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CW: The problem with ZAKA [graphic though made up descriptions of violence during the October 7th massacre]
#October 7th / The problem with ZAKA
Many descriptions of the dramatic events which allegedly took place in Kibbutz Be'eri which were published on #ZAKA's social networks, are false. The following are a few of a long series of stories that were spread, but are completely detached from reality. There is no evidence of these cases, and no one in the kibbutz heard about the people described in them. Indeed, A senior member of ZAKA admitted in a conversation with #Haaretz" that the organization knows that this was not the case.
The made-up stories issue:
[...] "We saw a woman around 30 years old, she was lying on the floor in a large pool of blood, with her face to the ground. We turned her over to put her in a body bag," a senior ZAKA volunteer recounted in tears. "She was pregnant," he added, stopping to catch his breath. "Her stomach was ripped open and the baby was still attached by the umbilical cord, stabbed, and she had been shot in the back of the head. I don't know if she suffered or saw her baby murdered or not."
[...] The description of this dramatic event, which supposedly took place in Kibbutz Be'eri and was also published on ZAKA's social media, simply did not happen. As was recently published in Haaretz, this is one of a series of stories circulated with no basis in reality. There is no evidence of the case, and no one in the kibbutz heard about this woman. A senior ZAKA official admitted in a conversation with Haaretz that the organization knows the incident did not occur.
[...] And this is not an isolated case. In another video, starring the same volunteer, he describes in tears and crying how he found 20 burnt and bound bodies of children in one of the kibbutzim. He told Haaretz it was behind the dining hall in Kfar Aza, on another occasion he said it was in Be'eri.
[...] However, the minors murdered in Kfar Aza were Yiftah Kurtz, 14, and his brother Yonatan, 16. In Be'eri, ten minors were murdered, but at least some of them were with one of their parents and were killed in their homes. Other than his testimony, there is no evidence of these events taking place.
The fundraising issue:
[...] Fundraising began already on October 8th. "Our volunteers in the field are surrounded by bodies and gunfire and urgently need protection and equipment," was written in a tweet by the organization the day after the massacre. The statement is of course true - ZAKA personnel did indeed work under fire, needed additional equipment, and were surrounded by many bodies. Even though fundraising for a non-profit is completely legitimate, questions arise around the timing and manner in which this was done. And they don't diminish, given the fact that the organization hired a public relations firm, who accompanied the volunteers and photographed them already in the first weeks of the war.
[...] Some who approached the group more closely could hear three of the volunteers busy with video calls and filming clips for fundraising. According to the volunteer's description, the corpse was part of the set, part of the display for donors, while the race against time to collect the bodies of the massacre victims and evacuate them was at its peak. "They opened a fundraising situation room there," described another person who witnessed the event, and who operated throughout the war in the communities near Gaza. "Two weeks later I saw them operating similarly also in Be'eri – sitting and making fundraising videos and calls inside the kibbutz." ZAKA stated that "no fundraising calls were made by the organization in the field, and any specific incident brought to our attention will be investigated and handled."
#haaretz [Hebrew] https://archive.is/hOgFA
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CW: The problem with ZAKA [graphic though made up descriptions of violence during the October 7th massacre]
#October 7th / The problem with ZAKA
Many descriptions of the dramatic events which allegedly took place in Kibbutz Be'eri which were published on #ZAKA's social networks, are false. The following are a few of a long series of stories that were spread, but are completely detached from reality. There is no evidence of these cases, and no one in the kibbutz heard about the people described in them. Indeed, A senior member of ZAKA admitted in a conversation with #Haaretz" that the organization knows that this was not the case.
The made-up stories issue:
[...] "We saw a woman around 30 years old, she was lying on the floor in a large pool of blood, with her face to the ground. We turned her over to put her in a body bag," a senior ZAKA volunteer recounted in tears. "She was pregnant," he added, stopping to catch his breath. "Her stomach was ripped open and the baby was still attached by the umbilical cord, stabbed, and she had been shot in the back of the head. I don't know if she suffered or saw her baby murdered or not."
[...] The description of this dramatic event, which supposedly took place in Kibbutz Be'eri and was also published on ZAKA's social media, simply did not happen. As was recently published in Haaretz, this is one of a series of stories circulated with no basis in reality. There is no evidence of the case, and no one in the kibbutz heard about this woman. A senior ZAKA official admitted in a conversation with Haaretz that the organization knows the incident did not occur.
