(Israel Hayom) Freddy Eytan - Countries in Europe, like Britain and France, still control territories across the ocean that are thousands of miles away from their own capitals. But when the Jewish state builds new apartments in Jerusalem, its capital, or in a "disputed" area, European condemnation is never long to follow. Why don't the Europeans clearly state the actual truth - they are terrified of the economic crisis, from the waves of Muslim immigration washing over their countries; they are worried about terrorist attacks and they have no choice but to follow the Muslims' dictates and surrender to their blackmail. The writer, a former Israel Foreign Ministry senior advisor who served in Israel's embassies in Paris, Brussels and Mauritania, is director of the Israel-Europe Project at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.
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