The Jihad against Jews Is a War against the West

There is a lesson to be drawn from Thursday night’s sharia-supremacist pogrom against Jews — not Zionists, Jews — in the Islamic Emirate of Amsterdam, formerly known as the capital of the Netherlands, the beating heart of transnational-progressive, multicultural, post-sovereign Europe. It’s a lesson I’ve been writing about here for over 20 years, but now is an opportune time for a refresher, with Donald Trump’s election as president having opened the possibility of a new American national-security footing.

This is not just a jihad against Jews. The war against Israel is the war of Jew-hatred in Europe. Russia’s war against Ukraine is materially supported by Iran, the jihadist maestro of the war against Israel. The Biden-Harris administration’s woeful failure of deterrence has ushered America’s principal geopolitical adversaries, China and Russia, into positions of influence in the Middle East; they see sharia supremacists, including but not limited to their partners in Tehran, as major assets in their anti-Western project.

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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There is a lesson to be drawn from Thursday night’s sharia-supremacist pogrom against Jews — not Zionists, Jews — in the Islamic Emirate of Amsterdam, formerly known as the capital of the Netherlands, the beating heart of transnational-progressive, multicultural, post-sovereign Europe. It’s a lesson I’ve been writing about here for over 20 years, but now is an opportune time for a refresher, with Donald Trump’s election as president having opened the possibility of a new American national-security footing.

This is not just a jihad against Jews. The war against Israel is the war of Jew-hatred in Europe. Russia’s war against Ukraine is materially supported by Iran, the jihadist maestro of the war against Israel. The Biden-Harris administration’s woeful failure of deterrence has ushered America’s principal geopolitical adversaries, China and Russia, into positions of influence in the Middle East; they see sharia supremacists, including but not limited to their partners in Tehran, as major assets in their anti-Western project.

About the Author

Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.