“If I need to choose between the life of my children and the sympathy of the Europeans the choice is clear,” said Sharren Haskel.
(May 27, 2025 / JNS) European leaders who have recently criticized Israel over its war against Hamas in Gaza have succumbed to political pressure fueled by a nefarious international media campaign against the Jewish state, Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel said on Tuesday.
The unequivocal remarks by Israel’s second-highest diplomat come amid some of the harshest criticism leveled against Israel by British, German, French and Canadian leaders since the war began nearly 20 months ago, following the Hamas-led massacre on Oct. 7, 2023.
“What we are seeing is the capitulation of several European leaders to a very loud political campaign in countries with a massive immigrant influx from many Muslim countries together with an immense propaganda campaign waged against Israel on international TV networks,” Haskel told JNS ahead of a series of meetings in Europe this week.