-Caveat Lector- > The challenge from Europe's Left > > By OVADIA SOFER > > A look at Palestinian propaganda in Europe and in the rest of the > world > leads to the clear conclusion that the "new anti-Zionism," which is > just > like anti-Semitism, resides within leftist and far Left circles, and > not > necessarily with the extreme Right, as is commonly thought. The > latter > apparently choose to conceal their hatred of Jews for the time being, > for > tactical electoral reasons. > > Palestinian propaganda has infiltrated deep into intellectual circles > and > far left parties, exploiting their supposed sensitivity to human > rights > in order to harness them to the Palestinian struggle, while ignoring > its > negative features. The criminal terrorism of Palestinian suicide > bombers, > who strike indiscriminately at innocent women, children, and the > eldrely, > barely gets a mumbled condemnation from those circles. The European > media > calls the terrorists "martyrs," "activists," or "militants." These > circles also ignore the Palestinian refusal to come to terms with > Israel's existence as a Jewish state, one of whose obvious > manifestations > is the Palestinian demand to implement the right of millions of > Palestinians to return to Israel as a condition for a peace agreement > > with Israel. > > The intensive work of the Israeli peace camp overseas, which > fundamentally does stand against Palestinian terrorism, has not > succeeded > in mollifying criticism by the leftist European circles against > Israel. > On the contrary, European leftists usually hear the criticism voiced > by > the peace camp selectively, and use it to attack Israel and blindly > embrace Palestinian propaganda, which arouses dormant anti-Semitic > feelings. These are then given expression by harassing Jewish > institutions in France and other places in Europe. No less > infuriating is > that these circles, which carry the torch of defending human rights, > do > not loudly condemn the killing of innocent civilians by Palestinian > suicide bombers. This apathy is most reprehensible and inexplicable, > given that the same tactic could spread to Europe and the western > world > in general. > > The recent elections for the French presidency are a case in point. > There > were no fewer than 16 candidates, including 10 Trotskyists and other > members of the far Left. While the extreme Right Le Pen and others > are, > for the moment, avoiding addressing the Israeli issue, the far Left > candidates made their anti-Israeli vitriol part and parcel of their > election campaigns. These circles are directly responsible for the > anti-Israeli decisions in European and international forums including > the > European parliament. This phenomenon is especially salient in > Scandinavian and other European countries that used to be Israel's > close > friends, such as the Netherlands, Denmark, and Belgium. > > An in-depth analysis of the patterns of Palestinian penetration of > the > European media proves there is nothing as effective as a > sophisticated > recruitment of influential reporters and intellectuals, as the > Palestinians did by sending talented representatives to Europe's main > > capitals. Israel's public relations effort overseas is facing > difficult > challenges we have never seen before. Israeli diplomatic delegations > abroad were and remain the most important front line position for the > > infiltration, contact and recruitment of a sympathetic press for > Israel. > The main obstacle to fulfilling this difficult and complex task is > not > the problem of resources. The central challenge is in finding the > appropriate people, who can make contacts, defend the Israeli > government's policy, and overcome the conflicting messages coming > from > Israel. > > These mixed messages certainly complicate the diplomat's task, but > they > are a factor we have lived with for years, as befits a democratic > regime > and a nation still fighting for its survival. > > The writer is a former Israeli ambassador to France. > > http://www.jpost.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename==JPost/A/JPArticle/Full&cid= >23716453075
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