Hakol Hayehudi’s investigation exposes that female European activists, who call themselves peace and human rights activists, operate in Samaria while avowedly supporting terrorists, participating in the riots and, of course, the Olive Harvest provocations.
The authorities do not act against them or deport them, and it is possible the female activists tricked the authorities by entering Israel as tourists, which is a supposed violation of the law.
From Europe to Israel and back
Meet the female activists of the organization "IWPS - International Women's Peace Service".
An organization of female European activists who claim to be human rights activists. The organization has been active in "Palestine" - Judea and Samaria, since 2002 and the activists arrives mostly to the harvest periods.
The female activists have a home in Deir Istia village near Ariel and their activity is mainly on Salfit and Shechem areas.
In their house yard, the PLO flag is hung along the Fatah flag with its famous gun symbol.
Due to the pandemic, the activists were prevented from reaching the region since the harvest of 2019. However, in October 2022 they returned to Israel, and were immediately awarded a certificate on behalf of the 'Palestinian Association for Agricultural Development' for their contribution to the 2019 harvest.
The activists come from European countries: Great Britain, Montegro, Iceland, etc. At least some of them have already been in Israel in the past for similar activities and some of them are related to the anti-Semitic ISM movement, with which IWPS has had a close relationship over the years.
Thus, about 5-8 activists have been circulating alternately throughout Samaria in the last month. They arrived several times from Sik Baburin, a village near Yitzhar and Givat Ronen, to Bruchin and Revavah area, to a violent riot at Havara checkpoint in protest of the blockade that the IDF imposed on Shechem following "Lions' Den" terrorists’ attacks, to a riot against IDF soldiers in Beit Dejan village between Shechem and Alon More, as well as a weekly riot in Kfar Kedum.
In some events, the female activists wear Kaffiyah on their faces and take pictures of themselves while they use the V hand sign for victory, among other places, on The Temple Mount.
The female activists echo messages and reports, some of which, as you will see, are complete falsehoods, and their acquaintances around the world share their posts while drawing readers’ attention to the female activists who transmit a daily report from "Palestine".
"Solidarity with the Shahids"
Hakol Hayehudi’s investigation exposes the widespread support of female activists, not only for boycotting Israel and the BDS movement but also for terrorists who murdered Jews.
One of the actions which show their support of terrorists is cleaning and caring for the gravestones of brutal murderers in Balta’s cemetery.
On Saturday, November 12, the organization's activists went to Shechem to clean the gravestones of Shahids from the 2nd Intifada and plant flowers near them. The activity was carried out together with the Balata scout group, the Jaffa Balata center, and the Tanver Shechem center.
Hakol Hayehudi’s investigation exposes that those gravestones include gravestones of brutal murderers and that the activists even chose to use the grave of a young man who was murdered in Balta in a clan conflict to present him as someone who was shot by IDF soldiers.
For example, the feminist women seeking international "justice" cleaned and tended, among others, the grave of Khalil Marshad, a senior member of Chalalei Al-Aqsa in Shechem who was eliminated from the air in June 2004 after he was responsible for sending terrorists to several suicide attacks in Israel. He even recruited a mother of seven from Balta to carry an explosive belt to a suicide bomber.
The grave of Muhammad Hamdan, a senior member of Chalalei Al-Aqsa as well who was killed by the IDF, was also granted cleaning and flowers. According to the IDF, he is responsible for the attack in which two soldiers were murdered near Bekaot village on 10/4/03 and for the attack in a supermarket in Rosh Ha'Ain in which a Jew was murdered on 12/8/03.
A third terrorist whose grave was cleaned by peace activists is Ahmed Sankara, who was killed by IDF forces in 2008. According to Israel security authorities, Ahmed Snakara was an expert in making explosive belts and the squad he led intended to carry out attacks on Israeli territory. A Kalashnikov rifle was found on his body.
Musa Jibril - this is how to spread a falsehood
In addition, the activists used the opportunity to discredit Israel.
In their posts, they photographed the grave of Musa Jibril from Balta and described the captivating image of Musa, an 18-year-old boy who was killed. They went on and wrote in their posts that like him, many Palestinian boys are killed by the IDF.
