Shock: Video shows Breaking the Silence apparently spying on IDF

Breaking the Silence is acting like the victim:

 Breaking the Silence CEO Yuli Novak denied that she was collecting classified information, adding: "there are several organizations, together with members of the Knesset from the Likud and Habayit Hayehudi, who are working to silence whoever tries to criticize the government and the occupation."

It sure sounds like a mostly European-funded organization has been spying on the IDF. How much of the information it gathered ended up with its European funders?

To me, the more important question is how will supposedly pro-Israel leftist groups like J-Street, the New Israel Fund, Yachad-UK, Hillel and others choose to respond to this report. 

If they support BTS and choose to ignore the report, they will look like they are covering for a group that has proven that it is not pro-Israel but actively against Israel.

If they accept the report, then they should loudly denounce what the organization did and distance themselves from it, never hosting them on campus any more.

Even before this report it was obvious that BtS was not a pro-Israel organization in any sense. Natan Sharansky ridiculed the idea that it is a human rights organization and even called it a BDS organization. . 

Specifically, Hillel International recently invited BtS to speak at Brown and Columbia Hillel despite all evidence that it is anti-Israel.

If it goes through with this after the Channel 2 report, then any pretense that Hillel is still pro-Israel goes out the window.

So how these supposedly "pro-Israel" organizations respond to this damning report will prove whether they have any claim to be truly pro-Israel.

UPDATE: The report:








Channel 2 on Thursday aired a special investigative report alleging that the left-wing NGO was gathering intelligence information on the IDF after obtaining undercover footage depicting activists asking soldiers questions pertaining to intelligence and operational activities.


The footage was gathered by Ad Khan, who had infiltrated the ranks of Breaking the Silence over the last two years, according to Channel 2. 


http://elderofziyon.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/how-will-left-wing-zionists-respond-to.html#.VuwnPX2LSM9

Shortly after the Channel 2 report aired, Netanyahu said that the group had "crossed a red line" and added security services would be investigating the allegations. 

Breaking the Silence is an Non Governmental Organization established by IDF veterans. The stated aim of the organization is to  collect the testimonies of soldiers who have served in the West Bank and Gaza, detailing alleged "cases of abuse towards Palestinians" and documenting the conduct of IDF soldiers, according to the group's website. 

Reached for comment by Channel 2, Breaking the Silence CEO Yuli Novak denied that he was collecting classified information, adding: "there are several organizations, together with members of the Knesset from the Likud and Habayit Hayehudi, who are working to silence whoever tries to criticize the government and the occupation." 

In addition to Netanyahu, a number of figures from across the political spectrum came out against the group's alleged activities.

Speaker of the Knesset Yuli Edelstein called for an "investigation to clarify which sensitive information (Breaking the Silence) has in its possession." 

Meanwhile, Yesh Atid chairmen Yair Lapid said: "While Israel is fighting terror, Breaking the Silence is taking information and using it against the state." He added that "Israel must do all it can to protect its soldiers, and this organization has no right to exist in a state that is battling daily for the safety of its citizens."

Zionist Union MK Revital Swid said that "Breaking the Silence had lost all of its legitimacy" adding that "it was time to condemn all extremism no matter" what side of the political aisle they were on.   

Members of the security establishment also commented on the potential fallout of the NGO's suspected actions, including former head of the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) Avi Dichter and Avi Mizrahi, former head of GOC Central Command.

"Bringing in soldiers to retrieve information about the army and its (operational intelligence) is a serious incident," Mizrahi said. "If there are more cases, then it's much worse," he added.


http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Report-Breaking-the-Silence-NGO-collected-classified-information-on-IDF-448380





Disgusting is not the worst to describe a supposed organisation out to expose criminal acts by soldiers. I always thought it was a sham, especially when any true honest person would not hide their identity claiming crimes had been committed. You would seek to expose the truth.