From Dublin to Rome, hundreds of thousands of Europeans took to the streets across Western Europe last weekend to protest Israel‘s supposed genocide of Palestinians. In Amsterdam, 250,000 people —equivalent to nearly one-quarter of the city’s population — marched in support of Palestinians and to condemn Israel’s war against Hamas. Most of the participants on the Global Sumud Flotilla, meant to bypass the Israeli security cordon around Gaza, were European activists or politicians. At the United Nations General Assembly, European presidents and prime ministers used their speeches to recognize a Palestinian state and condemn the so-called genocide.

European hypocrisy has rarely been on greater display.