Israel Matzav

Burgers, boating and BDS

I chose to picture a totally treife cheeseburger rather than a possibly treife hamburger, because something that is totally treife should be depicted by something that is totally treife. Learning from Hamas' terror-teaching summer camp, 'jewish voice for peace' (which still feels it deserves to be 'in the tent') has teamed up with the Quakers' American Friends Service Committee to create a summer camp that teaches BDS.

Once back on campus, these students will push BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) campaigns against Israel, employing the wider anti-Israel political warfare that stems from the 2001 Durban NGO Forum.  This sustained global demonization strategy seeks to exploit the labels of “apartheid” and “racism” in political warfare targeting Israel, while promoting the Palestinian narrative.  The ultimate goal is dismantling Israel as a Jewish and democratic state.

To these ends, JVP promotes divestment campaigns on U.S. campuses, in mainline churches, and in corporate stockholder meetings.  AFSC also supports BDS, hurls demonizing “apartheid” accusations, advocates for a “right of return” and extols “popular resistance in Palestine.”

The joint JVP-AFSC BDS Summer Institute is an implementation of the Durban strategy.  It is a five day “intensive program for campus BDS organizers – those with campaigns already running and those hoping to get one launched in the 2013-2014 school year.”  It is set to take place beginning July 28 at the bucolic Presbyterian Church’s Stony Point Center, in New York. JVP and AFSC also ran a BDS camp last summer.

And who is paying for all this? Good question.

The BDS Summer Institute costs money.  While students are charged a $100 registration fee and must cover personal travelling expenses, the “cost of 4 nights/5 days room and board is subsidized by AFSC and JVP.”

Where is this money coming from?

AFSC’s funding sources are largely transparent.  Its website carries annual reports, audit reports, lists of foundational donors, and a breakdown of where and how its funds are spent.

In sharp contrast, JVP’s funding sources are non-transparent.  Its website carries no information on its donors.  There are no annual reports or other financial data. Limited financial information is available through public IRS documents and other databases.  NGO Monitor has found that JVP’s budget in 2011 (the last year such information was available) was nearly $900,000.  JVP has received funding from the Violet Jabara Charitable Trust (an Arab-American foundation that also supports the virulently anti-Israel Electronic Intifada), the Firedoll Foundation, and the Wallace Global Fund, which all contribute to numerous anti-Israel groups.

As we look forward to a new school year this September, divestment and boycott efforts will likely begin anew on U.S. campuses. And, it should be remembered that much of the campus BDS drive comes from the self-described “Jewish wing” of the Palestinian solidarity movement, the Jewish Voice for Peace.

What? No Soros?

The Arabs are financially supporting Jews who are attempting to bring about the destruction of the Jewish state. What could go wrong?

Read the whole thing.

Labels: BDS, Jewish Voice for Peace, NGO Monitor

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 9:58 AM