Posted on 05/19/2015 9:38:08 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini, will arrive for a visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority on Wednesday, and in advance of that visit, the NGO Monitor group has published an analysis of a key EU policy paper, showing the EU’s flawed assessment and understanding of Israeli society.
The EU’s External Action Service 2014 Israel ENP Progress report, published in March and addressing the EU-Israel relationship as part of the “European Neighborhood Policy,” uncritically relies on the claims of political NGOs and all but ignores violence against Israelis, the organization noted.
“It is astonishing to see a formal EU document, which is supposed to reflect developments in Israel and help set EU policy, that is so biased,” stated Professor Gerald Steinberg, president of NGO Monitor. […]
The ENP report fails to specifically mention violent attacks against Jewish targets, despite the steep rise in such attacks in 2014. In sharp contrast, the report discusses in detail actions done by individuals or groups that are identified by the EU as “extremist Israelis” or “far-right Jewish groups.”
The report also wrongfully identifies the Israeli restrictions and Egypt’s closing of the smuggling tunnels to Gaza as the “primary obstacle for long-term economic development” in Gaza. …
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
Israel keeps being patient and tactful and considerate of such meddling idiots and enemy agents seeking to destroy her and have her people slaughtered (as would be the predictable result of Israel giving away any more land to her sworn enemies, who always only convert Israel’s land gifts into launching pads for more rocket and murdering terrorist attacks on innocent Israeli civilians).
Someday, maybe now or maybe later, but someday the Jerusalem government needs to just send such (dangerous, whether intentionally or otherwise) envoys (and NGO’s and “community organizers”) home. Nicely, or otherwise.
Just get rid of them.
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