At some point, someone has to ask the uncomfortable question:

If there was an “Arab Spring” – when do we get a “European Spring”?

Not flowers.
Not festivals.
Not another pride parade sponsored by a bank.

A real spring.

The kind that shakes systems.
Breaks illusions.
Forces societies to admit they have lost control.

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Because right now, Europe looks like someone who fell asleep at the wheel – and keeps insisting everything is under control.

The European Illusion: Everything Works, Except Reality

Europe is still selling the same package to the world:

Human rights.
Tolerance.
Progress.
Values.

On paper – paradise.

On the ground?

Cities with neighborhoods police enter carefully.
Jewish communities maintaining more security cameras than synagogues.
Governments explaining that “it’s complex.”

In Europe, everything is complex.

Only everyday life is becoming simpler:

Do not stand out.
Do not complain.
Do not ask uncomfortable questions.

Jews: Checking the Suitcases Again

There is an old joke:

When a Jew is unsure what is happening – he checks where his passport is.

The problem is, it is no longer a joke.

Since October 7, antisemitism in Europe did not “rise” – it surged.

France, Germany, the UK – record levels.
Thousands of incidents reported.
Violence, threats, intimidation.

In Britain alone, thousands of antisemitic incidents have been documented in recent years.
In Germany and France, incidents have multiplied.
Jewish institutions increasingly operate under heavy security.

And the official response?

“We condemn.”
“We will increase protection.”
“This does not represent our values.”

Meanwhile, synagogues become fortresses.
Children go to school with guards.
Rabbis receive threats.

Europe’s enlightened liberals struggle with a basic task:

Protecting their own citizens.

Because enforcing order risks being labeled intolerance.

And in today’s Europe, reputation often outweighs reality.

Migration: Between Ideal and Reality

Europe opened its doors.

It began with an ideal:

Humanitarian aid.
Refuge.
Universal values.

It evolved into a more complicated reality:

Social tensions
Cultural gaps
Localized violence
Enforcement challenges

In several countries, authorities themselves have acknowledged “sensitive areas” where policing is more difficult.

This is not theory.

It is policy language.

But discussing it directly?

Risky.

Because then you are not “sensitive.”

You are “problematic.”

Woke Culture: The New Orthodoxy

Europe once led science, philosophy, industry.

Today, it often leads a competition over who is offended first.

Language is monitored.
Jokes are evaluated.
Words come with warnings.

All in the name of sensitivity.

But when it comes to real-world violence?

Sensitivity becomes silence.

Canceling a comedian is easy.

Confronting reality is harder.

So instead, Europe perfected the art of managing discourse rather than managing outcomes.

Politics: Fluent Words, Limited Control

European leaders speak well.

Balanced.
Measured.
Diplomatic.

But reality is not diplomatic.

When states struggle to maintain control in parts of their own cities,
when citizens feel less secure,
and when discussing it becomes taboo-

the problem is no longer about image.

It is structural.

So Where Is the Spring?

If a European Spring comes, it will not be romantic.

It will not begin with flowers.

It will begin with questions.

Questions about borders.
About identity.
About security.
About truth.

Those questions are already here.

Europe is just trying to answer them with policy papers.

Israel Watching from the Side

And in Israel?

We watch.

Partly sympathetic.
Partly frustrated.
Partly unsurprised.

Because some of the realities Europe is now confronting-

we have lived with for decades.

The difference is simple:

We do not have the luxury of denial.

In the Middle East, a problem you do not address-

addresses you.

The Bottom Line

The European Spring will not arrive with a declaration.

It will not come with a slogan.

It will arrive when the gap between what Europe says about itself
and what is actually happening
becomes too large to ignore.

Right now, that gap is growing.

And the real question is not whether a spring will come.

It is whether it will arrive in time-

or after the summer has already burned away the illusions.

And in today’s Europe,

even that is still being discussed.

Preferably on a panel.

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