Europe’s Israel betrayal is a disaster for Ukraine

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After the October 7 massacre, the European Union was quick to condemn the “indiscriminate attacks”, assure Israel of “solidarity” and endorse its right to defend itself.

But it wasn’t long before European governments retreated from their staunch promises and moved toward equivocation. Some have now settled on a new playbook of moral inversion that would once have been unthinkable among Western nations.

What European leaders do not appreciate is how changing attitudes towards Israel could backfire by laying the groundwork for a parallel turn against Ukraine by the United States. In Washington, critical members of the coalition supporting Kyiv expect reciprocal support for Jerusalem on both sides of the Atlantic.

Mark Dubowitz is chief executive of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies