Europe is simply dealing with its own cultural issues by projecting them onto the current conflict in the Middle East.
The conflict between Israel and Hamas following the latter’s 7 October 2023 terror attack has caused uproar and reaction in Europe. Antisemitism is clearly on the rise particularly among left-wing progressives, while a strong pro-Israel force is defending the Jewish state and fighting the recent surge of antisemitism.
The conflict between Jews and Muslims is indeed steeped in antisemitism; however, in Europe, this term is now used to hide a deeper culture war. On the one hand, it simply conceals a more fundamental anti-Western cultural revolution, and on the other it allows for a newfound national and European courage to mask itself as a progressive crusade against a new Holocaust.
