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Source: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/20915/eu-should-condemn-iran-not-israel
EU Should Condemn Iran, Not Israel, for West Bank Violence
(Gatestone Institute) Con Coughlin - The EU's dangerous bias on the Gaza conflict, where it constantly backs Iranian-backed terrorist groups at the expense of a democracy, Israel, has been exposed yet again by the latest anti-Israel stance adopted by Josep Borrell, the EU's foreign minister. Borrell wants the bloc's members to impose sanctions on two Israeli cabinet ministers for "hate messages" against Palestinians. His initiative was unlikely to succeed as it would require unanimity among all 27-member states, and many EU nations, such as Italy, were strongly opposed to the measure. The fact that the EU's foreign policy chief has even suggested imposing punitive measures against Israel when it is involved in a desperate fight defending itself against the world's largest sponsor of state terrorism, Iran, and its proxy terrorist groups - Hamas, Hizbullah, the Houthis, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Iraqi militias, as well as Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps - on at least seven fronts, shows a woeful lack of understanding of the conflict. Europe is just as much in danger as Israel, should Iran move to a nuclear weapons breakout. Borrell's constant articulation of anti-Israeli views raises questions about his suitability to continue holding such an important position in the EU. As for IDF raids to tackle terrorists in the West Bank, Danny Danon, Israel's Ambassador to the UN, explained that Iran is "actively working to smuggle sophisticated explosive devices" into the West Bank "intended for use in suicide bombings in the heart of Israeli cities." Israel would not sit idly by and "wait for scenes of buses and cafes exploding in city centers. The IDF's operations in Judea and Samaria have a clear goal: preventing Iranian terror-by-proxy that would harm Israeli civilians." The writer is defense and foreign affairs editor of the Daily Telegraph (UK).