[...] And this is not an isolated case. In another video, starring the same volunteer, he describes in tears and crying how he found 20 burnt and bound bodies of children in one of the kibbutzim. He told Haaretz it was behind the dining hall in Kfar Aza, on another occasion he said it was in Be'eri.
[...] However, the minors murdered in Kfar Aza were Yiftah Kurtz, 14, and his brother Yonatan, 16. In Be'eri, ten minors were murdered, but at least some of them were with one of their parents and were killed in their homes. Other than his testimony, there is no evidence of these events taking place.
The fundraising issue:
[...] Fundraising began already on October 8th. "Our volunteers in the field are surrounded by bodies and gunfire and urgently need protection and equipment," was written in a tweet by the organization the day after the massacre. The statement is of course true - ZAKA personnel did indeed work under fire, needed additional equipment, and were surrounded by many bodies. Even though fundraising for a non-profit is completely legitimate, questions arise around the timing and manner in which this was done. And they don't diminish, given the fact that the organization hired a public relations firm, who accompanied the volunteers and photographed them already in the first weeks of the war.
[...] Some who approached the group more closely could hear three of the volunteers busy with video calls and filming clips for fundraising. According to the volunteer's description, the corpse was part of the set, part of the display for donors, while the race against time to collect the bodies of the massacre victims and evacuate them was at its peak. "They opened a fundraising situation room there," described another person who witnessed the event, and who operated throughout the war in the communities near Gaza. "Two weeks later I saw them operating similarly also in Be'eri – sitting and making fundraising videos and calls inside the kibbutz." ZAKA stated that "no fundraising calls were made by the organization in the field, and any specific incident brought to our attention will be investigated and handled."
#haaretz [Hebrew] https://archive.is/hOgFA
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CW: The problem with ZAKA [graphic though made up descriptions of violence during the October 7th massacre]
#October 7th / The problem with ZAKA
Many descriptions of the dramatic events which allegedly took place in Kibbutz Be'eri which were published on #ZAKA's social networks, are false. The following are a few of a long series of stories that were spread, but are completely detached from reality. There is no evidence of these cases, and no one in the kibbutz heard about the people described in them. Indeed, A senior member of ZAKA admitted in a conversation with #Haaretz" that the organization knows that this was not the case.
The made-up stories issue:
[...] "We saw a woman around 30 years old, she was lying on the floor in a large pool of blood, with her face to the ground. We turned her over to put her in a body bag," a senior ZAKA volunteer recounted in tears. "She was pregnant," he added, stopping to catch his breath. "Her stomach was ripped open and the baby was still attached by the umbilical cord, stabbed, and she had been shot in the back of the head. I don't know if she suffered or saw her baby murdered or not."
[...] The description of this dramatic event, which supposedly took place in Kibbutz Be'eri and was also published on ZAKA's social media, simply did not happen. As was recently published in Haaretz, this is one of a series of stories circulated with no basis in reality. There is no evidence of the case, and no one in the kibbutz heard about this woman. A senior ZAKA official admitted in a conversation with Haaretz that the organization knows the incident did not occur.
[...] And this is not an isolated case. In another video, starring the same volunteer, he describes in tears and crying how he found 20 burnt and bound bodies of children in one of the kibbutzim. He told Haaretz it was behind the dining hall in Kfar Aza, on another occasion he said it was in Be'eri.
[...] However, the minors murdered in Kfar Aza were Yiftah Kurtz, 14, and his brother Yonatan, 16. In Be'eri, ten minors were murdered, but at least some of them were with one of their parents and were killed in their homes. Other than his testimony, there is no evidence of these events taking place.
The fundraising issue:
[...] Fundraising began already on October 8th. "Our volunteers in the field are surrounded by bodies and gunfire and urgently need protection and equipment," was written in a tweet by the organization the day after the massacre. The statement is of course true - ZAKA personnel did indeed work under fire, needed additional equipment, and were surrounded by many bodies. Even though fundraising for a non-profit is completely legitimate, questions arise around the timing and manner in which this was done. And they don't diminish, given the fact that the organization hired a public relations firm, who accompanied the volunteers and photographed them already in the first weeks of the war.
