From France to America, hatred of Israel is eroding the West - opinion
The West’s growing hostility toward Israel is fueling the very extremism and antisemitism threatening its own societies.
The defamation of Israel and the delegitimization of Jews and Zionists are having a detrimental impact on the Western world. France serves as a prime example of this phenomenon, where a blend of Marxism, Islamism, Palestinianism, and antisemitism is causing deep-rooted chaos within the country's culture and political landscape. French President Emmanuel Macron and his predecessors have long failed to acknowledge the truth – that their support for the Palestinian cause has birthed a narrative of nihilism and contempt for civilization, far beyond Israel's borders.
This moral inversion excuses the destruction of French landmarks and the acceptance of radical ideologies. My father, Prof. Henry H. Weinberg, a scholar of French literature, observed this trend over four decades ago and chronicled the long-standing anti-Semitic campaigns in French media and society. The fallout from this hatred is not limited to France, but is evident across Europe and even the United States and Canada.
The West's preoccupation with Israel has led to the justification of other evils, such as Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons and Marxist-Islamist terrorism. As European and Western leaders focus their criticisms on Israel, they overlook their own societal and civilizational failures, using condemnation of Israel as a convenient substitute for genuine governance.
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