The EU faces an increased terrorist threat

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2023-10-19 23:16:55

By Anne Rovan

Published yesterday at 6:48 p.m., Updated yesterday at 11:16 p.m.

From left to right: Norwegian Justice Minister Emilie Enger Mehl, Austrian Interior Minister Gerhard Karner and Dutch State Secretary for Justice and Security Eric van der Burg on Thursday in Luxembourg. JULIEN WARNAND/EPA/MAXPPP

ANALYSIS – Interior ministers looked on Thursday at the importation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict into Europe.

Correspondent in Brussels

A teacher murdered in a high school in Arras, two Swedish tourists shot dead in Brussels, airports evacuated in France, internal borders closing… The EU is facing an increased terrorist threat since the Hamas attack on Israel.

On Thursday, in Luxembourg, the Union’s interior ministers discussed at length the importance of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its corollaries, whether anti-Semitism or Islamophobia. No decisions were to be taken during this informal meeting. But the discussions were dense. Everyone was able to tell what they observed in their country. Cyprus is witnessing a worrying increase in anti-Semitic acts since many Israelis joined the island after the Hamas attack. The government is concerned that radicalized people are taking refuge in the North and then moving to the South of the country to attack Jews. Many have reported a rise…

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