Eight decades after the Holocaust, many European leaders are still struggling with the reality that they can no longer tell Jews where and how to live — or, for that matter, how to protect themselves. For some, it is proving to be an exceedingly difficult habit to break.
On May 19, 2025, President Emmanuel Macron of France, Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the U.K., and Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada issued a joint communiqué warning, “If Israel does not cease the renewed military offensive and lift its restrictions on humanitarian aid, we will take further concrete actions in response.” Nor were they the only leaders who called on Israel to end its efforts to destroy Hamas, the genocidal terror group that calls for Israel’s destruction and rules Gaza with an iron fist.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz asserted, “Harming the civilian population to such an extent, as has increasingly been the case in recent days, can no longer be justified as a fight against terrorism.” Merz added that he “no longer understands what the Israeli army is doing in the Gaza Strip, with what goal.”
Notably, these leaders, along with the United Nations and much of the mainstream media, are relying on casualty claims from the Gaza Health Ministry — an entity controlled by Hamas….
(Read the rest of CAMERA’s May 31, 2025 Op-Ed at National Review)