HEBRON: Settlers decry "Activities of Leftist Organizations"
Recently, settlers in Hebron
have increasingly demanded that the Israeli police remove Israeli and
international peace and human rights organizations from the H-2 area of the
city. Soldiers and settlers have succeeded in preventing two Israeli Breaking the
Silence tours (see below) from entering Hebron, and police have informed CPTers
they may not be in any of the areas where they might have contact with
settlers-areas in which settlers attack and harass their Palestinian neighbors.
Below is a section from the brochure that the settlers have been handing out to
tour groups, entitled, "Inequality & Discrimination in Hebron. In contrast to the false anti-Jewish and
anti-Israeli propaganda, here are the real facts: FACTS." A photo accompanying the "Activities of Leftist
Organizations" section in the brochure (quoted below) shows TIPH observers
standing in front of a person who is hiding his/her face. Its caption reads, "TIPH observers
cooperating with left-wing anarchists."
Information on the various organizations cited has been added in brackets.
"Various international and anti-national organizations have targeted Hebron for hostile activities." Most of these organizations are funded by anti-Israel
foundations, enemy states and European governments. They disseminate falsehoods and conduct propagandistic
field trips, media shows, tendentious visits with VIPs, and sundry provocations
in order to substantiate what they call "discrimination against Arabs.
"For example, the international Solidarity Movement (ISM) [http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/
],a blatantly pro-Palestinian-Arab organization, floods Hebron with "anarchists
"from all over the world to harass the security forces that are charged with protecting
the Jews in the tiny Israeli zone. Organizations such as Ecumenical Escorters [Meaning
members of the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine
and Israel. http://www.eappi.org/], Christian Peacekeeping Team [http://www.cpt.org], among others
engage in constant provocations and incitement. Groups of anti-Semitic Christians
encourage terrorism and endanger the lives of soldiers and civilians alike.
Israeli leftist organizations such as B'tselem [The premier Israeli human rights
organization, see http://www.btselem.org/English/],
Machsom Watch [an Israeli women's organization that monitors the treatment of
civilians at military checkpoints. http://www.machsomwatch.org/en],Sons
of Avraham [http://groups.google.com/group/bnei-avraham/web/cover-page--english]
and Breaking the Silence [http://www.breakingthesilence.org.il/index_e.asp
]love
to tour the city with groups of Israelis, non-Israelis, and diplomats, inciting
against the Jews of Hebron by giving false, warped presentations.
"Especially grave is the fact that these organizations act in full
cooperation with the observers of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron [TIPH--http://www.tiph.org/], even
though TIPH is supposed to be objective and to refrain from provocations. Furthermore, these organizations act with the
cooperation of Palestinian disrupters of order and marauders to undermine the
operations of the Israeli Defence Forces.
"The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) [http://www.acri.org.il/eng/]
recently joined the activities of the Left in Hebron, acting continually by legal means to
breach and trample the Jewish citizens' rights to life and safety."
The full text of the brochure is available at [http://www.hebron.com/english/article.php?id=300]