The real culprit in the NGO war on Israel
The real culprit in the NGO war on Israel is... the government of Israel. The transparency law would indeed have been unnecessary had these "activists" internalized what sovereignty means. If they had even a basic sense of self-respect, they would have told their donor countries: Thanks, but we'll use our own resources to realize our shared goals.The State of Israel was established so that the Jewish people would once again be sovereign in its own land. Sovereignty, among other things, means keeping foreigners from interfering in domestic issues.
It also means that if foreign countries do start meddling in our affairs again, as they did in the dark days of exile, we should contemptuously turn our backs on them. "Stop intervening in Israeli legislation," is what the government should have said in response to the statement issued by the European Union yesterday, in which it voiced support for the leftist organizations it funds in Israel.
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These organizations also have a silent partner - the Israeli government. Weak-willed and lacking confidence in the rightness of its path, it allows foreigners to meddle in its affairs. Britain, by contrast, would protest "It's not done" if Israel were, for instance, to donate to Scottish separatists. And Spain would pound on the table and threaten to sever diplomatic relations if Israel were to offer even verbal support for Basque aspirations.
There is no need for public rebukes. Personal conversations between the prime minister and the heads of certain European governments (some of whom may not even be aware that their embassies in Israel support leftist organizations ) might well suffice to reduce this practice significantly.
Unless, of course, Benjamin Netanyahu is perfectly happy to have Switzerland keep funding the Geneva Initiative, or to have Britain's embassy in Israel keep funding radical organizations that, inter alia, are working to unseat him. Read the whole thing.
Labels: Binyamin Netanyahu, European Union, human rights NGO's, NGO Monitor
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 4:42 AM
2 Comments:
It is a well known fact that the Americans support Netanyahoo from the get go... This is the worst in my eyes... That's why there are people that believe that he is a CIA agent..
That's true. Israel may not be able to keep the EU from funding radical NGOs in Israel that seek to destroy the Jewish State but it can and should tell Europe overt interference in Israel's internal affairs is an "unfriendly act" - and act accordingly to draw a line.
Israel is not in the business of pleasing Europe and America. Israel exists to ensure the survival of the Jewish people. Its time Israel's leaders remember the country in the final analysis can never rely on any one but itself to ensure its future.
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