[...] Some who approached the group more closely could hear three of the volunteers busy with video calls and filming clips for fundraising. According to the volunteer's description, the corpse was part of the set, part of the display for donors, while the race against time to collect the bodies of the massacre victims and evacuate them was at its peak. "They opened a fundraising situation room there," described another person who witnessed the event, and who operated throughout the war in the communities near Gaza. "Two weeks later I saw them operating similarly also in Be'eri – sitting and making fundraising videos and calls inside the kibbutz." ZAKA stated that "no fundraising calls were made by the organization in the field, and any specific incident brought to our attention will be investigated and handled."
#haaretz [Hebrew] https://archive.is/hOgFA
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CW: The problem with ZAKA [graphic though made up descriptions of violence during the October 7th massacre]
#October 7th / The problem with ZAKA
Many descriptions of the dramatic events which allegedly took place in Kibbutz Be'eri which were published on #ZAKA's social networks, are false. The following are a few of a long series of stories that were spread, but are completely detached from reality. There is no evidence of these cases, and no one in the kibbutz heard about the people described in them. Indeed, A senior member of ZAKA admitted in a conversation with #Haaretz" that the organization knows that this was not the case.
The made-up stories issue:
[...] "We saw a woman around 30 years old, she was lying on the floor in a large pool of blood, with her face to the ground. We turned her over to put her in a body bag," a senior ZAKA volunteer recounted in tears. "She was pregnant," he added, stopping to catch his breath. "Her stomach was ripped open and the baby was still attached by the umbilical cord, stabbed, and she had been shot in the back of the head. I don't know if she suffered or saw her baby murdered or not."
[...] The description of this dramatic event, which supposedly took place in Kibbutz Be'eri and was also published on ZAKA's social media, simply did not happen. As was recently published in Haaretz, this is one of a series of stories circulated with no basis in reality. There is no evidence of the case, and no one in the kibbutz heard about this woman. A senior ZAKA official admitted in a conversation with Haaretz that the organization knows the incident did not occur.
[...] And this is not an isolated case. In another video, starring the same volunteer, he describes in tears and crying how he found 20 burnt and bound bodies of children in one of the kibbutzim. He told Haaretz it was behind the dining hall in Kfar Aza, on another occasion he said it was in Be'eri.
[...] However, the minors murdered in Kfar Aza were Yiftah Kurtz, 14, and his brother Yonatan, 16. In Be'eri, ten minors were murdered, but at least some of them were with one of their parents and were killed in their homes. Other than his testimony, there is no evidence of these events taking place.
The fundraising issue:
[...] Fundraising began already on October 8th. "Our volunteers in the field are surrounded by bodies and gunfire and urgently need protection and equipment," was written in a tweet by the organization the day after the massacre. The statement is of course true - ZAKA personnel did indeed work under fire, needed additional equipment, and were surrounded by many bodies. Even though fundraising for a non-profit is completely legitimate, questions arise around the timing and manner in which this was done. And they don't diminish, given the fact that the organization hired a public relations firm, who accompanied the volunteers and photographed them already in the first weeks of the war.
[...] Some who approached the group more closely could hear three of the volunteers busy with video calls and filming clips for fundraising. According to the volunteer's description, the corpse was part of the set, part of the display for donors, while the race against time to collect the bodies of the massacre victims and evacuate them was at its peak. "They opened a fundraising situation room there," described another person who witnessed the event, and who operated throughout the war in the communities near Gaza. "Two weeks later I saw them operating similarly also in Be'eri – sitting and making fundraising videos and calls inside the kibbutz." ZAKA stated that "no fundraising calls were made by the organization in the field, and any specific incident brought to our attention will be investigated and handled."
#haaretz [Hebrew] https://archive.is/hOgFA
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CW: graphic [though false] descriptions of violence during the October 7th massacre
#October 7th / The problem with ZAKA
Many descriptions of the dramatic events which allegedly took place in Kibbutz Be'eri, were published on #ZAKA's social networks, are false. The following are a few of a long series of stories that were spread, but are completely detached from reality. There is no evidence of these cases, and no one in the kibbutz heard about the people described in them. Indeed, A senior member of ZAKA admitted in a conversation with #Haaretz" that the organization knows that this was not the case.
