Over 100 links revealed between terrorists and BDS groups
February
3, 2019
The Ministry of Strategic Affairs and Public Diplomacy (MSA)
released its “Terrorists in Suits” report on Sunday,
revealing over 100 links shared between the internationally-designated
terrorist organizations Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of
Palestine (PFLP) with at least 13 anti-Israel BDS promoting NGOs.
Elaborating on a previous report, the ministry
reveals how Hamas and the PFLP are utilizing a network of NGOs promoting
boycotts against Israel as an additional tactic in their ultimate goal of
dismantling the State of Israel. These organizations have successfully placed
over 30 of their members, 20 of which have served time, including for murder,
in senior positions within BDS-promoting NGOs.
The report documents how boycott organizations and terrorist
designated organizations raise finances together, share the same personnel, and
showcases that contrary to popular belief, these officials have not abandoned
their support for terrorism, but instead, continue to maintain organizational,
financial, and active ties with terrorist groups.
Funding from Europe, philanthropic foundations
The Israel-boycott organizations in question were also shown to
have received millions of euros in funding from European countries and
philanthropic foundations, while gaining access to additional funds through
financial, crowdfunding and banking systems.
Examples of terrorists working in support of organizations that
promote the boycotting of Israel include Leila Khaled and Mustafa Awad.
Khaled became infamous for hijacking two civilian airliners,
Flights TWA 840 and El Al 219, and to this day remains active in the
internationally-designated terrorist group the PFLP. She has fundraised for,
and promoted, anti-Israel boycott NGOs both in Europe and South Africa. In 2011
she was found to have taken coordinated actions for a terrorist cell planning
on attacking sites in Jerusalem. Furthermore, in October 2018 Khaled was quoted
in an interview saying, “Palestine will be liberated through resistance in all
its forms, first and foremost through armed struggle.”
Awad, is currently serving time for his involvement in several
terrorist organizations, including serving as a member of the PFLP and received
training from Iranian terrorist group Hezbollah. He also represented
Samidoun in Brussels, an organization known for promoting boycotts against the
State of Israel and advocating for the release of Palestinian
security-prisoners in Israeli jails, including those convicted of murdering
civilians in terrorist PFLP attacks.
Connections to Hamas, Islamic Jihad
Another instance includes the BDS National Committee (BNC), the
Ramallah-based leadership of the global Boycott movement toward Israel,
consists of 28 Palestinian boycott groups. The lead member of this coalition is
the Palestinian National and Islamic Forces (PNIF), which includes five
internationally-designated terrorist organizations including Hamas, the Popular
Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The
American fundraising platform Donorbox recently suspended the BNC’s account
after finding the group did indeed maintain ties to terrorist groups.
Over the past year, and following MSA activities to expose NGO
terror ties, several European countries have announced the reexamination and
decrease in funding granted to organizations which promote boycotts against the
State of Israel.
The report also showed how members of terrorist organizations
operate under the guise of “boycott activists” to gain access, and meet with,
senior Western government officials and exert pressure to release convicted
terrorists held in Israeli prisons.
Removing the ‘mask’ of the NGOs
The new report aims to decidedly remove the “mask” of NGOs
promoting BDS by exposing in an in-depth study the true nature of this scheme,
the ministry said.
“Terrorist groups and the anti-Israel boycott campaign have united
in their goal of wiping Israel off the map,” Erdan said. “Terrorist groups view
boycotts as a complementary tactic to terror attacks. Following the exposure of
over 100 links between terrorist groups and leading BDS organizations, I urge
all governments and financial institutions to investigate the activities of
these BDS organizations, and immediately end all funding and support which they
provide to them.”
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