‘The octopus arms of Islamism will strike Europe’

Israeli Deputy Minister Ofir Akunis says that the EU decision to take Hamas off its terrorist organization list last month signaled to extremists across Europe that they could carry out deadly attacks such as the ones witnessed in France.

Ofir Akunis (photo credit: CC-BY-SA Shay Hayak/Wikipedia)
Ofir Akunis (photo credit: CC-BY-SA Shay Hayak/Wikipedia)

“Anyone can see that the octopus arms of Islamism will strike at Europe,” he tells Army Radio.

Akunis is a Knesset member from Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Likud party, and a former Netanyahu aide.

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