Local inspection – “Hate should not be sown in the hearts of children!”

“Kron”: How can it be that the demonstrations in the West against Israel simply ignore Hamas’s terrorist massacre?

Engelberg: It is important that after this breach of civilization, democratic governments, including Austria, stand in solidarity with Israel.

Yes, there are fanatics who, confronted with these terrible crimes, blame Israel. That will be the challenge of the coming years: how we in Europe deal with these fanatical people, predominantly Muslims. It must not degenerate into a war against Islam, but there must be a clear recognition of the danger that these Islamists pose.

Mandl: There must be very clear boundaries about what is and is not allowed. It is a scandal that the European Union has still not launched its migration package. It’s actually 5 to 12. Islamist terror – and not Islam as a religion – is the problem. This has to do with radicalization from childhood. We cannot allow this in Europe. The European Union is one of the most attractive parts of the world for immigration, but does not have an adequate migration policy.

Engelberg: We Europeans must recognize that we are allowing and even encouraging radicalization with our own money. Palestinian school textbooks, co-funded by the EU and UN, are full of incitement and glorification of so-called martyrdom. Huge sums of so-called martyr pensions are paid to terrorist survivors. We all have to take it upon ourselves and say we can’t let this continue.

Mandl: I have submitted fourteen requests to the European Parliament to this effect, without success. It’s just a shame that hatred is being sown in the hearts of children from Europe.”