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Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-cant-fight-anti-semitism-while-ignoring-threats-to-israel/
Europe Can't Fight Anti-Semitism while Ignoring Threats to Israel
(Politico) David Harris - Countless times, I have heard European leaders, on commemorative anniversaries and at memorial sites, express their anguish over the Holocaust and the fertile European soil that nurtured anti-Semitism over centuries. But too many European leaders are not connecting this painful past to present policies. Had Israel existed at the time, it might have rescued and offered safety to countless European Jews. Today, nearly half of the world's Jews live in Israel, which faces both military threats to its existence and endless challenges to its legitimacy. If the EU is serious about tackling anti-Semitism and preserving historical memory of the Holocaust, it cannot neglect, minimize or wish away threats to the existence of Israel and the Jewish right to self-determination. The writer is CEO of the American Jewish Committee (AJC).