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Volume 14, Issue 42
"Whether or not the supporters of the agreement admit it, this deal is based on hope – hope – that when the nuclear sunset clause expires, Iran will have succumbed to the benefits of commerce and global integration. Well, they have not. Hope that the hardliners will have lost their power and the revolution will end its hegemonic goals. They have not. And, hope that the regime will allow the Iranian people to decide their own future. The hardliners are more entrenched and they have not allowed the Iranian people to decide that future.
"Hope is part of human nature, but unfortunately, it is not a national security strategy."
—Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sen. Robert Menedez, February 1, 2022
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The True Face of Iranian Diplomacy Cannot Be Forgotten
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By Gabe Toole | February 11, 2022
Published in The Jerusalem Post
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As nuclear negotiations between Iran and the West continue in Vienna, many are beginning to voice their concern over the lack of progress. For many in the Middle East, this comes as no surprise. The past is riddled with anecdotal stories of the dangers of engaging with the Iranian regime. One such story took place in Kenya and provides a perfect window into the true nature of Iranian diplomacy. The saga would play out sporadically over seven years and read like a bad script for an even worse movie. On the surface, this story is bizarre and almost comical, on a deeper level, it illuminates the atypical nature of Iranian diplomacy.
On June 19, 2012, news broke that two terrorists had been arrested in Kenya and charged with possession of explosives. The fact that terrorists were arrested in Kenya was not surprising, as terrorist activity has spilled over from the Somali border in recent years. What was unique about these arrests was the two suspects were not Kenyan or Somali, but Iranian tourists who had recently flown into the country.
Read more here
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About the speaker: Dr. Emmanuel Navon is an International Relations expert who teaches at Tel-Aviv University and at the Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center (IDC). He is a Senior Fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security (a foreign policy think tank) and at the Kohelet Policy Forum (a public policy think tank), and a Senior Analyst for I24News (an Israel-based international TV channel).
Navon has been described as “a new voice from Israel” for his sharp writing, public speaking, and TV interviews. He has authored four books and dozens of articles that have appeared in prestigious journals such as the Review of International Studies and the Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs, and in world-class newspapers such as Le Monde and Newsweek. A sought-after public speaker, he has addressed the American Enterprise Institute, AIPAC, the Jewish Federations of North America, as well as leading universities such as Georgetown, Columbia, and Rice. Navon is a frequent guest for American, French, and Israeli media, and he has appeared on Voice of America, on France 24, and on the Knesset Channel.
Previously, Navon served as head of the Political Science and Communication Department at the Jerusalem Haredi College; as a founding partner of the Navon-Levy Group (a consultancy that promoted Israeli agricultural and energy projects in sub-Saharan Africa); as CEO of BNIC (an NGO that trained Israeli business leaders in diplomatic advocacy); and as a consultant with Arttic (a leading European consulting firm specialized in R&D funding).
Dr. Navon was born in Paris, France, in 1971 and went to a bilingual (French/English) school. He graduated in public administration from Sciences-Po, one of Europe’s most prestigious universities. In 1993 he moved to Israel, enrolled in the IDF, and earned a Ph.D. in international relations from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is equally and perfectly fluent in English, French, and Hebrew, and is conversant in German and Italian. He lives in Israel with his wife and their four children.
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Fight Back Against the UN's Latest Assault on Israel
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The “Inquiry” has formally issued a “call for submissions.” It states: “The Commission invites individuals, groups and organizations to submit information and documentation relevant to its mandate."
Jewish and non-Jewish experts, NGOs, other organizations, parliamentarians or legislators – who care about defeating modern global antisemitism embodied in this UN Commission of Inquiry – need to proffer submissions. Literally every human on earth is eligible to make a submission.
By making a submission to this rigged exercise, will we legitimize it? The answer is emphatically NO, the greater the number of individuals and organizations who act.
Submissions are not about changing their minds, but about educating those who remain open to learning the truth about the Jewish state and the Jewish people. About exposing antisemitism and calling it out as such. About urging others to stand with the people of Israel and to object to the perversion of law and the falsification of right and wrong by the United Nations – for the sake of real human rights victims, now and in the future.
So stand up to #PillaysPogrom. Write now. |
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Palestinian children are still forced to enlist and fight for armed terrorist groups such as Hamas, the Jihad and the PFLP." The focus of this year's campaign is to expose charities that allow the funneling of funds to NGOs with terror ties and thus leading to more child soldiers. One such example is DCI-P connection with CAF America.
Without funding, terrorist organizations could not recruit child soldiers. Charities have an integral role in funding and facilitating access to funding for terrorist organizations, intentionally or unintentionally.
CAF America must stop providing a financial platform to NGOs affiliated with terrorist groups exploiting Palestinian children. These organizations that profit from private money funneled through CAF America, exploit children for political purposes. CAF America provides, by association, a financial safe haven for "retired" PFLP, PIJ and Hamas terrorists. They are guilty by omission, affiliation and direct action in the incitement to violence, recruitment and training of Palestinian children for military purposes.
The financial contribution to these NGOs facilitated by CAF America, is an essential part in the upkeep of the brutal systemic use of Palestinian children by terrorist organizations in the Levant. Using children as combatants, terrorists, riot skirmishers, couriers, spies, lookouts, munitions smugglers, military laborers, as well as the militarized and radicalized education that facilitates recruitment has to STOP!
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