When people talk about Israel’s “Greater Israel” project, the focus is usually on the immediate humanitarian catastrophe: mass killings in Gaza, bombings in Lebanon and Syria, and rising tensions with Iran. The left, rightly, frames this as a moral emergency. But there’s another angle that Europe’s far right is either too blind—or too hypocritical—to see.
If Israel’s campaign of expansion and destruction continues, it won’t stop at borders. It will send shockwaves across the Middle East, and one of the biggest consequences will be millions of refugees heading for Europe.
The Refugee Avalanche No One Wants to Talk About
The wars in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen, and Afghanistan already produced the largest displacement crises since World War II. Turkey alone hosts nearly 4 million refugees, many stuck in limbo on the doorstep of Europe.
Now add Gaza, Syria, Lebanon, and potentially Iran into the equation. Analysts have warned that a full-scale conflict with Iran could push up to one million refugees toward the Turkish border. But Turkey is in no mood to play Europe’s buffer zone again. That means the road leads straight to Greece, the Balkans, and beyond.
The people displaced will be desperate—families fleeing bombed-out homes, survivors of sieges, and those escaping economic collapse. And when desperate people move, borders eventually give way.
Europe’s Political Minefield
Here’s where the irony sharpens. Europe’s far right—parties like Geert Wilders’ PVV in the Netherlands, Marine Le Pen’s National Rally in France, and Spain’s Vox—have built their identities on opposing immigration. They rail against refugee “invasions,” promise tighter borders, and claim to defend “European culture.”
Yet these same parties increasingly wear “pro-Israel clothes”, cheering Israel as a symbol of Western strength and a frontline state against Islam. Marine Le Pen calls Israel “the shield of the West.” Sweden’s far-right Sweden Democrats even pushed to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
By embracing Israel’s endless wars, Europe’s far right is helping light the very fires that will drive refugees to Europe’s shores. It’s political self-sabotage: they bomb the house, then scream when the people inside run out the door.
The Hypocrisy of Double Standards
The European Union, meanwhile, reveals its structural racism with every move. When Russia invaded Ukraine, Europe opened its borders, rallied sanctions, and painted its streets with yellow and blue. But when Palestinians are slaughtered, Europe remains silent, clings to trade ties with Israel, and mutters about “both sides.”
As The Guardian recently put it: Europe’s treatment of Palestinians is “a mirror of its structural racism” — a colonial mindset that decides whose suffering matters and whose doesn’t.
But the EU’s hypocrisy doesn’t make the refugees disappear. Every bomb dropped on Gaza, Beirut, Damascus, or Tehran increases the pressure on Europe’s already strained migration system.
The Far Right’s Hidden Alarm Bell
Here’s the brutal truth:
- Leftists protest Israel’s campaign of death because it is genocide.
- The far right should be just as opposed, if only out of self-interest.
If they really fear “migrant invasions,” then they should be screaming for an end to Israel’s expansionist wars. But instead, they cheer them on, blind to the chain reaction:
- Israel expands, bombs, and destabilises.
- Millions are displaced.
- Refugees head to Europe.
- The far right loses the very war it claims to fight.
Conclusion: A Pyromaniac Protesting the Fire
Europe’s far right has tied itself in ideological knots. They’ve chosen short-term posturing—posing as defenders of Israel—over their own long-term survival. In doing so, they’re fueling the refugee flows they dread more than anything.
They are, in essence, pyromaniacs protesting the fire they started.
The left calls to end the suffering. The right should call to end the self-destruction. And the rest of us must call out this hypocrisy for what it is: complicity in both genocide and Europe’s looming political chaos.
