It was not a fringe account. It was not a rogue official. It was the Israeli government’s own Arabic-language social media presence — and what it posted was a call for the mass removal of Muslims from Europe.
The post read in part: “In the year 1980, there were only fewer than a hundred mosques in Europe. As for today, there are more than 20 thousand mosques. This is the true face of colonization. And this is what is happening while Europe is oblivious and does not care about the danger… Europe must wake up and remove this fifth column.”
Read that again. The Israeli government — a recipient of over $3 billion in annual U.S. military aid — posted a message describing Muslim communities in Europe as a “fifth column” that must be “removed.” The construction of mosques, an expression of religious freedom protected under the laws of every democratic country in Europe, is framed as an act of colonization. The presence of Muslim families, citizens, and communities is described as a “danger.”
See: Israeli Government Social Media Urges Europe to ‘Remove’ Muslims
This is not isolated. It is part of a pattern United Voices has documented — a deliberate ideological campaign that pairs military violence against Palestinians with political messaging designed to cast Muslims globally as enemies of Western civilization. Israeli forces have destroyed mosques in Gaza, banned the Islamic call to prayer, and desecrated copies of the Quran. Now its government is publicly calling for the expulsion of Muslim communities from an entire continent.
The language of “fifth column” and “removal” does not exist in a vacuum. It echoes the rhetoric that preceded some of the worst atrocities in modern European history. When a government with a military, an intelligence apparatus, and billions in foreign backing uses that language about a religious minority, it is not a social media misstep — it is incitement, and it demands a response.
United Voices is calling on European governments, the United Nations, human rights organizations, and faith leaders worldwide to condemn this post without qualification and to reject the broader ideological framework it represents. We are also calling on the U.S. government to make clear that this kind of rhetoric is incompatible with the values it claims to stand for — and that continued American support for Israel cannot be separated from accountability for what Israel’s government says and does.
Israel’s Government Posted a Call to ‘Remove’ Muslims from Europe. This Is What a State-Sponsored War on Islam Looks Like.
It was not a fringe account. It was not a rogue official. It was the Israeli government’s own Arabic-language social media presence — and what it posted was a call for the mass removal of Muslims from Europe.
The post read in part: “In the year 1980, there were only fewer than a hundred mosques in Europe. As for today, there are more than 20 thousand mosques. This is the true face of colonization. And this is what is happening while Europe is oblivious and does not care about the danger… Europe must wake up and remove this fifth column.”
Read that again. The Israeli government — a recipient of over $3 billion in annual U.S. military aid — posted a message describing Muslim communities in Europe as a “fifth column” that must be “removed.” The construction of mosques, an expression of religious freedom protected under the laws of every democratic country in Europe, is framed as an act of colonization. The presence of Muslim families, citizens, and communities is described as a “danger.”
See: Israeli Government Social Media Urges Europe to ‘Remove’ Muslims
This is not isolated. It is part of a pattern United Voices has documented — a deliberate ideological campaign that pairs military violence against Palestinians with political messaging designed to cast Muslims globally as enemies of Western civilization. Israeli forces have destroyed mosques in Gaza, banned the Islamic call to prayer, and desecrated copies of the Quran. Now its government is publicly calling for the expulsion of Muslim communities from an entire continent.
The language of “fifth column” and “removal” does not exist in a vacuum. It echoes the rhetoric that preceded some of the worst atrocities in modern European history. When a government with a military, an intelligence apparatus, and billions in foreign backing uses that language about a religious minority, it is not a social media misstep — it is incitement, and it demands a response.
United Voices is calling on European governments, the United Nations, human rights organizations, and faith leaders worldwide to condemn this post without qualification and to reject the broader ideological framework it represents. We are also calling on the U.S. government to make clear that this kind of rhetoric is incompatible with the values it claims to stand for — and that continued American support for Israel cannot be separated from accountability for what Israel’s government says and does.