Israel, the Jews and the European refugee crisis – Four million Syrian refugees are now registered in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq. Within Syria there are 7.6 million displaced persons. | The Jerusalem Post

Major European crises usually have important aspects which are of specific relevance to Israel and the Jews. The Ukrainian and Greek crises serve to illustrate this point. Particularly relevant aspects can already be seen in the fast-developing European refugee crisis. This is due to the number of people involved, their great difference in culture from Europeans, their diversity and the rapidity of their influx into the European Union. Some key elements relevant to Israel and the Jews are already manifest, and others will become so in due course.