Israel's first consulate in Athens was established on Filellinon Street, near Syntagma Square. A historic moment: After the consulate's inauguration, a delegation from the newly established state of Israel laid a wreath at the Monument to the Unknown Soldier as a sign of respect for Greece.

Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on the 1st anniversary, 1949. Asser Moissis is on the left, and next to him are Konstantinis Kanaris and Zacharias Vital (Presidents of the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece and the Jewish Community of Athens, respectively) / Aleph 70