The atmosphere in Europe is rotten. You can smell it in the expulsions at the Polytechnic University of Turin, in the beating of a Jewish professor in Pisa, in assaults on tourists, in the closures of sports and cultural spaces, in protests and strikes framed as being in “solidarity” with Gaza.

Meanwhile, the European Union sanctions Israel under the virtuous banner of “pacifism,” dressing up Hamas as the innocent “Palestinian people.”

The United Nations adds its familiar chorus of condemnations, brandishing once again its ugliest weapon—the accusation of “genocide,” the most poisonous word in the world.