The situation in Gaza complicates European cohesion

Las institucións de la Europe de la posguerra had the objective of maintaining peace, uniting a pueblos en guerra and creating a sense of continental bond and including loyalty. From the growth of the European Union to other better organizations dealing with culture or sports, la esperanza siempre was mantena las national pasiones dentro de limites seguros and more extent.

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Sin embargo, el crèmeente antisemitismo, el aumento en la migración and parties más extremiste and anti-immigrantes caused negative reactions and divisions. The long war in Gaza has exacerbated these conflictsespecially between los young Muslims and other people who feel outraged by los bombardeos israelíes and de las deces de miles de muertes en Gaza, a large proportion of ellas mujeres y niños.

These tensions will remain in full view in the recent tournament violence in a soccer match between an Israeli team and a Dutch one in Amsterdam, donde las autoridades están investigando lo que llaman ataques antisemitas contra fans israelíes, so as incendiary actions on the part of both bandos.

Y el normally divertido Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión, celebrated this year in Malmo, Suecia, a city with a significant Muslim population, se vio empañado por protestas pro palestinas against Eden Golan, a contestant from Israel.

The original lyrics of the song, “October Rain”, in commemoración de los mil 200 Israelis who died in the attack led by Hamas on October 7, 2023, were rejected by the organizers due to their political nature, because it was modified for ser less specific. His action was met with boos and boos from some members of the public.

In Germanywhere he supports the existence of Israel is “Staatsräson”, a fundamental principle del Estado alemán, had numerous examples of anti-israelí and pro palestinian demonstrations. Los partidarios palestinos say that they gave themselves a marginalized meaning and that they were not listened to.

The police in Germany ha cerrado conferencias pro palestinas y ha negado to the entry of oradores pro palestinoswhile algunas organização artisticas alemanas withheld awards from authors who considered that they were demasiado críticos cu Israel o cu la conducta israelí in Gaza o in the West Bank.

Y la policía de Berlin ha estado investigando reportes de un equipo juvenil de Makkabi Berlin, a Jewish soccer club, was chased by a multitude of shouts “Palestina libre” and wore palos and cuchillos after a match with another Berlin club.

The Gaza war infected everything

“The Gaza war has infected everything,” said Stefan Kornelius, senior editor of the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung.

Many Muslims in Europe say that they also feel threatened. The rise of extremist nationalist parties like the Alternative for Germany, which had many neo-Nazi members and used racist language to immigrate and demand the expulsion of non-native German citizens, raised these anxieties.

Habido attacks the mosques and “a musulmanes and también a quienes son percibidos como musulmanes a un ritmo como nunca antes”, said Aiman Mazyek, presidente del Consejo Central de Musulmanes en Alemania.

La Agencia de Derechos Fundamentales de la Unión Europea said in an informe el mes pasado, that almost one of every Muslim in the bloc faces racism and discrimination in daily life, a strong increase since 2016. Los musulmanes nacidos in Europe and las mujeres que lucen vestimentas religiosas come particularly affected, said the report, and many face racial discrimination by the police.

He had around 70 arrests in Amsterdam, including 10 Israelis, mostly minors. Los funcionadores holandeses denounced the attacks as anti-Semitism.

“Lo que ocurrió en los ultimos días is a toxic cocktail of antisemitism, hooligan behavior and ira por la guerra in Palestine and Israel and other countries of the Middle East,” wrote Femke Halsema, Alcaldesa de Ámsterdam, al Ayuntamiento.

“He anti-Semitism cannot respond with other racism,” he added. “One group’s security cannot be an expense for another’s security.”