Deputy FM Hotovely Moves Against Anti-Israel NGO’s

[shira]

Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely has set out to make European Union funding of anti-Israel Non-Governmental Organizations’ illegal. Some of the groups who benefit from the estimated 100-200 million Euros that have been poured every year into the effort are B’Tselem, Breaking the Silence, the Adalah Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel and the Coalition of Women for Peace.

Hotovely even claims that some of these groups have been used as conduits for money to flow to active terror organizations. It has been revealed that some radical groups funded by Europe are promoting illegal Arab settlement, and in particular are working to erase the ancient Jewish village of Susya in southern Judea.

In a Ynet report, it was stated that Hotovely has begun a series of meetings with foreign ministers, their deputies, and ambassadors of several European countries. She is confronting them with evidence that their governments are providing financial assistance to organizations calling for boycotts against Israel and working to delegitimize it internationally. This includes groups that slander IDF soldiers and work toward a Palestinian state and a plan to force Israel to return to the ’67 borders.

Hotovely also instructed Israeli ambassadors in Europe to demand that ministries increase their review of funds given to such groups. If these moves fail, she stated clearly that strict legislation will be implemented to ensure this.

Hotovely explained to Arutz Sheva on Tuesday that “we are demanding from European states that donate millions of euros to immediately stop the direct funding of delegitimization organizations, that (act) under the guise of human rights organizations.”

http://jpupdates.com/2015/07/22/deputy-fm-hotovely-moves-against-anti-israel-ngos/

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http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.667138
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4682691,00.html
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/198440#.Va_vyxNViko

[shira]

1. more of the OP...

The Times of Israel brought some figures that illustrate how serious this problem is.

“The Danish, Dutch, Swedish and Swiss governments donated $10.5 million to The Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Secretariat, which is run out of the Palestinian Birzeit University. Germany, Sweden, Norway and the European Union gave over NIS 400,000 to the Coalition of Women for Peace, which calls for international sanctions and a boycott of Israel. In addition, Denmark and Holland have donated over NIS 35 million to a variety of human rights organizations, Spain another NIS 3.8 million, Switzerland NIS 5 million since 2011. From 2008-2011, the United Kingdom donated some NIS 12 million to Breaking the Silence, Yesh Din, Gisha, BaMakom, Terrestrial Jerusalem and No Legal Frontiers.”

Earlier this year, Hotovely proposed a measure that would have forced any NGO that receives foreign funding to get Knesset approval for a tax exemption.

The United States has similar legislation. The U.S’s Foreign Agents Registration Act requires those acting on behalf of other governments and groups to declare themselves as such. The law was passed in 1938 to ensure that the US government would be able to prevent undue foreign influence on domestic issues. In Israel’s last elections, there were several NGO’s being funded by foreign sources that were working against a right-wing government. One such NGO, funded by the US State Dept., sent a delegation of Arab mayors to the United States to train them in campaigning. Another was headed by a former Obama campaign manager.

[Israeli]

2. Welcome back shira .....

It has been revealed that some radical groups funded by Europe are promoting illegal Arab settlement, and in particular are working to erase the ancient Jewish village of Susya in southern Judea.

Sure shira ...sure ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1134108882

ref : http://972mag.com/deputy-defense-minister-embattled-palestinian-village-doesnt-even-exist/109133/

“There has never been an Arab village called Susya,” Ben Dahan said, calling the village “a ploy by leftist organizations to take over Area C .”

Ben Dahan, a Rabbi from the Jewish Home party — who previously said that Palestinians are sub-human and that even homosexual Jews are superior to non-Jews — was responding to a formal query lodged by Joint List Member Dov Khenin, who inquired as whether it is true that the Civil Administration plans to demolish half of the village’s structures.

Khenin, who was visibly enraged by Ben Dahan’s remarks (you can view a video of the exchange here, in Hebrew), responded: “I have not heard such a response so detached from reality in a long time.” He then went on to quote Plia Albeck, a pro-settler former government official who oversaw legal decisions regarding West Bank land, and who herself admitted in 1982 that the old synagogue in what is now the Jewish settlement of Susya is “surrounded by an Arab village,” and that the land is registered in the Israel Lands Authority as being privately owned by Arabs.

For someone who has said publicly on here that you would vote Meretz ( if you could vote that is) ....you sure sound like you are supporting Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely and all she stands for and believes in ....and all that Deputy Defense Minister and new head of Israel’s Civil Administration Eli Ben Dahan stands for and believes in .

[shira]

3. Two things: 1. NGO's shouldn't be funded by foreign governments.

NGO = Non Governmental Organization. It can't continue to be an NGO if it's funded by governments. Basic logic.



We should agree on that one at the very least. Individuals and organizations can donate whatever they want to NGO's - more power to them - but not governments.

2. NGO's portraying themselves as human rights organizations are nothing of the sort when they advocate and support Israel's destruction. These same folks tend to defend Hamas & support them right or wrong. I would expect an anti-war person like yourself to oppose such warmongering organizations. Israel should have every right to oppose, slow down, or stop what are essentially pro-Hamas organizations.

[azurnoir]

4. so will this legislation also apply to the US? it seems so

The United States has similar legislation. The U.S’s Foreign Agents Registration Act requires those acting on behalf of other governments and groups to declare themselves as such. The law was passed in 1938 to ensure that the US government would be able to prevent undue foreign influence on domestic issues. In Israel’s last elections, there were several NGO’s being funded by foreign sources that were working against a right-wing government. One such NGO, funded by the US State Dept., sent a delegation of Arab mayors to the United States to train them in campaigning. Another was headed by a former Obama campaign manager.

[shira]

5. EDITED: Doesn't seem those NGO's are anti-Israel or dedicated to no more Israel. n/t

[azurnoir]

7. does the US call this an NGO?

[shira]

9. Well if it's not, then it's unrelated to the OP. n/t

[Israeli]

8. You and I will never agree on anything shira ....

.....so lets leave it at that .

Go back to posting your Right wing religious views and believes ... I will go back to avoiding your posts .

[shira]

11. We don't even agree that I'm rightwing or religious.

But if you have to believe that in order to avoid debating the topic, then have at it.

[shira]

6. My bad. NGO's are allowed to take money from foreign governments.

Anti-Israel NGO's are another story altogether.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

10. How so, shira? Be specific.

Oh, and welcome back.

[shira]

12. Just saying, anti-Israel NGO's that tend to be pro-Hamas....

....and against the existence of a Jewish state should be opposed by any sane government facing a similar situation.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

13. That sounds like a rather uneducated opinion on your part.

Perhaps you just want NGOs critical of Israel to be shut down?

[Little Tich]

14. For the sake of Israel, I really hope Hotovely fails in all her endeavours. n/t

[Israeli]

15. Amen Little Tich.....nt.