For Netanyahu, the prior twelve months had:
- Israel release prisoners, including Palestinian murderers of Israeli civilians, at the direct urging of allies
- Their Palestinian counter-party break peace talks by joining with Hamas and international organizations
- A summer in which: three teenagers were abducted and murdered; Israel located an extensive Hamas tunnel network from Gaza into Israel to launch attacks; Israel combated thousands of incoming missiles from Gaza. Yet Israel was still criticized by Europe and the global community for defensive actions
- European cities launch multiple riots against Jews
- European countries reward the Palestinians with admission to more world bodies and votes of endorsement
- The European Union remove Hamas from its terrorist list
For Netanyahu – and many Jews – the year in Europe echoed back 75 years to a period in which the continent nearly annihilated its Jewish citizens. It was bad enough that Israelis contend with Palestinian Arabs that are more extreme than the Nazis of the 1930s. But that Europeans embraced this ideaology was truly frightening, particularly as it stood in contrast to values they claimed to support.
In 1939, at the early stages of the Holocaust, Britain drafted the White Paper at the behest of Arabs in the Middle East, which limited Jewish immigration to Palestine at the outset of the Holocaust – a move which likely killed over 100,000 Jews – despite the specific mandate to facilitate the immigration of Jews to their homeland.
In 2015, the Prime Minister of Israel heard the calls to kill Jews, and made clear that a world with an established Jewish State will not allow a repeat of the European Holocaust.
Related First One Through articles:
Europe hurting the peace process: https://firstonethrough.wordpress.com/2015/01/02/failing-negotiation-102-europe/
Europe penalizing Israel even though Palestinians are the reluctant peace partner: https://firstonethrough.wordpress.com/2014/10/15/european-narrative-over-facts/
Jews continue to move out of Europe to Israel and the US music video (Diana Ross): https://firstonethrough.wordpress.com/2014/06/01/the-loss-of-jews-in-europe-continues/
Ignoring Jihad only when it comes to Israel: https://firstonethrough.wordpress.com/2015/01/26/radical-jihadists-in-europe-and-dislocated-and-alienated-palestinians-in-Israel/