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December 06, 2007
Peace Now Might Not Exist, But They Are Foreign Agents
Good news, at last.
At least for those who love Israel.
A new internet site has been opened with the goal of pointing out the damage caused by the far-left Peace Now organization.
Aryeh King, a long-time activist on behalf of Jewish interests in eastern Jerusalem, has opened the new Hebrew-language website as part of his long-time struggle against the dangers of Peace Now. Peace Now was founded in 1978 on the basis of the belief that only the removal of all Jewish presence from Judea, Samaria and Gaza would lead to peace, and has ever since made it its goal to destroy all vestiges of Jewish life in those areas.
Here's where things get a bit Orwellian. Not surprising when dealing with Peace Now, because, get this, the radical jihadist-enabling organization, does not officially exist.
Website founder King recently filed a suit against Peace Now based on Tzali Reshef's admission that the organization does not legally exist. In response to an earlier suit by King against Peace Now demanding an award for damages, Reshef said that Peace Now cannot be sued because it is not technically a legally-recognized association. King then countered with a suit demanding that Peace Now be erased from all the cases it itself brought against Jewish interests in Judea and Samaria.
"If it can't be sued, then it can't sue," King says. He expresses astonishment that the State Prosecution - headed until last week by Peace Now co-founder Eran Shendar - never "realized" that the many court suits filed over the years by Peace Now were illegal.
And as Seraphic Secret has pointed out time and again, Peace Now and their supporters are not interested in peace. Their true goal is the elimination of the state of Israel.
Just follow the money.
Guess where Peace Now gets its funding?
Your local synagogue?
No.
Your friendly Mikveh, ritual bath?
Not quite.
Your Shabbos pushkeh, charity box?
Not really.
Hold the presses. The generous funding is provided by European governments, which makes Peace Now agents of foreign interests.
To which we can only sit up and dash off a brilliant piece of dialog that goes something like this: Duh.
An often-forgotten tidbit that appears on the site is the fact that Peace Now was funded to the tune of nearly two million shekels by European Union countries in 2003 - including from the Foreign Ministries of Great Britain and Norway - as well as another 1.75 million in 2005. In later years, reports independent researcher David Bedein, other EU countries joined in the funding, which was reached a total of five million shekels ($1.25 million) in 2006.
Britain and Norway are fundamentally opposed to the existence of Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria, thus the money they give Peace Now invariably serves those governments' foreign policy interests. Bedein reports that Peace Now is thus "in effect spying on Israel for foreign governments," as its surveillance activities cover not only Israeli communities, but also military installations belonging to the IDF.
Peace Now may not exist officially, but their "other" existence is a mortal threat to the lives of Israeli citizens and to national security.
To read the complete article, please click here.
Posted by Robert J. Avrech at December 6, 2007 01:48 PM
Comments
Seraphic Secret is private property, that's right, it's an extension of our home, and as such, Karen and I have instituted two Seraphic Rules and we ask commentors to act respectfully.
1. No profanity.2. No Israel bashing. We debate, we discuss, we are respectful. You know what Israel bashing is. The world is full of it. Seraphic Secret is one of the few places in the world that will not tolerate this form of anti-Semitism. That's it. Break either of these rules and you will be banned.
kol hakavod Aryeh
Posted by: ezra moche at May 8, 2008 12:10 AM