The made-up stories issue:
[...] "We saw a woman around 30 years old, she was lying on the floor in a large pool of blood, with her face to the ground. We turned her over to put her in a body bag," a senior ZAKA volunteer recounted in tears. "She was pregnant," he added, stopping to catch his breath. "Her stomach was ripped open and the baby was still attached by the umbilical cord, stabbed, and she had been shot in the back of the head. I don't know if she suffered or saw her baby murdered or not."
[...] The description of this dramatic event, which supposedly took place in Kibbutz Be'eri and was also published on ZAKA's social media, simply did not happen. As was recently published in Haaretz, this is one of a series of stories circulated with no basis in reality. There is no evidence of the case, and no one in the kibbutz heard about this woman. A senior ZAKA official admitted in a conversation with Haaretz that the organization knows the incident did not occur.
[...] And this is not an isolated case. In another video, starring the same volunteer, he describes in tears and crying how he found 20 burnt and bound bodies of children in one of the kibbutzim. He told Haaretz it was behind the dining hall in Kfar Aza, on another occasion he said it was in Be'eri.
[...] However, the minors murdered in Kfar Aza were Yiftah Kurtz, 14, and his brother Yonatan, 16. In Be'eri, ten minors were murdered, but at least some of them were with one of their parents and were killed in their homes. Other than his testimony, there is no evidence of these events taking place.
The fundraising issue:
[...] Fundraising began already on October 8th. "Our volunteers in the field are surrounded by bodies and gunfire and urgently need protection and equipment," was written in a tweet by the organization the day after the massacre. The statement is of course true - ZAKA personnel did indeed work under fire, needed additional equipment, and were surrounded by many bodies. Even though fundraising for a non-profit is completely legitimate, questions arise around the timing and manner in which this was done. And they don't diminish, given the fact that the organization hired a public relations firm, who accompanied the volunteers and photographed them already in the first weeks of the war.
[...] Some who approached the group more closely could hear three of the volunteers busy with video calls and filming clips for fundraising. According to the volunteer's description, the corpse was part of the set, part of the display for donors, while the race against time to collect the bodies of the massacre victims and evacuate them was at its peak. "They opened a fundraising situation room there," described another person who witnessed the event, and who operated throughout the war in the communities near Gaza. "Two weeks later I saw them operating similarly also in Be'eri – sitting and making fundraising videos and calls inside the kibbutz." ZAKA stated that "no fundraising calls were made by the organization in the field, and any specific incident brought to our attention will be investigated and handled."
#haaretz [Hebrew] https://archive.is/hOgFA
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How did "the plan that wasn't" to transfer Gazans to Egypt made into the Ministry of Intelligence, and what does the Israeli government think about it?
Excerpts from an analysis piece in Calcalist news site:
Many similarities can be found between the campaign being waged by Amir Weissbrod, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2014_2019/documents/d-il/dv/amirweissbrod/amirweissbroden.pdf chairman of the Likud liberals, in which he calls for the transfer of Gaza residents to Egypt, and a policy paper from the Intelligence Ministry headed by Minister Gila Gamliel which contains the same recommendation [...] Weissbrod even confirms in a conversation with Calcalist that he passed the document on to Gamliel and other government offices. “I know for certain that the Intelligence Ministry received the material, I really don’t know if it influenced the position paper they published. The content is similar, it’s possible it contributed, but I didn’t write the ministry’s position paper.”
Weissbrod is not a researcher, but rather a politician who was ranked 39th on the Likud list for the 2015 Knesset elections. He also owns the investment fund Champel Capital. The question the government needs to answer is how an extreme position, which experts believe is dangerous, written hastily by someone who is neither a researcher nor holds an official post, found its way into an official document of a government ministry. And more than that: how is this happening right now, during the most sensitive period Israel has known in terms of foreign policy and security since its founding.
According to Weissbrod's Facebook page, he began the transfer campaign on October 13, 6 days after the deadly and disastrous Shabbat. The Intelligence Ministry's policy paper was also written on that date. The economic outline of Weissbrod's plan appears in an official document of the Mishgav Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy, currently headed by Meir Ben Shabbat, formerly head of the National Security Council.
The original name of the research institute headed by Ben Shabbat is the "Institute for Zionist Strategy," and the only authorized signatories on its board are Moshe Koppel, founder of the Kohelet Forum, and Meir Rubin, the Forum’s CEO. This current year has taught that in the present government, ideas coming out of these circles can become policy.
