It has been my understanding that Europe has always been against Israel and the Jews.
Yes, that’s true to a varying degree at varying times. After Hitler, the killing of the Jews was so horrendous, that it pushed any Anti-semitism way down and it was more or less hidden, you might say.
And that particular anti-semitism came from the Christian church and the prevalent doctrine of Supersessionism, or also known as “Replacement Theology” today. If you look at what Martin Luther (of the Protestant Reformation) carried over with him from the Catholic Church, you’ll see Anti-Semitism in his writings that was absolutely horrendous. Hitler used this “teaching” and attitude of Martin Luther as representative of the church’s attitude towards the Jews. That theology and doctrine is STILL THERE with the majority of thr Christian Church in the world. It’s not so prevalent with the Protestant Evangelical Church in America, however, although it is with the Catholic Church. And that also explains the very frosty relations of the Catholic Church with Israel, from the time of its modern state, in 1948.
So, at the time of Israel’s establishment as a modern nation in 1948, that Anti-Semitism was tamped down (as a result of the world war and Hitler). But now, it is rising again in Europe, along with the ADDITION of the influx of Muslims in Europe ... the two combining to make it a very dangerous place for the Jews nowadays (whereas it wasn’t so much a decade after the war). That’s why the Jews are fleeing Europe now, and I’m sure that this is what is spoken about in Scripture in the the Jews would be gathered back to Israel from around the world. It’s not so much that the Jews in other parts of the world are saying ... “Gosh, let’s move to Israel. That sounds like fun!” NO ... it’s more that it’s getting really dangerous in ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD for Jews, and the only safe place they can find anymore is Israel (and ... for a little while longer, the other safe place is the USA, but that won’t be forever).