Dutch Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders delivered a strong speech to the Dutch parliament supporting Israel, and said Israel’s fight with terrorist organizations is a fight for the West itself. He said: “If Jerusalem falls, so will Paris, and Berlin. Israel is fighting for all of us.”

JNS reported the speech was made June 4 as Wilders’s party was considering leaving the ruling government coalition because of the failure by coalition partners to keep pledges on controlling immigration into the Netherlands.

Wilders also said: “A mother in Holland can sleep peacefully because a mother in Israel is staying awake to see if her son returns home from battle. Israel is an outpost of freedom. It is the only democracy in the Middle East and if it falls, so will Europe.”

Wilders decried the “almost anti-Semitic” statements made by opposition leader Frans Timmermans slandering the state of Israel. Wilders mused on the loss of moral compass among so-called leaders in the West who “are ready to condemn a state that is defending itself, and remain silent about those who are shooting up orphanages.”