What Europe Can Learn from Israel in War against Vehicle Attacks

by Colonel Richard Kemp and Arsen Ostrovsky

The van terror attack in Barcelona follows a similar wave of car rammings in Nice, London, Paris, Berlin, and Stockholm.

Shortly after the horrific terror attack in Barcelona last week, which claimed the lives of 14 people, Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy said terrorism is Europe’s main problem “right now.”

Similarly, it was not until the London Bridge car ramming in June this year that killed 8 people, that UK prime minister Theresa May said “enough is enough”. But therein lies the problem.

Jihadists have been waging terror in Europe for years now and “enough” was enough after the first attack. But European leaders have largely been in denial, only now beginning to concede there is a problem, and even still, many refusing to identify and confront the radical Islam at the root of this war.

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