A documented financial trail

Seven million euros sent to Hamas. Not in the Middle East, but in Europe. In Italy. Through charities operating on European soil. Arrests in Genoa, financial trails, judicial evidence. These are not opinions. They are facts.

Beyond criminal liability

This case is not only a criminal matter. It is a political and moral one.

Hamas is a terrorist organisation. This is not a matter of perspective or ideology. It is a legal fact recognised by the European Union. Any financial support to Hamas, direct or indirect, is support for terrorism. There is no humanitarian exception to this rule.

The abuse of solidarity

When money is raised under the label of “humanitarian aid” and ends up funding a jihadist group, we are not dealing with naïveté or isolated misconduct. We are facing a deliberate abuse of solidarity, one that exploits moral language to bypass the law and undermine democratic societies from within.

Europe cannot look away

And this is where Europe must stop pretending the problem is distant.

Hamas is not just an enemy of Israel. It is an enemy of liberal democracy, individual freedoms, religious pluralism, and women’s rights. Its ideology openly rejects the values on which the European Union is built. Financing Hamas does not only threaten Israeli lives; it directly attacks Europe’s legal and political order.

The erosion of a necessary distinction

Over time, parts of the pro-Palestinian movement in Western societies have blurred a line that should never be crossed. The Palestinian cause is increasingly detached from any clear rejection of Hamas. Sometimes through silence, sometimes through justification, sometimes by redefining terrorism as “resistance”. This is not neutral language. It creates a cultural environment in which violence becomes acceptable, as long as it targets Israel.

Political antisemitism

That environment has a name: political antisemitism.

Not the crude antisemitism of slurs and vandalism, but the more sophisticated kind, expressed through selective outrage and moral double standards. Israel is treated as a permanent exception, the only state whose existence itself is questioned. The only one denied the right to defend its citizens. The only one whose destruction is openly chanted in European streets under the guise of human rights.

The meaning of words

Calling for the elimination of Israel is not a demand for justice. It is a denial of Jewish self-determination. Words matter, and pretending otherwise is a form of complicity.

A necessary distinction

Defending Palestinian civilians is legitimate and necessary. Defending Hamas is not. Confusing the two is not a mistake, it is a choice — and its consequences are felt not only in the Middle East, but here in Europe.

Accountability and the rule of law

Humanitarian organisations play a crucial role in conflict zones. Precisely for this reason, they must be transparent, accountable, and subject to the rule of law. Humanitarianism cannot become a moral shield behind which terrorism is financed. When that happens, solidarity loses its meaning and becomes a weapon.

Liberal democracy under threat

Israel today is not just another state under attack. It is a liberal democracy facing an existential threat from an openly terrorist movement. Defending its right to exist does not mean denying Palestinian rights. It means rejecting the idea that jihadist violence is an acceptable political tool.

Clarity and responsibility

Those who hide support for Hamas behind humanitarian rhetoric do not help Palestinians. They entrench extremism. And they fuel an antisemitism that endangers Israel, but also Europe and the values it claims to stand for.

This is not about slogans. It is about clarity, responsibility, and the refusal to let terrorism pass as solidarity.