27 Nov 2023, Samaria: Spain and Belgium held a bizarre press conference, attempting to speak for Europe. They called for elevating Gaza from terrorist enclave to full-fledged nation. Quoting from Herb Keinon’s article: “…In other words, some 3,000 Hamas terrorists invade Israel, murder, rape, burn, mutilate, and plunder, and their reward from Spain will be to be recognized as an independent state.”
![Photo: Excerpt from "Resisting the ceasefire pressure that would keep Hamas standing," Jerusalem Post, 27 Nov 2023, p 1.](https://jtod.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/img_2023-11-27-150905-1.jpg)
As for the Prime Minister of Ireland, at best, he simply did not realize how the word “lost” would sound to Israelis who speak English as a second language, or, he misapplied a Scripture from Matthew which would be unfamiliar to Jews, and is inappropriate to the situation even for Christian audiences; or at worst, the PM minimized the trauma of Emily Hand and her family, a 4 year old girl caught up in a triple war crime situation. Emily’s parents were murdered before her eyes, then she was held hostage and denied Red Cross visits for 50 days. A triple war crime.
![Jerusalem Post, 27 Nov 2023, p 1.](https://jtod.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/img_2023-11-27-151910-300x253.jpg)
Is this Catholic antisemitism at work? One remembers that decades ago, Irish leaders congratulated Hitler. The current Irish PM’s more lengthy statement acknowledged that little Emily was a hostage, but did not mention Hamas or terrorism, and did not mention that she was captured as part of a war crime.
However, Germany is doing much better:
!["Hamas is at war with the whole region," Jerusalem Post, 27 Nov 2023, p 1.](https://jtod.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/img_2023-11-27-153613-300x225.jpg)