Opinion  Sima Kadmon
What was Netanyahu’s real reason for snubbing German FM?
Sima Kadmon
Published: 02.05.17, 23:27
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1. The last sentence sums it up perfectly
Martin ,   hartford UK   (05.02.17)
What a hateful synopsis. This must be written by a true extreme left winger.
When Break the silence was invited to the UK, they were unable to offer real facts. There are many Israelis inthe UK who have combat experience as well.

No country in the world is perfect. these apologists should really take their feelings to Gaza or Lebanon, or better still to Syria and takke up the same attitude there. Presumable if they did so, it would be a one way ticket
2. Why? there is a simple reason:
larry ,   LA (from)   (05.03.17)
Breaking the Silence, B’Tselem and Peace Now are well recognized as not organizations that seek to show the truth rather they are known as pro-Arab anti-Jewish hate groups run by self hating Jews and funded by pro-Palestine foreign groups.

The German FM gave these sickos support; the PM doesn't need to give support to those who support our enemies.
3. unbalanced
Gershom Masters ,   Shavey Shomron   (05.03.17)
Sad unbalanced Sima, deep routed hate-treed to fellow Jews of Yitzhar ,what about the daily attacks made by arabs on the roads in the Shomron and Yehuda documented and filmed this week on road 60, the daily stabbings by arabs throughout the land of Israel,We are certainly not ugly You and your love for J.steet b'tselem breaking the silence who all work against the State of Israel,your love for the enemy is above your love for your Country, your support for these organisations reviles how unbalanced and dangerous you have become.
4. The LEFT is coming back slowly but surely
ironbutterfly ,   israel   (05.03.17)
5. serious problem
joseph   (05.03.17)
excellent article about time the truth is revealed
6. The real reason for the cancellation
Sheila   (05.03.17)
I agree with Martin . We should ask , in the first place, why didn't the Foreign Minister of Germany cancel his meetings with controversial organisations financed by European governments . Has the Prime Minister of Israel ever met with controversial organisations in Germany supposedly financed by Israel? Or, perhaps the Foreign Minister of Germany did what he did in order to gain the votes of the anti- Israeli German voters wo, according to a poll, consist of 40% of the German voters?!
7. For Sima Kadmon, any opinion less revolting would signal
(05.03.17)
that she went over to the (from her perspective) "Dark Side" of Israeli patriotism, loyalty and plain common sense. That would be an admission of utter failure and she & her ilk would never do that; they cannot do that, they haven't got the tools for that namely: a working-condition brain tissue.
8. Like 1897 Zionists didn't know it would come to this.....
shachalnur ,   amsterdam   (05.03.17)
9. The truth on Breaking the Silence scam....
SERGE ROIZMAN ,   New York   (05.04.17)
BREAKING THE SILENCE....
Breaking the Silence (Shovrim Shtika) is a foreign-funded* Israeli NGO which describes itself as “an organization of veteran Israeli soldiers that collects testimonies of soldiers who served in the Occupied Territories during the Second Intifada” in order to “demonstrate the depth of corruption which is spreading in the Israeli military.” The organization consists of a small number of members who peddle stories of IDF wrongdoing on North American college campuses and to international media outlets.
While their Web Site proclaims that they “demand accountability regarding Israel's military actions in the Occupied territories perpetrated by us and in our name,” they steadfastly refuse to report the alleged incidents to the proper authorities, and hide behind a cloak of anonymity, withholding their own identities, the identities of other individuals involved, and the specifics that would enable authorities to corroborate their testimonies — this, despite the army's injunction to report any violation of regulations that results in harm to noncombatants.
Moreover, in answer to an interview question about why the organization does not report their allegations to authorities, the group's co-director, Mikhael Manekin responded:
That is not our position. We view ourselves more as a media agency. The purpose is to generate public discussion around what is happening there...  (BBC World Service Radio, July 15, 2009)
That is, the group's mission is not really about “demanding accountability,” as its Web site states, but about publicly demonizing Israel's military beforeallegations are investigated, as the group's co-director reveals.** And in this respect they have been hugely successful, thanks to an obliging foreign media willing to overlook the Society of Professional Journalists' Code of Ethics — which calls for “test[ing] the accuracy of information from all sources” — so that they can deliver a sensational story vilifying Israel.
http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=3&x_outlet=300&x_article=3399

And for those who care for taking a "closer" look at their "finances" and how well they serve their European patrons...
http://www.ngo-monitor.org/ngos/breaking_the_silence_shovirm_shtika_/
10. email address
gail israelson ,   new york   (05.04.17)
please send me Sima's email address. Henry siegman wants to drop her a note.
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