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Far-Right Movement’s Campaign Names Israeli Cultural ‘Moles’
by Eylon Aslan-Levy
January 29, 2016

The far-right NGO Im Tirtzu has made headlines again in the Hebrew press because of its new campaign that labels leading Israeli cultural figures as “moles.” On Wednesday night, the group published a long list of artists, including Israel Prize-laureates Amos Oz and Gila Almagor, accusing them of “supporting organizations of moles”—by which it means key left-wing NGOs. The term was instantly recognizable to many Israelis in the wake of Im Tirtzu’s recent ad “exposing” certain activists from left-wing Israeli NGOs, including anti-occupation groups B’Tselem and Breaking the Silence, as terrorism-aiding “foreign moles.” The controversial campaign by Im Tirtzu—which comes at a time of heightened public attention towards the activities of left-wing NGOs, and the question of their funding by foreign states—was roundly excoriated across the political spectrum….On Thursday, Im Tirtzu chairman Matan Peleg, defended the campaign; the next day, however, he appeared to retract it, calling it “mistaken” in an apologetic Facebook post, while defending the broader “moles campaign” and vowing to continue it. READ MORE

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