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An analyst in El Salvador praised Bukele at the time, saying that while the government and leading parties at the time were visiting Venezuela and Cuba, Bukele wanted to visit Israel where the Jews made the desert bloom, where Israelis can teach El Salvador how to farm more efficiently and a much better partner for the future.

Palestinians were upset at Bukele's visit at the time, and they are not celebrating his election now. Al Araby is typical in saying that by this visit "denies the suffering of his ancestors." Video of his visit to Israel is being shared on social network sites.

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Arabs upset: New President of El Salvador, of Palestinian descent, is a fan of Israel ~ Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News

 

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Bed and Breakfast on Stolen Land,” a report documenting alleged human rights violations associated with renting Jewish properties in the West Bank. To avoid bad press, Airbnb yanked its Jewish-owned listings one day before the report dropped.

It’s unclear exactly when HRW began to juggle both human rights research and anti-Israel activism. One could point to the joint declaration of the 2001 NGO Forum in South Africa, reportedly formulated with Human Rights Watch’s assistance, which endorsed sanctions against the Jewish state. It also could have been 2004, when it hired anti-Israel activist Sarah Leah Whitson. Soon after she took over as Middle East director, HRW endorsed a campaign led by vehemently anti-Israel groups to suspend sales of Caterpillar equipment to the Jewish state after pro-Palestinian activist Rachel Corrie was killed when she stood in the way of an Israeli military bulldozer.

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Why has Human Rights Watch become an anti-Israel activist group?

 

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Both Hamas and PFLP Charters openly seek the elimination of the State of Israel and use NGO’s to influence public opinion against Israel in furtherance of this heinous objective.

The Report names and shames the following NGO’s, identifies their areas of operation, their ties to Hamas and the PFLP and outs Hamas and PFLP members – many of them convicted terrorists – who are or have been actively involved in these organisations’ campaigns aimed at denigrating and delegitimising Israel:

• The Palestinian BDS National Committee
• Samidoun
• Addameer
• Al-Haq
• Defence For Children International – Palestine
• The European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine
• Palestinian Center For Human Rights
• The Palestinian Return Centre
• The Palestine Solidarity Campaign
• Friends of Al-Aqsa
• American Muslims For Palestine
• Hamas Operatives active in NGO’s in the UK: Muhammad Sawalha and Zaher Birawi

A look at just one organisation – Al-Haq – headquartered in Ramallah and operating in Judea and Samaria (West Bank), the Netherlands, France, and Northern Europe – indicates the modus operandi that similarly exist in the others.

Al-Haq (established in 1979):

• Has Governmental Sponsors: European Union, Norway, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and Ireland
• Received Grants from Governmental Sources, 2014-2018: Over $3 million
• Published with a group of French NGOs a report in March 2017 entitled “The Dangerous Liaisons of French Banks with the Israeli Colonization”.
• Leads the legal effort to delegitimize Israel at the International Criminal Court in The Hague

Shawan Jabarin, General Director of Al-Haq since 2006, served as a senior PFLP official in the past and at least until recently maintained close ties with PFLP operatives in Judea and Samaria. Jabarin was tried and convicted for his military activity in the PFLP and has served multiple prison sentences.
Jabarin was described in a 2007 Israeli Supreme Court case by the presiding judge as:
“Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Some of his time is spent in conducting a human rights organization, and some as an operative in an organization which has no qualms regarding murder and attempted murder, which have no relation whatsoever to rights. Quite the opposite, they reject the most basic right of all, without which there are no other rights, that is, the right to life.”Three other PFLP members arrested by Israel are also identified as working or having worked for Al-Haq: Ziyad Hmeidan, Zahi Jaradat and Majed Abbadi.

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Daphne Anson: David Singer: Hamas and PFLP Embroil USA and EU in Plans to Destroy Israel

 

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The theoretical basis for confiscating the Estelle and other boats would be the international law of the sea as embodied by England’s Naval Prize Act of 1864.


In light of the Supreme Court’s essential endorsement of confiscation and the state making sure that in this case it moved to seize the ship in a reasonable amount of time, Sokol granted the confiscation.


Haifa District Court lawyer Dr. Hadar Mousri called the ruling, “an additional piece of the legal shield against repeated attempts to use the law to delegitimize the blockade,” and noted that it set a precedent in balancing the right to protest through a flotilla versus the right of the state to confiscate a ship which tried to violate the blockade.

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Court sets new precedent against Gaza blockade flotillas

 

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Hulu buys Israeli vampire show ‘Juda’

 

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This week, though, the Times food section crossed the line, dispelling any remaining doubt about where its heart lies. It published an adoring feature, beginning on the section front and continuing to a full page inside the section, about Yasmin Khan. The article is headlined, “A Writer Describes Palestinian Cuisine, and the World Around It.”

