Brussels 08.11.2023 Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen addressed the MEPs in the European Parliament alongside families of Israelis hostages detained by Hamas terrorist group in Gaza in the aftermath of their massive attack on October 7.

Cohen met with European Parliament President Roberta Metsola and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The two were the first foreign leaders to visit Israel a week after the terrorist attack to express solidarity with the Jewish state, expressing their condolences to the families of the victims, and wishing soon recovery to the wounded.
Cohen said to the MEPs that Iran is orchestrating attacks on Israel in order to stop the tide of normalization with Arab countries, and achieving peace in the region.

“We need to win this war in order to ensure that the West will not be next, since terrorism, it’s like a cancer,” Cohen says, underlining that Hamas terrorists used international financial aid to build tunnels and rocket factories while leaving Gaza inhabitants “starving.”

“We are not attacked only by the Hamas and by the Islamic Jihad. We are also attacked by the Hezbollah in our northern border and also by the Houthis in Yemen,” Cohen said. Havana)
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen tells EU parliamentarians in Brussels that Iran is orchestrating attacks on Israel in order to stop the tide of normalization and peace in the region.

“We need to win this war in order to ensure that the West will not be next, since terrorism, it’s like a cancer,” Cohen says, adding that Hamas has used international financial aid to build tunnels and rocket factories while leaving Palestinians “starving.”

“We are not attacked only by the Hamas and by the Islamic Jihad. We are also attacked by the Hezbollah in our northern border and also by the Houthis in Yemen,” Cohen added.

“There is one thing that connects them: Iran. Iran is the world number one financer of terror,” he said, accusing Tehran attempting to “stop the normalization and the peace process that took place in the last three years.”