Charlie Marsman

Wat we al wisten, is nu helder. Extreemlinkse Palestina-supporters adoreren ook die Oostenrijker met dat rare snorretje. Is dat helder, lieve Rode Lijn-aanhangers?

SCOOP: I've discovered that Euro-Med Monitor has actually been formally designated as a terrorist organization by Israel — since 2015. And nobody realized. Not journalists. Not myself. Not even the Israeli Diaspora Ministry, which published a detailed report on Euro-Med just last week following the Nicholas Kristof NYT op-ed. So what happened? Israel designated the organization under its old name, "EUROMID OBSERVER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS." The group rebranded circa 2015 as "Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor," and the old spelling made the designation invisible to any obvious sanctions search. It sat buried in the government's official list for ten years, completely undetected. The Swiss commercial registry makes the link unambiguous. Same organization. New name. Still designated. The original designation, issued by then-Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, declared Euro-Med an "unauthorized association" under Israel's 1945 Defense (Emergency) Regulations. Under Section 101 of Israel's 2016 Counter-Terrorism Law, that designation was automatically converted into a permanent terrorist designation, with no additional process required. A terror front. Rebranded. Undetected for a decade.