Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister accuses the EU of weaponizing a "socially acceptable mask" of anti-Zionism to target the Jewish state — after Brussels sanctioned Israeli civil society groups that oppose Palestinian statehood."We are witnessing a deeply troubling trend where traditional antisemitism has simply put on a new, socially acceptable mask: anti-Zionism," Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel told Fox News Digital."Where prejudice once targeted the individual Jew, it is now directed at the collective Jewish state and our fundamental right to live in our ancestral homeland.
But make no mistake, the political targeting of Israel always bleeds into an assault on Jewish life itself," Haskel added. The European Union imposed the sanctions on four Israeli civil society organizations and three of their senior figures, alleging support for "settler violence" and claiming they undermine prospects for a Palestinian state — a move that Regavim, one of the groups targeted, described as an infringement on Israeli sovereignty.LEADING EVANGELICALS IN PUSH TO HAVE PRESIDENT TRUMP RECOGNIZE ISRAELI SOVEREIGNTY OVER ‘BIBLICAL HEARTLAND’European Union-sponsored structures in Area C on the West Bank, also known as Judea and Samaria."Our entire activity consists of legal and parliamentary work.
We collect and analyze information and policies and go to court and the legislature to highlight areas where Israel’s policy is either lacking or misguided," Naomi Kahn, Regavim’s Director of International Division, told Fox News Digital."The European Union is trying to control the internal political system and policies of an independent state that is supposed to be an ally.When we point out the absurdity of the situation, they don’t like it," she said.In its announcement, the European External Action Service (EEAS) stated that "extremist settlers and the organizations supporting them contribute directly to violence, forced displacement and dispossession a...