Hey EU, Shove It
This story is making the rounds through the pro-Israel side of the blogosphere, and we're nothing if not anxious to fit in. Screw the EU:
A top European Union official held a secret meeting in Gaza with the leaders of Hamas, in spite of EU denials to the contrary, in which he praised the terror organization's work, blamed terrorism on "Israeli occupation," referred to Hamas militants as "freedom fighters" and failed to contradict claims Israel was responsible for the September 11 attacks.
When the United States tells Israel that they don't have to give away land to the Palestinians while the Palestinians are blowing up school busses, it's criticized for not being an honest broker. The take-away here is not so much that Europe's Middle East policy is under girded by the most vulgar anti-Israel scapegoating and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories - but more that implicit or explicit acceptance of that scapegoating and those theories is what it takes for the Arab world to accept you as an "honest broker" in the first place.
A top European Union official held a secret meeting in Gaza with the leaders of Hamas, in spite of EU denials to the contrary, in which he praised the terror organization's work, blamed terrorism on "Israeli occupation," referred to Hamas militants as "freedom fighters" and failed to contradict claims Israel was responsible for the September 11 attacks.
When the United States tells Israel that they don't have to give away land to the Palestinians while the Palestinians are blowing up school busses, it's criticized for not being an honest broker. The take-away here is not so much that Europe's Middle East policy is under girded by the most vulgar anti-Israel scapegoating and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories - but more that implicit or explicit acceptance of that scapegoating and those theories is what it takes for the Arab world to accept you as an "honest broker" in the first place.