The institute uploaded Weissbrod's document to its official social media page on Xitter, but then deleted the tweet, and now Ben Shabbat is also disavowing the document. In response to Calcalist's inquiry, he replied: "As is generally accepted practice in other research institutes: the opinions expressed in the institute's publications are those of the authors alone." Weissbrod says that the Mishgav Institute disavowed the document he wrote retroactively because "they think it might entangle Israel."
[...] The Mishgav Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy responded: "The Mishgav Institute advocates research and ideological pluralism and includes researchers with a range of views. Among the institute's publications, there are also position papers written by guest researchers who are not part of the institute's staff. The articles reflect the opinion of only the author who wrote the article, as is customary in other research institutes."
The PM's Office responded: "This is a preliminary think-tank document, like dozens in all government ministries and security agencies. The 'day after' issue has not been discussed in any official Israeli forum, which is currently focused on destroying Hamas' governing and military capabilities." No response was received from Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel.
https://www.calcalist.co.il/local_news/article/hyoqxm3f6
#Israel #KoheletForum
#Ethnocide
#Palestine
#Hamas
#Dissinformation -
How did "the plan that wasn't" to transfer Gazans to Egypt made into the Ministry of Intelligence, and what does the Israeli government think about it?
Excerpts from an analysis piece in Calcalist news site:
Many similarities can be found between the campaign being waged by Amir Weissbrod, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2014_2019/documents/d-il/dv/amirweissbrod/amirweissbroden.pdf chairman of the Likud liberals, in which he calls for the transfer of Gaza residents to Egypt, and a policy paper from the Intelligence Ministry headed by Minister Gila Gamliel which contains the same recommendation [...] Weissbrod even confirms in a conversation with Calcalist that he passed the document on to Gamliel and other government offices. “I know for certain that the Intelligence Ministry received the material, I really don’t know if it influenced the position paper they published. The content is similar, it’s possible it contributed, but I didn’t write the ministry’s position paper.”
Weissbrod is not a researcher, but rather a politician who was ranked 39th on the Likud list for the 2015 Knesset elections. He also owns the investment fund Champel Capital. The question the government needs to answer is how an extreme position, which experts believe is dangerous, written hastily by someone who is neither a researcher nor holds an official post, found its way into an official document of a government ministry. And more than that: how is this happening right now, during the most sensitive period Israel has known in terms of foreign policy and security since its founding.
According to Weissbrod's Facebook page, he began the transfer campaign on October 13, 6 days after the deadly and disastrous Shabbat. The Intelligence Ministry's policy paper was also written on that date. The economic outline of Weissbrod's plan appears in an official document of the Mishgav Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy, currently headed by Meir Ben Shabbat, formerly head of the National Security Council.
The original name of the research institute headed by Ben Shabbat is the "Institute for Zionist Strategy," and the only authorized signatories on its board are Moshe Koppel, founder of the Kohelet Forum, and Meir Rubin, the Forum’s CEO. This current year has taught that in the present government, ideas coming out of these circles can become policy.
The institute uploaded Weissbrod's document to its official social media page on Xitter, but then deleted the tweet, and now Ben Shabbat is also disavowing the document. In response to Calcalist's inquiry, he replied: "As is generally accepted practice in other research institutes: the opinions expressed in the institute's publications are those of the authors alone." Weissbrod says that the Mishgav Institute disavowed the document he wrote retroactively because "they think it might entangle Israel."
[...] The Mishgav Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy responded: "The Mishgav Institute advocates research and ideological pluralism and includes researchers with a range of views. Among the institute's publications, there are also position papers written by guest researchers who are not part of the institute's staff. The articles reflect the opinion of only the author who wrote the article, as is customary in other research institutes."
The PM's Office responded: "This is a preliminary think-tank document, like dozens in all government ministries and security agencies. The 'day after' issue has not been discussed in any official Israeli forum, which is currently focused on destroying Hamas' governing and military capabilities." No response was received from Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel.
https://www.calcalist.co.il/local_news/article/hyoqxm3f6
#Israel #KoheletForum
#Ethnocide
#Palestine
#Hamas
#Dissinformation -
How did "the plan that wasn't" to transfer Gazans to Egypt made into the Ministry of Intelligence, and what does the Israeli government think about it?
