Amnesty International
Full-length railcar tagged with anti-Israel message in Antwerp, prompting condemnation and accusations of negligence by Jewish leaders.
Israeli FM Gideon Sa’ar met with top officials from the bloc, despite protests by Amnesty and other hostile entities.
Barnet F.C., which has many Jewish fans, had agreed to let the anti-Israel group’s staff go around bleachers at its game to collect money.
“Whoever acts against the State of Israel will not be eligible for benefits from the State of Israel,” Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said.
The Israeli branch, which is a legally independent organization, has publicly rejected claims that the IDF is perpetrating genocide in Gaza.
The terrorist operatives were honored for their “extraordinary resilience, bravery and courage.”
The Tel Aviv-based affiliate did say there were “suspicions of ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity” by the Jewish state.
“Few have done more to erode confidence in the cause of human rights than Amnesty,” a senior analyst at the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis told JNS.
Efforts have been made to persuade the dead man’s family to accept compensation instead.
According to Israeli Finance Ministry Director General Shlomi Heisler, the NGO has violated anti-boycott legislation.
Dov Hikind attended the demonstration to present the organization with an award for “moral hypocrisy” for failing to condemn Hamas’s sexual violence.
The human-rights organization also repeatedly used the word “apartheid” in referring to Israel.
