[Opinion] When Dissent Becomes Abandonment
Jewish disagreement on Israeli policies is not the issue; but assisting Israels enemies is beyond the pale.
Jewish disagreement on Israeli policies is not the issue; but assisting Israels enemies is beyond the pale.
The EU transfers hundreds of millions of euros annually, in non-transparent processes, to political advocacy NGOs, many of which engage in activities contradictory to EU policy goals.
The Jewish Voice for Peace and theQuakers American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) will launch the BDS Summer Initiative, a five-dayindoctrination session in NY to train college students to stage divisive and discriminatory BDS events on campus as part of political warfare against Israel.
Pro-BDS and anti-Zionist activists use JVP as a Jewish shield to deflect suspicions of anti-Semitism and as a way of deflecting the overwhelming majority of the Jewish community that strongly supports Israel.
The new EU guidelines are evidence of the influence of political NGOs - some funded by the EU - on the EU's policies. On occasion we have seen the EU rely on political NGOs' reports without checking their veracity. The practical results are worrisome and reflect a faulty and one-sided agenda.
Instead of proceeding to legislative proposals, says Prof. Gerald Steinberg, Knesset members should hold hearings and invite European officials to explain double standards and huge budgets for fringe Israeli political advocacy NGOs.