The Times article reports, “Ms. Khan fell in love with Palestinian food when she first found herself in the West Bank 10 years ago, in her past life working in human rights with War on Want, a British charity committed to anti-poverty initiatives. (Ms. Khan left the group in 2011. In 2018, it was one of 20 organizations Israel blacklisted because of its support of an economic, cultural and academic boycott of Israel.)”

That’s an unhelpful and tendentious Times passage. War on Want’s “anti-poverty initiative” was to boycott the Jewish state, which it conspiratorially and inaccurately held entirely at fault for the poverty of Arabs in the West Bank and Gaza. The Timesdoesn’t ask or say whether Khan still favors a boycott of Israel, though it does allow that she “made a point not to quote Israeli sources in the book.” The Times misleadingly makes it sound as if War on Want’s BDS activities only became an issue long after Khan left the organization. In fact, though, Khan’s role at the organization while she worked there involved advocating for a boycott of Israel. In a 2009 video, Khan is seen speaking at a public event about “the crimes of Israel against the Palestinian people” and telling an audience, “I want you all to get involved in the BDS movement.” Describing War on Want as a “human rights group” is naïve, since it appears to have no regard for the rights of the Israelis it is boycotting. It might be more accurate to describe the organization as an anti-Israel hate group.

If one is wondering what Khan has been up to since leaving War on Want, one answer may be seen in this video in which she provides propaganda on behalf of the terror-sponsoring, dissident-jailing government of Iran. “There ain’t no chance of going hungry walking around Tehran, and on every street corner, I spot tasty delights, like saffron pastries, stuffed vine leaves, and my personal favorite, succulent lamb kebabs,” Khan reports, before moving from the street to a kitchen. There, bare-armed in a sleeveless dress, she asks a guest such laughably non-hard-hitting questions as “What do you love about Tehran?” Her guest replies, apparently without irony in the capital of a country rated “not free” by Freedom House, “We have the freedom.”

She’s also been active on Twitter, retweeting some of the nastiest anti-Israel libels.

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New York Times Food Section Joins the Boycott-Israel Movement

 

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Israel's $72m 'war chest' to fight BDS arrives in Europe
But every Israeli attempt to discredit the Palestinian boycott movement is helping it gain more supporters.

A lost war
While Israel has demonstrated its ability to galvanise self-serving US and other European politicians to support its cause, there is no evidence that the BDS Movement is being quelled or is, in any way, weakening.

On the contrary, the Israeli strategy has raised the ire of many activists, civil society and civil rights groups, angered by Israel's attempt at subverting freedom of speech in western countries.

BDS' success is attributed to the very reason why Israel is failing to counter its efforts: it is a disciplined model of a popular, civil resistance that is based on engagement, open debate and democratic choices, while grounded in international and humanitarian law.

Israel's "war-chest" will run dry in the end, for no amount of money could have saved the racist Apartheid regime in South Africa when it came tumbling down decades ago. Needless to say, $72m will not turn the tide in favour of Apartheid Israel, nor will it change the course of history that can only belong to the people who are unrelenting in achieving their long-coveted freedom.

Israel's $72m 'war chest' to fight BDS arrives in Europe

 

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Israel's $72m 'war chest' to fight BDS arrives in Europe
But every Israeli attempt to discredit the Palestinian boycott movement is helping it gain more supporters.

A lost war
While Israel has demonstrated its ability to galvanise self-serving US and other European politicians to support its cause, there is no evidence that the BDS Movement is being quelled or is, in any way, weakening.

On the contrary, the Israeli strategy has raised the ire of many activists, civil society and civil rights groups, angered by Israel's attempt at subverting freedom of speech in western countries.

BDS' success is attributed to the very reason why Israel is failing to counter its efforts: it is a disciplined model of a popular, civil resistance that is based on engagement, open debate and democratic choices, while grounded in international and humanitarian law.

Israel's "war-chest" will run dry in the end, for no amount of money could have saved the racist Apartheid regime in South Africa when it came tumbling down decades ago. Needless to say, $72m will not turn the tide in favour of Apartheid Israel, nor will it change the course of history that can only belong to the people who are unrelenting in achieving their long-coveted freedom.

Israel's $72m 'war chest' to fight BDS arrives in Europe

Indeed, all the usual, screeching "apartheid" slogans.

It sounds like the gee-had needs some warriors to fight the war chest.

Some of your YouTube videos would go a long way toward fighting the good fight.

 

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Opinion | BDS Is Linked To Terrorists. Just As You Suspected.

