Middle East crisis: Starmer, Macron and Carney ‘on the wrong side of humanity,’ says Netanyahu – as it happened
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Israeli foreign minister Gideon Saar accused unnamed European officials on Thursday of toxic antisemitic incitement" he blamed for a hostile climate in which the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staff members in Washington DC took place.
Israel has faced criticism from Europe as it has intensified its military campaign in Gaza, where humanitarian groups have warned that an 11-week Israeli blockade on aid supplies has left the Palestinian territory on the brink of famine.
There is a direct line connecting antisemitic and anti-Israel incitement to this murder.
This incitement is also done by leaders and officials of many countries and organisations, especially from Europe.
These libels about genocide, crimes against humanity and murdering babies pave the way exactly for such murders.
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