Freddy Eytan
Israel Hayom, July 20, 2025
“Macron is also determined to recognize the “State of Palestine” even if he has not managed to obtain a concrete result.”
Since the outbreak of the war in the Gaza Strip, the mood in Europe has been clearly anti-Israeli. European Union countries, and France in particular, accuse Israel of violating the cooperation agreement signed between the two parties and condemn the IDF for “flouting international law in the Palestinian territories.” This biased accusation is based primarily on biased reports from Hamas and pro-Palestinian NGOs. Worse still, anti-Israeli condemnations and threats of sanctions fail to take into account Hamas’ human rights violations or the difficulties for a democratic state fighting on the ground against a terrorist organization that holds hostages in inhumane conditions and uses its own population as human shields.
Of course, Israel categorically denies deliberately targeting civilians or religious buildings. It investigates every incident and admits that blunders are sometimes committed, such as the shooting of the Catholic church in Gaza.
Despite the admissions and apologies, the European Union persists and signs and seriously considers “the total suspension of the agreement to the restriction of trade relations, including sanctions against Israeli ministers, the imposition of an arms embargo, and the suspension of visa exemptions.” These are senseless and unprecedented measures against a friendly and allied state that is fighting Islamist terrorism single-handedly and in reality doing “the dirty work.” …SOURCE