 

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This week, though, the Times food section crossed the line, dispelling any remaining doubt about where its heart lies. It published an adoring feature, beginning on the section front and continuing to a full page inside the section, about Yasmin Khan. The article is headlined, “A Writer Describes Palestinian Cuisine, and the World Around It.”

The Times article reports, “Ms. Khan fell in love with Palestinian food when she first found herself in the West Bank 10 years ago, in her past life working in human rights with War on Want, a British charity committed to anti-poverty initiatives. (Ms. Khan left the group in 2011. In 2018, it was one of 20 organizations Israel blacklisted because of its support of an economic, cultural and academic boycott of Israel.)”

That’s an unhelpful and tendentious Times passage. War on Want’s “anti-poverty initiative” was to boycott the Jewish state, which it conspiratorially and inaccurately held entirely at fault for the poverty of Arabs in the West Bank and Gaza. The Timesdoesn’t ask or say whether Khan still favors a boycott of Israel, though it does allow that she “made a point not to quote Israeli sources in the book.” The Times misleadingly makes it sound as if War on Want’s BDS activities only became an issue long after Khan left the organization. In fact, though, Khan’s role at the organization while she worked there involved advocating for a boycott of Israel. In a 2009 video, Khan is seen speaking at a public event about “the crimes of Israel against the Palestinian people” and telling an audience, “I want you all to get involved in the BDS movement.” Describing War on Want as a “human rights group” is naïve, since it appears to have no regard for the rights of the Israelis it is boycotting. It might be more accurate to describe the organization as an anti-Israel hate group.

If one is wondering what Khan has been up to since leaving War on Want, one answer may be seen in this video in which she provides propaganda on behalf of the terror-sponsoring, dissident-jailing government of Iran. “There ain’t no chance of going hungry walking around Tehran, and on every street corner, I spot tasty delights, like saffron pastries, stuffed vine leaves, and my personal favorite, succulent lamb kebabs,” Khan reports, before moving from the street to a kitchen. There, bare-armed in a sleeveless dress, she asks a guest such laughably non-hard-hitting questions as “What do you love about Tehran?” Her guest replies, apparently without irony in the capital of a country rated “not free” by Freedom House, “We have the freedom.”

She’s also been active on Twitter, retweeting some of the nastiest anti-Israel libels.

(full article online)

New York Times Food Section Joins the Boycott-Israel Movement

 

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Episode 12: Disrupting Terror Funding

 

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Icelandic Pop Icon: Jews Learned Nothing from the Holocaust

 

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BDS Plays a Nazi Tune at Carnegie Hall

 

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Spanish Pro-Israel Organization Defeats Legal Attempt to Silence It

 

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The level of contempt the MECC has for Israel and Israelis is pretty obvious. The MECC’s executive committee can’t even bring itself to name the organization in question, nor can it even mention the Jewish state — Israel — by name in its communique.

It’s disgusting. It’s as if the bishops and patriarchs in charge of the MECC are taking their cue from Arab extremists in the Middle East who still dream of destroying the “Zionist entity” in their midst. Somebody needs to tell the folks who run the MECC that the Middle Ages called and they want their antisemitism back.

Despite the MECC’s refusal to name the “Zionist institution” in question, it’s pretty clear that the unnamed “Zionist institution” is NGO Monitor which recently issued a damning and authoritative report on EAPPI. The report details how the organization serves as a training camp for anti-Israel advocacy. In particular, the report states that “EAPPI places significant emphasis on political advocacy before, during, and after the trip. When volunteers return to their home countries and churches, they engage in anti-Israel advocacy, such as BDS (boycott, divestment, and sanctions) campaigns and comparing Israel to apartheid South Africa and Nazi Germany.”

This is indisputable. NGO Monitor got it exactly right.

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What Did NGO Monitor Get Wrong? (Hint: Nothing!)

 

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It is the Year of Indigenous Languages - but don't expect to find Hebrew mentioned ~ Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News

 

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Why these Democratic presidential hopefuls voted no on an anti-BDS bill

 

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It seems a bit like stating the obvious that BDS hate groups are connected to islamic terrorist franchises.


Evidence mounting that U.S. BDS groups are fronts for terror organizations

In a brief filed by Arizona’s Attorney General Mark Brnovich as part of a case before the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals concerning his state’s anti-BDS law, Brnovich noted that the BDS campaign was not only motivated by anti-Semitism, but that it aids Palestinian terrorist groups, including Hamas, as well as the Palestinian Liberation Organization, the latter of which provides payments and stipends to convicted terrorists or their families.

 

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Standing up to the Eurovision boycott brigade - The Australian Jewish News

 

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Netta Barzilai on BDS: ‘When you boycott light, you spread darkness’