Excerpts from an analysis piece in Calcalist news site:
Many similarities can be found between the campaign being waged by Amir Weissbrod, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2014_2019/documents/d-il/dv/amirweissbrod/amirweissbroden.pdf chairman of the Likud liberals, in which he calls for the transfer of Gaza residents to Egypt, and a policy paper from the Intelligence Ministry headed by Minister Gila Gamliel which contains the same recommendation [...] Weissbrod even confirms in a conversation with Calcalist that he passed the document on to Gamliel and other government offices. “I know for certain that the Intelligence Ministry received the material, I really don’t know if it influenced the position paper they published. The content is similar, it’s possible it contributed, but I didn’t write the ministry’s position paper.”
Weissbrod is not a researcher, but rather a politician who was ranked 39th on the Likud list for the 2015 Knesset elections. He also owns the investment fund Champel Capital. The question the government needs to answer is how an extreme position, which experts believe is dangerous, written hastily by someone who is neither a researcher nor holds an official post, found its way into an official document of a government ministry. And more than that: how is this happening right now, during the most sensitive period Israel has known in terms of foreign policy and security since its founding.
According to Weissbrod's Facebook page, he began the transfer campaign on October 13, 6 days after the deadly and disastrous Shabbat. The Intelligence Ministry's policy paper was also written on that date. The economic outline of Weissbrod's plan appears in an official document of the Mishgav Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy, currently headed by Meir Ben Shabbat, formerly head of the National Security Council.
The original name of the research institute headed by Ben Shabbat is the "Institute for Zionist Strategy," and the only authorized signatories on its board are Moshe Koppel, founder of the Kohelet Forum, and Meir Rubin, the Forum’s CEO. This current year has taught that in the present government, ideas coming out of these circles can become policy.
The institute uploaded Weissbrod's document to its official social media page on Xitter, but then deleted the tweet, and now Ben Shabbat is also disavowing the document. In response to Calcalist's inquiry, he replied: "As is generally accepted practice in other research institutes: the opinions expressed in the institute's publications are those of the authors alone." Weissbrod says that the Mishgav Institute disavowed the document he wrote retroactively because "they think it might entangle Israel."
[...] The Mishgav Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy responded: "The Mishgav Institute advocates research and ideological pluralism and includes researchers with a range of views. Among the institute's publications, there are also position papers written by guest researchers who are not part of the institute's staff. The articles reflect the opinion of only the author who wrote the article, as is customary in other research institutes."
The PM's Office responded: "This is a preliminary think-tank document, like dozens in all government ministries and security agencies. The 'day after' issue has not been discussed in any official Israeli forum, which is currently focused on destroying Hamas' governing and military capabilities." No response was received from Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel.
https://www.calcalist.co.il/local_news/article/hyoqxm3f6
#Israel #KoheletForum
#Ethnocide
#Palestine
#Hamas
#Dissinformation -
How did "the plan that wasn't" to transfer Gazans to Egypt made into the Ministry of Intelligence, and what does the Israeli government think about it?
Excerpts from an analysis piece in Calcalist news site:
Many similarities can be found between the campaign being waged by Amir Weissbrod, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2014_2019/documents/d-il/dv/amirweissbrod/amirweissbroden.pdf chairman of the Likud liberals, in which he calls for the transfer of Gaza residents to Egypt, and a policy paper from the Intelligence Ministry headed by Minister Gila Gamliel which contains the same recommendation [...] Weissbrod even confirms in a conversation with Calcalist that he passed the document on to Gamliel and other government offices. “I know for certain that the Intelligence Ministry received the material, I really don’t know if it influenced the position paper they published. The content is similar, it’s possible it contributed, but I didn’t write the ministry’s position paper.”
Weissbrod is not a researcher, but rather a politician who was ranked 39th on the Likud list for the 2015 Knesset elections. He also owns the investment fund Champel Capital. The question the government needs to answer is how an extreme position, which experts believe is dangerous, written hastily by someone who is neither a researcher nor holds an official post, found its way into an official document of a government ministry. And more than that: how is this happening right now, during the most sensitive period Israel has known in terms of foreign policy and security since its founding.
According to Weissbrod's Facebook page, he began the transfer campaign on October 13, 6 days after the deadly and disastrous Shabbat. The Intelligence Ministry's policy paper was also written on that date. The economic outline of Weissbrod's plan appears in an official document of the Mishgav Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy, currently headed by Meir Ben Shabbat, formerly head of the National Security Council.
