EU silence on Hamas actions ‘deafening,’ says ADL

The Anti-Defamation League is commending the US, the UN and Canada for their condemnation of Hamas over the kidnapping of 2nd. Lt. Hadar Goldin in Gaza, while calling European silence on the issue “deafening.”

The Delegation of the European Union to the State of Israel released a statement earlier lamenting the breakdown of the 72-hour ceasefire that lasted mere hours this morning, but made no mention of the attack by Hamas gunmen near Rafah less than two hours into the truce.

“The reaction by the European Union was utterly shameful,” the ADL says in a statement. “The EU failed to blame Hamas for breaching the ceasefire, failed to mention the killing of two Israeli soldiers and kidnapping of another during the ceasefire, and gave a free pass to Hamas by calling on both sides to continue the ceasefire as if nothing had happened.

“America’s leadership and moral clarity about the brutality of Hamas will do more, in the end, to protect human life and to uphold international norms and standards than those who ignore the fundamental vicious nature of Hamas and its determination to prolong this confrontation.”