Israeli minister says EU focus on ‘condemning Israel’ was distracting from terrorism threat

Israeli minister of Science, Technology and Space Ofir Akunis has said that the attacks of Brussels on Tuesday could have been avoided had the EU been less concerned with slamming Israel.

“Many in Europe have preferred to occupy themselves with the folly of condemning Israel, labeling products, and boycotts," he wrote on Facebook.

"In this time, underneath the nose of the Continent’s citizens, thousands of extremist Islamic terror cells have grown.”

“There were those who repressed and mocked whoever tried to give warning. There were those who underestimated. To our sorrow, the reality has struck the lives of dozens of innocent people.”