Brussels, Sept. 20 -- More than 100 European rabbis have written to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warning that since the Hamas-led October 7 attack against Israel, Europe was encountering "visceral antisemitic hate," even as Israel's Minister of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Amichai Chikli accused the European Union of targeting Israel, Euronews reported.

"The European Union is an institution that tolerates two types of Jews: those willing to undermine Israel, and dead Jews," Chikli said, as reported by Euronews.

His comments came after von der Leyen, in her annual State of the Union address last week, announced that the EU would suspend "bilateral support" for Israel and partially freeze a trade deal ...