Why Israel is dealing with ‘Dumb and Dumber’

Once the cradle of civilisation, Europe is now barely recognisable—at least from the perspective of a nation that stands as a beacon of hope and democracy in one of the most miserable regions on Earth.

Today’s blog is about a foolish man who legitimises Hamas by pledging to recognise an independent Palestinian state.
Ideologically, it has become increasingly difficult to speak or write about the Jews of Europe who now fear for their lives—whether in the streets of Paris, where their shops are marked with Jewish symbols, or in Amsterdam, where they face pogrom-like attacks by radicalised Islamic migrants, reminiscent of darker times in European history.

Israel’s fight is not with Emmanuel Macron, who clearly yearns to be a modern-day Jimmy Carter, but with a terrorist organisation that harbours the same degree of hatred for Europe and the West.

Macron’s interventionist politics have placed France in a humiliating position—from its failure to uphold Azerbaijan’s right to territorial integrity, to the growing wave of anti-French sentiment in New Caledonia. One is left to wonder: what exactly does an unpopular French president hope to achieve?

The answer is: VALIDATION

France, long known for its colonial past, now appears to be lending support to yet another form of religious colonialism—Hamas. The world witnessed Hamas’s true intentions when it was given the opportunity to release the remaining hostages and bring an end to the war in Gaza—but it chose to refused.

Witkoff was forced to cut his trip to Qatar short because Hamas refused to engage in meaningful negotiations. Yet, paradoxically, this only seemed to embolden Macron in his push to recognise a state whose sole objective is the extermination of Jews from their ancestral homeland. European diplomacy today no longer appears rooted in professionalism or principle—it now seems more concerned with appeasing those who despise European culture just as much as they hate Jews and Israel.

The world may not be fair, but politicians are expected to uphold a moral stance as human beings. When you claim to pursue peace between Israelis and Palestinians, yet fail to acknowledge the suffering of innocent Israelis—forced to spend twelve days in bomb shelters as rockets from Iran rained down on Haifa and Tel Aviv—you are not promoting peace. You are, instead, validating terrorists like Sinwar and Ali Khamenei, whose only aspiration is the murder of innocent people. Unfortunately, it remains a tragic reality that Europe continues to turn a blind eye to Jewish lives. These are the same societies that once stood by as the Gestapo dragged their Jewish neighbours away to death camps—and today, they are the same societies that watched as Hamas murdered 1,200 innocent Israelis. The very next day, Europe responded not with solidarity, but with mass anti-Israel demonstrations.

This is the mindset of a colonial state that massacred millions across the globe—from Algeria to Vietnam. Once, the world was not big enough for the ambitions of a French Empire, fuelling its relentless expansion; yet today, it seems too small to tolerate the existence of a Jewish state.

I truly wish the Palestinians could live in peace with Israel. But it is they who refuse to recognise the right of the world’s only Jewish state to exist. Yes, they speak of peace—but not with Israel, rather without Israel. Yes, they seek an independent state—but not alongside Israel, instead over it, with no Jews in sight.

I know what war is. I am a child of war—raised in Azerbaijan, a nation that has endured the pain of Armenian occupation and aggression. As someone from a family of refugees from Western Azerbaijan, I feel a deep responsibility to speak up for Israel—a nation that has chosen life over death, and progress over destruction.

My homeland liberated Karabakh and has since rebuilt it into a region of thriving cities. Israel, too, will rebuild—whether in Gaza, Judea, or Samaria—because like us, they believe in a future shaped by resilience, not ruin.

We will still have to face dumb politicians like the antisemitic Jeremy Corbyn—and his dumber counterpart, Emmanuel Macron—who seem willing to do anything to appease Islamist cults. But we will remember those who left this world consumed by hatred, while we are the ones who endured and survived.

Am Yisrael Chai!