European Commissioner Frits Bolkestein directed a number of new accusations to Islam in courtesy of Jews at the time they were commemorating the memory of the German war against Jews [most likely the Holocaust is meant]. Bolkestein claimed that Islam, in its current state, does not meet the requirements of the age, foremost accepting the existence of Israel. Bolkestein also claimed that the policies of Islamic countries do not distinguish between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism