Amid mounting international pressure from Europe on Israel, Dr. Fiamma Nirenstein — former Deputy Chair of the Italian Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee and now a senior fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs — issued a stark warning on Tuesday about what she calls Europe’s deep moral decline in its position toward the State of Israel.
“Europe has become Hamas’s de facto spokesperson in this war,” she said. “The protests against Israel are so morally distorted that Hamas itself proudly adopts them and presents them as proof of support for its struggle.”
“The European Union Demands Nothing of Hamas”
Nirenstein points to a repeated pattern of denial and indifference: “The European Union votes time and again against Israel, demands a one-sided ceasefire — and asks nothing of Hamas. Not even the return of the hostages.”
She adds that these positions are not only politically misguided, but represent a profound moral failure: “Apparently, ‘genocide’ no longer applies when it comes to Jews.”
She also warns about the cynical misuse of humanitarian aid to Gaza by Hamas: “Armed terrorists seize the aid trucks, use their contents for military needs and to extort the civilian population, then blame the hunger they themselves create on Israel — a brilliant manipulation of public perception.”
She concludes with a clear call to European leadership: “The ones responsible for this war are Hamas — not Israel, and not the hostages. It’s time for the European Union to wake up and demand what truly needs to be demanded: the return of the hostages, disarmament, and an end to terror.”
