Israel Matzav

'Demonstrators' in Bil'in being paid by foreign governments

A senior IDF officer has charged that weekly demonstrators against Israel's 'security fence' in Bil'in, near Kiryat Sefer, are being paid by European governments.

The IDF on Sunday said that it understood that the relocated barrier would not affect the protest movement in Bil’in against the structure.

“Protests here will continue because there is a lot of money involved,” Binyamin Brigade commander Col. Sa’ar Tzur said.

“For a long time this has not been a political or diplomatic issue. They get money from foreign donors,” Tzur said, but he did not provide any names of individual or organizational donors. He added that teenagers were being paid to participate in the demonstrations.

Anarchist Jonathan Pollak disagrees.

Jonathan Pollak of the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee, which helps organize the Bil’in protests, rejected the IDF’s allegations as ridiculous.

The man who made the charge “receives a huge salary for shooting demonstrators,” Pollak said.

If you recall the earlier piece about Joseph Dana, you know that the 'Popular Struggle Coordination Committee' is a group that is trying to foment a new 'intifada.'

I am much more inclined to believe an IDF officer, especially when we have seen voluminous evidence of foreign support for these 'activists.'

Labels: Bil'in demonstrations, Jonathan Pollak, Sa'ar Tsur

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 5:49 PM