In the corridors of power in Jerusalem, one can detect a sense of satisfaction lately. Ministers and senior officials believe that the world is coming closer to Israel in policy and values in the aftermath of the March 22 Brussels terror attacks and the migration crisis in the European Union and the United States.

When Minister of Transportation and Intelligence Yisrael Katz chastised Belgians for eating chocolate rather than fighting terror, he represented a prevalent view in the government that the Europeans are about to see the light and understand that the real problem in the Middle East is Islamic terror, not the Palestinian issue, and that terror in Paris and Brussels is not different from terror in Tel Aviv.

The immigration crisis in the EU and the United States is also seen by the leaders of Israel’s right as leading to an ideological rapprochement between the West and Israel. Muslims threatening San Bernadino and the Molenbeek neighborhood in Brussels are the same Muslims that threaten Middle East stability and Israel.

A senior Foreign Ministry official in charge of Israel’s public relations campaigns told Al-Monitor on condition of anonymity that, following the instructions of the prime minister, the ministry is enhancing an international campaign to delegitimize Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority for inciting jihadist terror. The campaign also aims at demonstrating that the same terror plaguing Europe is striking Israel on a daily basis. The official also claimed that European governments are approaching Israeli ambassadors to consult Israel on its anti-terror policies. “We hope to become a model of how to deal with terror in many European countries,” he said.