The Europeans are just protecting their socialist economies. They are not prepared to stand against Israel, just like they aren't prepared to stand against anyone else in the world. Europe is a retirement community, much like Florida, and the European ruling class isn't going to jeopardize their economy by actually calling a boycott against Israel, knowing that America will continue to support them. The Europeans aren't prepared to stop you -- it's just that they aren't going to help you. Israel is going to have to do things by itself. In all honesty, considering Europe's present social and economic structure, this ain't a bad thing.
As for current Israeli society, I need only look toward Brooklyn to make any kind of judgement. Christ, Brooklyn has a load of pacifists in there....and they've been breeding for the past 35 years. I imagine that modern-day Israel isn't all that much different from what Brooklyn has become. That is to say, I imagine Israel has a surrender-monkey problem.
We've all got the same problem (Europeanization of America), so if you manage to find a solution (other than "nuking the entire site from orbit"), please let us know.
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