeli graffiti and creating an unwelcoming atmosphere for Israeli visitors.

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