Dror Eydan
Israel Hayom, July 22, 2025
“The October 7 Hamas attack on Israeli civilians was a textbook act of genocide.”
Many of Israel’s European critics are confused. On the one hand, they despise Israel and hope for its downfall. On the other, they watch helplessly as radical Islam steadily takes over city after city, with shattered shop windows as evidence. Ireland is advancing legislation to ban imports from Judea and Samaria; France is ablaze while its president pushes recognition of a Palestinian state; leaders in Spain, the UK and elsewhere harshly condemn Israel and contemplate sanctions. Antisemitism, a virulent disease, blinds its carriers to the threats against their own security.
As in the past century, Europe is asleep at the wheel of its own civilization. Rather than confront the threat, it clings to a familiar tradition: sacrifice the Jews to save yourselves, hoping radical Islam will let you be. It will not. History has shown that a society’s treatment of Jews is a litmus test for its health. With few Jews left in Europe, the shortsightedness and hypocrisy of its leaders endangers democracy, liberalism, and humanity’s progress.
Israel, unlike Europe, recognizes its threats and fights back on multiple fronts. The threat is the same: radical Islam. Israel is fighting for the entire free world, holding a mirror to Europe’s impotence. While we fight, they condemn. We declare some values are worth dying for; they plan their summer holidays. Meanwhile, a large number of European citizens yearn to hear Israel’s voice. For now, we’ve abandoned the global narrative battlefield. ….SOURCE