
The European Union has sanctioned four Israeli civil society organizations and key individuals, alleging ties to settler violence and opposition to a Palestinian state — prompting Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister to accuse the EU of weaponizing anti-Zionism as a socially acceptable mask for antisemitism. This escalating international pressure against Israel's right to govern its ancestral biblical heartland of Judea and Samaria mirrors the prophetic pattern of all nations turning against Israel in the last days. The prophet Zechariah warned that Jerusalem would become 'a burdensome stone for all people' and that the nations would gather against her — a scenario increasingly visible in today's global political landscape (Zechariah 12:2-3).