The original name of the research institute headed by Ben Shabbat is the "Institute for Zionist Strategy," and the only authorized signatories on its board are Moshe Koppel, founder of the Kohelet Forum, and Meir Rubin, the Forum’s CEO. This current year has taught that in the present government, ideas coming out of these circles can become policy.
The institute uploaded Weissbrod's document to its official social media page on Xitter, but then deleted the tweet, and now Ben Shabbat is also disavowing the document. In response to Calcalist's inquiry, he replied: "As is generally accepted practice in other research institutes: the opinions expressed in the institute's publications are those of the authors alone." Weissbrod says that the Mishgav Institute disavowed the document he wrote retroactively because "they think it might entangle Israel."
[...] The Mishgav Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy responded: "The Mishgav Institute advocates research and ideological pluralism and includes researchers with a range of views. Among the institute's publications, there are also position papers written by guest researchers who are not part of the institute's staff. The articles reflect the opinion of only the author who wrote the article, as is customary in other research institutes."
The PM's Office responded: "This is a preliminary think-tank document, like dozens in all government ministries and security agencies. The 'day after' issue has not been discussed in any official Israeli forum, which is currently focused on destroying Hamas' governing and military capabilities." No response was received from Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel.
https://www.calcalist.co.il/local_news/article/hyoqxm3f6
#Israel #KoheletForum
#Ethnocide
#Palestine
#Hamas
#Dissinformation -
How did "the plan that wasn't" to transfer Gazans to Egypt made into the Ministry of Intelligence, and what does the Israeli government think about it?
Excerpts from an analysis piece in Calcalist news site:
Many similarities can be found between the campaign being waged by Amir Weissbrod, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2014_2019/documents/d-il/dv/amirweissbrod/amirweissbroden.pdf chairman of the Likud liberals, in which he calls for the transfer of Gaza residents to Egypt, and a policy paper from the Intelligence Ministry headed by Minister Gila Gamliel which contains the same recommendation [...] Weissbrod even confirms in a conversation with Calcalist that he passed the document on to Gamliel and other government offices. “I know for certain that the Intelligence Ministry received the material, I really don’t know if it influenced the position paper they published. The content is similar, it’s possible it contributed, but I didn’t write the ministry’s position paper.”
Weissbrod is not a researcher, but rather a politician who was ranked 39th on the Likud list for the 2015 Knesset elections. He also owns the investment fund Champel Capital. The question the government needs to answer is how an extreme position, which experts believe is dangerous, written hastily by someone who is neither a researcher nor holds an official post, found its way into an official document of a government ministry. And more than that: how is this happening right now, during the most sensitive period Israel has known in terms of foreign policy and security since its founding.
According to Weissbrod's Facebook page, he began the transfer campaign on October 13, 6 days after the deadly and disastrous Shabbat. The Intelligence Ministry's policy paper was also written on that date. The economic outline of Weissbrod's plan appears in an official document of the Mishgav Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy, currently headed by Meir Ben Shabbat, formerly head of the National Security Council.
The original name of the research institute headed by Ben Shabbat is the "Institute for Zionist Strategy," and the only authorized signatories on its board are Moshe Koppel, founder of the Kohelet Forum, and Meir Rubin, the Forum’s CEO. This current year has taught that in the present government, ideas coming out of these circles can become policy.
The institute uploaded Weissbrod's document to its official social media page on Xitter, but then deleted the tweet, and now Ben Shabbat is also disavowing the document. In response to Calcalist's inquiry, he replied: "As is generally accepted practice in other research institutes: the opinions expressed in the institute's publications are those of the authors alone." Weissbrod says that the Mishgav Institute disavowed the document he wrote retroactively because "they think it might entangle Israel."
[...] The Mishgav Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy responded: "The Mishgav Institute advocates research and ideological pluralism and includes researchers with a range of views. Among the institute's publications, there are also position papers written by guest researchers who are not part of the institute's staff. The articles reflect the opinion of only the author who wrote the article, as is customary in other research institutes."
The PM's Office responded: "This is a preliminary think-tank document, like dozens in all government ministries and security agencies. The 'day after' issue has not been discussed in any official Israeli forum, which is currently focused on destroying Hamas' governing and military capabilities." No response was received from Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel.
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