Deputy Foreign Minister Hotovely meets European officials to demand governments stop providing cash to allegedly anti-Israel organizations.
By Itamar Eichner, YNET
Israel is demanding that European Union member states halt funding to non-governmental organizations allegedly working to delegitimize the Jewish state. The Foreign Ministry claims that European governments provide 100-200 million euros annually to said groups.
Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely has begun a series of consultations with European foreign ministers, their deputies, and ambassadors of several European countries, in which she is presenting evidence that their governments provide financial assistance to organizations that support boycotts against Israel, “blacken its face around the world, accuse it of ethnic cleansing, apartheid, and war crimes; deprive the Jewish people of their right to self-determination, call to prosecute Israel in the International Criminal Court at The Hague, and support the right of return”.
Hotovely claimed that some of these organizations are associated with and actively support terror groups.
Hotovely has met withthe Dutch foreign minister, the Spanish deputy foreign minister, and the ambassadors of Sweden, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Denmark, and Switzerland.
According to Hotovely, the diplomats were presented with detailed documents collected by the Foreign Ministry and the NGO Monitor organization that prove the “problematic” funding. She emphasized that Israel sees support for organizations opposing its right to exist as crossing a red line.
Hotovely has instructed Israeli ambassadors in Europe to demand that ministries increase thier overview of funds given to such groups, warning that if her premptive diplomatic move fails, Israel will be forced to adopt legislation forbidding foreign countries from backing organizations with a clear anti-Israel bent.
According to Deputy Minister Hotovely, these are some of the European investments in such organizations in recent years:
The Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Secretariat, managed by the Institute of Law at Birzeit University in the West Bank, which received $10.5 million from the governments of Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. The funds were to go to 24 political organizations over three years.
In 2014, the governments of Germany, Sweden, Norway, and the EU provided NIS 415,741 to the Coalition of Women for Peace, an organization that supports aspects of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement.
The Netherlands provided NIS 13 million in the last three years to numerous NGOs, including Who Profits, Al-Haq, the Coalition of Women for Peace, and Al-Mezan.
Denmark provided NIS 23 million in the last three years to several NGOs, including Breaking the Silence, BADIL, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, and other Palestinian organizations.
Switzerland provided NIS 5 million over the last three years to organizations like the Alternative Information Center, Zochrot, the Applied Research Institute, and Terrestrial Jerusalem.
Spain gave NIS 3.8 million in the last three years to groups including Breaking the Silence, the Coalition of Women for Peace, the Alternative Information Center, and NOVA, a Spanish BDS organization.
The United Kingdom provided NIS 12 million in 2008-2011 to Breaking the Silence, Yesh Din, Gisha, Bimkom, Terrestrial Jerusalem, and No Legal Frontiers.
with BB i see the pot boiling the frog and him advising capitulation…. but the giving away of YS will be disguised as a victory. What israeli pol beleives that the Jews should keep YS, or at least C?????????? At one time I thought Bb was in that camp, but now…. fuggeddaboutit, win the war and lose the peace….
on second thought perhaps BB is employing the zen principle of “not doing” 🙂
vivarto Said:
Please tell me what BB has done to counter this BDS and libel over the years he has been in office?vivarto Said:
what has BB done on this issue… he did not rally the coaltion to vote the zoabi bill and he did not support any bill to change the justice system.. walks, talks, quacks just like a left wing duck
vivarto Said:
there is a divide but the extreme left and extreme religions agree on supporting the enemies of Israel I think you are wrong about the fear of the religious. I think the religious, other than the religious zionists, are seen to be self serving and not supporting zionism in Israel. I have yet to see a massive religious demonstration calling for the GOI to annex YS. they have the numbers, we saw them at the funeral and rioting for their perks. what are they doing right now for zionism while they are in the coalition, or are they simply giving BB what he wants so he will give them their perks and evasions? Are they rendering to caesar for a return on their investment? I dont know why folks here identify religiousness with being pro israel and pro zionism? The religious zionists who fight for YS appear to be a small minority of the religious constituency.
vivarto Said:
what he is balancing is his right wing external image and vote getting machine with his left wing agenda and policy implementation which IMO included understandings with the GCC. In any case, it involves deception of the public.
vivarto Said:
he was elected by the other half, did you see reagan implement a communist agenda when he was elected?
vivarto Said:
then why does he work behind the scenes to obstruct jewish settlement in YS, do nothing for jews on the mount, do nothing to stop attacks on Jews in general, do nothing to stop euros building in C illegally? He only made a new
BS announcement because he accidentally let slip his real agenda to prevent settlement. Why doesn’t he run on a left ticket, why does he pretend to be right wing. If he ran on a left ticket then who would be able to obstruct a real right wing gov elected by the right wing majority?
vivarto Said:
yes, this is the narrative, the excuse, the reasons given for NEVER, NEVER, NEVER implementing an agenda which bears a shred of resemblance to that for which he was elected. He claims he is busy dealing with all these forces but he never deals with them either… what has he done to counter libels and BDS from foreign govs: he has not even called in ambassadors to dress them down. On the euro libel in sussiya he does not call them liars which they are who are trying to destroy jewish evidence in YS. even the weakest nations are able to speak 2 words in defense of their people. who does he represent, who does he speak for… he does nothing he speaks nothing and he relies on folks like you buying into his narrative. You cannot be elected on a right wing platform, lie about representing Benetts constituency to get votes and then give Bennett the ministry of a eunuch. BB stole those votes using fraudulent misrepresentation, he said that a vote for him was a vote for Benett……HE LIED!!!!!! He did it to neutralize the pro settlement constituency, and he has been successful.
