Addressing the Scourge of Anti-Semitism in Europe

Dec 12, 2023

Also published in House Foreign Affairs Committee
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Matthew Levitt
Matthew Levitt

Matthew Levitt is the Fromer-Wexler Senior Fellow and director of the Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence at The Washington Institute.

Articles & Testimony

A Hamas expert testifies on how the group, its sympathizers, and a motley array of other factions are taking advantage of the Gaza war to stoke anti-Semitic threats and attacks across the continent.

The following is an excerpt from prepared remarks submitted to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Europe. To read the full testimony, download the PDF on this page.

Last week I visited Israel and saw firsthand the horrific results of the massacre Hamas carried out targeting Israeli communities on October 7. I bore witness to the remnants of Kfar Aza and the atrocities Hamas executed there. I was already familiar with the grotesque violence Hamas committed, but I felt the need to see it for myself. It was sickening. No wonder some Hamas officials have tried to distance themselves from the group’s barbarity. In retrospect, it is clear that Hamas never prioritized attending to the needs of Palestinians in Gaza but rather leveraged control of the territory as part of a long game aimed at destroying Israel. What the group could not have anticipated is that even after carrying out such a brutal attack, it would enjoy vocal support in pockets of anti-Semitic protests around the world...

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