A venomous campaign is calling on the European Union to step up boycott of good produced in Judea and Samaria, east Jerusalem, and the Golan heights. Recently, British MPs claimed that they had been contacted by Israeli MKs from the Labor and Meretz parties, asking that Britain boycott companies invested in the "occupied territories." This campaign is just part of the multi-system assault being waged against Israel in the international arena. One after another, blows are delivered to the only democracy in the Middle East, the one that has been fingered as the source of all the region's evils.
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The latest wave began with a report from Amnesty International, a twisted, antisemitic report, which defined Israel as an apartheid state. At the end of March, a report is due to be published by the UN's Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territory – which is also expected to accuse Israel of "apartheid." In June, the UN committee charged with investigating events in and outside of Israel during Operation Guardian of the Walls in May 2021 will publish its first report. The committee's budget is double what was allocated to the committee sent to Syria. The bottom line of all this has already been written – Israel is guilty of being a discriminatory, violent, apartheid state.
At the same time, organizations that define themselves as human rights groups are running poisonous campaigns against Israel in general and the settlement in Judea and Samaria in particular. These organizations receive millions of dollars in funding from European governments. Therefore, European governments' money is eating away at our national security, social fabric, and in international circles, as well.
Do you really think there has been a rise in "settler violence" in Judea and Samaria? That is a total lie, a numbers game played by creating intentional provocations. The story of Judea and Samaria is not of violence by Jews, but one in which Jews who suffer insane daily violence form the Arabs. But when there is a lot of money and widespread international backing, reality can be warped without any accountability.
The "settler violence" campaign, like other campaigns created by the radical Left and Europe, is not directed at the settlers. The settlers are only the excuse. They suffer the violence on the ground, the slander, and the public mental abuse, but they are not the target. The target is Israel. Additional campaigns in the pipeline point to Israel as the cause of environmental pollution in Judea and Samaria, exploiting the global climate change cause for the lofty goal of slandering Israel, and others that accuse Israel of oppressing minorities following the riots of May 2021.
The official state of Israel is barely playing a part. Israel's foreign policy isn't fighting, has no strategy, no tools, and no desire to do battle. There is no understanding that coalition MKs' calls to boycott Israeli and international companies isn't shooting ourselves in the foot, it's cutting off our leg. There is no understanding that when senior ministers cooperate with the "settler violence" campaign for political reasons, it is a blow to the state of Israel as a whole. The other side realizes that there is no government, and is stepping up its efforts. Ultimately, everything is designed to create a critical mass in the International Criminal Court in The Hague and for UN resolutions. If the Israeli government doesn't wake up and realize it's fighting an all-out war, we will all wind up losing.
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