Europe has forgotten: Small threats are growing and a policy of reconciliation is turning into capitulation
Nachman Shai, Ph.D., David Ellenson Dean, Hebrew Union College/Jerusalem
In his op-ed for Maariv, Dean Shai reflects on Europe’s involvement in the latest developments in the middle east. EU countries are reacting cautiously and refraining from fully supporting an attack by the US and Israel. Anyone who supports democracy and human rights cannot remain indifferent to the events of recent weeks in Iran, he says. Democratic, cultural, and liberal Europe has decided to close its eyes, at least for now.