Israel’s Public Security Minister seeks to “cancel the tax benefits” and even ban Amnesty Int’l from entering/operating in Israel following its anti-Israel report calling on internet tourism companies to boycott numerous Jewish heritage sites.

By Ben Ariel

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan on Wednesday threatened to ban Amnesty International from Israel after the group published a report calling on popular tourism websites to boycott Jewish heritage sites.

“Amnesty International, that hypocritical organization that speaks in the name of human rights, is acting to promote a boycott of Israelis as part of a campaign of anti-Semitic delegitimization,” said Erdan.

“I have instructed the ministry of strategic affairs to examine the possibility of preventing the entry of members of Amnesty to Israel. A few weeks ago, I went to the finance ministry to ask it to cancel the tax benefits” granted to the organization, he added.

Old city of Jerusalem – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

In its report, Amnesty International called on sites such as Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia and TripAdvisor to boycott Jewish heritage sites such as the Dead Sea, the Old City of Jerusalem, the Kotel and the City of David.

“They are doing so despite knowing that Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is governed by international humanitarian law under which Israeli settlements are deemed illegal,” said the Amnesty report.

“In doing business with settlements, all four companies are contributing to, and profiting from, the maintenance, development and expansion of illegal settlements, which amount to war crimes under international criminal law,” it charged, accusing the digital tourism giants of “normalizing settlements”.

Leonardo Hotel on the shore of the Dead Sea. – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

In recent years, Erdan has tackled organizations and activists that promote the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.

Israel has several times in recent months refused entry to BDS activists who attempted to enter the country.

In 2018, Israel’s government approved a plan which will set aside $72 million to fighting the campaign to boycott it.

The plan, which would entail the largest monetary investment yet by Israel specifically toward combating the BDS campaign, calls for setting up a not-for-profit organization whose board will be made up of government officials and donors from abroad.

View original Arutz Sheva publication at:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/258387

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IsraelandStuff Post Script:

Notice how this screenshot from the Amnesty International website features a ‘Pallywood’ photo? They lead you to believe it’s an IDF soldier destroying a home etc belonging to the Palestinians.

If you look closely, the driver is wearing all black, hence NOT an IDF soldier, and the bulldozer is painted ‘yellow’… the color of civilian bulldozers. – The IDF has only ‘army gray’ in use, and IDF soldiers must wear a uniform and a helmet.

Furthermore, the IDF would never allow ANYONE, yet alone a child, to sit and watch within the working area.

This photo, taken from  Amnesty International website, is a photoshopped demonstration to deceive the public,
AND/OR a blatant disregard for the child’s safety [for obvious safety protocols/concerns].

Either way, this only proves the NGO is infected with a politically charged cancer of hate, lies and deception.

Screen Shot of Amnesty International website featuring a ‘Pallywood’ photo

So, ONCE AGAIN, I have to ask:
If the Palestinian cause was just and true,
Why the desperate need to always lie and deceive?