BB’s job is not to lead the jews into the ovens with deception. If the euro cabal can hurt israel with sanctions then where is the plan to rally the jews against these evil nazis? Is he implying that the Jews must again follow the euronazi instructions to walk to the ovens? If that is his plan then he is not right wing but left wing.
Everything you wrote is an assumption, a purchase of BB’s rotten goods.
vivarto Said:
why, those who voted for him would support this, the left who are out of gov do not. but I would wager that more of the middle would support a PM rallying them agianst the euronazis.
vivarto Said:
public opinion is weighted to the right, BB was not elected by the left, even though he iimplements left wing policies. that is why Benett had to be destroyed and his constituency could only be destroyed from within the right wing coalition.
I am sorry, but BB does NOTHING other than obstruct jewish settlement, obstruct jewish worshippers, allow euronazis to build in YS, allow honor killers to abuse jews in the holy land, etc. I repeat these because these are the facts and everything you wrote is a speculation based on BB’s narrative. Isnt it time to wake up and realize you were duped, I gave BB slack for a long time but at this point it is impossible to deny that his agenda is not what he says it is…… and now hanegbi says that he never said he would build (LOL)
Pressure is building from Israelis who are waking up and BB will have to come out of the closet and join with labor or implement pro jewish policies rather than throw the dogs a bone and then have them fetch it back. The attacks from the euros might even be to relieve pressure on BB and place it on the public, as his narrative is losing wings. He does NOTHING but obstruct his own constituency, therefore he must keep the seats for labor warm. He is misleading the Jews.
@ vivarto:
“1/2 of the population”… NUTS! That is the old sold out MAPAM-MAPAI shinola. The Vatican rep here, Peres, infests the airwaves here proclaiming the he represents “grgrgrggggrobbbb ha’ammmm”. (The majority of the people). Meanwhile the old Oslo criminal never won an election on his own. And the Oslo criminals he led had to use bribery for 2 MK’s to pass the Knesset vote.
This place must have NEW and honest Jewish Leadership. I am not shilling for Feiglin. Although his demise by Netanyahu proves who is the Netanyahu himself.
Paraphrasing Ayub Kara, Likud MK, Druze. One that betrays once will do it again.
Those that claim that 1/2 thing better explain how come most elections say the opposite.
Even within the opposition sit one party which is far into the Jewish camp. Israel Beitenu.
Our problem are rotten politicians for sale, lying, betraying pseudo leaders, not the population.
INTENTIONALLY…. yes intentionally, Netanyahu begs for “pressure”. He is the most vicious enemy of Heritage and Jewish national interests pretending otherwise.
In short.
We are in a huge mess and danger because the Netanyahu intentionally placed us there.
His pony shows and cardboard props with red markers only fooled idiots zombied by self interests.
bernard ross Said:
Bernard,
It is harder than you think, because 1/2 of Israel’s population believes in the “2-state solution”.
BB is no a king or and absolute dictator. He has to constantly balance between the forces applied to him internally from Israel and externally from the abroad.
For example, his government would quickly collapse if he kicked out the Euros and started unrestricted building in YS.
The Euros and the US would apply a huge pressure. Most importantly they would incite Arabs to start rioting. Then when Israel respond to the Muhammadan violence, Security Council would vote against Israel and Hussein Obama will either vote with them, or abstain. —> Suddenly we will have international sanctions against Israel just as there were against Iran.
Unlike Iran, Israel is a democracy and public opinion counts. The security and economical situation would have worsened dramatically and the opposition will of course blame Netanyahu for being “extreme right wing”, “war monger”, ect.
We are paying the price of allowing our intellectuals propagate anti-patriotic, Test-European and American leftist multi-culti, and Bolshevik propaganda in the guise of “progress”, and “human rights” etc.
A huge weakness if Israel is the divide between the religious and secular Jews. The fear of religious domination of public life, drives secular Jews into the arms of the antisemitic Bolsheviks.
Such a groveling request will produce nothing but disdain. Perhaps the Iranian method would be more effective: threaten to annihilate Europe and demand $150 billion. You can almost hear the French surrendering already.
what nation would allow the internal sabotage of foreign nations on their soil. the BB ran GOI who colludes with the eu libelers in keeping the jewish homeland of YS judenrein. it is clear that if he allowed them to build for arabs in C that BB knew they were doing it and continued to enable it. Therefore, his behavior proves him to be a fraud. Has he barred them from entering YS since???? that is the test, not his BS diarhea. throw them out of YS restrict them to dealing ONLY with Israeli gov, allow then no entry to a & B even through jordan gate. That is the only honorable response to their nazi threats and behavior
Question: Did she ask and beg nicely?
I simply cannot believe how lame, insipid, lacking of any backbone our “leadership” has become.
Those saboteurs must be detained and sent to face trials as such. All the funds confiscated and allocated to the Y & S Jewish farms and villages.