Reading their posts it seemed the man was killed by the IDF, but Hakol Hayehudi checked and found Musa Jibril was killed in an internal clan battle in Balta, as reported by all the Arab media channels, who also noted that suspects in the crime turned themselves in to the Palestinian police.
"I salute The Lion's Den"
Clear support for the terrorists was shown by one of the main activists - Katie Leslie, who expresses her support for the terrorists in various ways.
Leslie expresses support for the terrorists of The Lion’s Den organization in Shechem both in posts she published about them on Facebook as well as waving a sign that says she "salutes The Lion’s Den".
Another proof of Leslie’s clear support for terrorists can be seen in her repeated and very active support, of Yaman Faraj. Faraj from Madma village near Yitzhar, the head of the military wing of Shechem’s Popular Front during 2nd Intifada. It seems Leslie admires him and his deputy Amjad Malitat.
According to the IDF and the Shin Bet, those two are responsible for a long series of suicide attacks, including sending suicide terrorists to attack at Geha junction, an attack in Ariel, an attempted massacre at a synagogue in Ramat Hasharon that was prevented when the armed terrorists were caught at the PA border, and more.
The two were eliminated by Shayetet fighters at 17th Tamuz Tashsad after being wanted for about 3 years. In the shootout that unfolded in the buildings where the two barricaded themselves, Shayetet Captain Moran Vardi was killed and two other fighters were wounded. After the elimination, Malitat's wife even tried to carry out a revenge terrorist attack and recruited a female suicide bomber.
Leslie supports them all through the years. For example, in 2014 she participated in the planting of olive trees near Yitzhar in their memory, holding a sign on which she wrote that the olive trees were planted for "Yaman and Amjad and all their fellow freedom fighters... We plant this olive tree in your name and its roots will deepen your memory" (free translation) .
In October 2022, she visited Yaman's grave and shared via social media a photo of Yaman and Amjad carrying weapons with a red ribbon on them, signifying they would shoot weapons only to harm Jews.
"The Honorable Mothers of the Shahids"
Another activist named Radmila also expresses support for terrorists in her posts. For example, she especially noted that in Asira El Kabaliya village near Yitzhar, they conducted a harvest on the lands of a terrorist who was imprisoned many times in Israel. Radmila claims that he is "a Palestinian who was imprisoned because he wanted to stay on his land." In another post she shared a photo of the mothers of the "respected" Shahids.
Chris, another activist, has been documented on several occasions in confrontations while wearing a mask.
In a post on Facebook, she describes how much she wanted to stand in solidarity with the Shahids and therefore went to clean their graves.
In other posts, she writes that by international law, people under occupation have a right to fight back by all necessary means and praises the fighting of the brave resistance in Shechem - The Lions' Den activists.
In addition, she supports, like her friends, a boycott of Israel, and expresses support for a terrorist boy who carried out a stabbing attack at Ze'ev summit in Jerusalem - Ahmed Manasara, and shares a real blood false libel - a post in which it is not mentioned at all that the boy, whom Israel supposedly abuses, carried out a stabbing attack.
Cooperation with the committee members against fences
The organization has close cooperation with activists of the Palestinian Authority and “The Popular Committees”. One of the main factors with which they are in contact is Waal Al Pik.
Waal is a significant activist related to The Popular Committees and “The Committee Against Fences and Settlements", a body about which we published in Hakol Hayehudi an investigation showing its support for terrorism and its involvement in provocations and attacks in the field on a daily basis. Waal hosts the activists in Shechem and is a key partner in their operations during their stay in Samaria. He also coordinated the cleaning graves of Shahids’ activity in Shechem.
As a result of this connection, Waal, who incites much to terror attacks and supports terrorists on his Facebook, as well as takes part in riots, receives international support. For example, at the time of his arrest in 2018 by Israel, demonstrations were held for him in Europe and a network campaign was conducted in which IWPS activists were a significant part.
Another activist who is in contact with them is Murad Samara, one of the prominent activists in the Salafit area.
"Israel State has failed in its dealing with terror-supporting activists"
In light of the material collected in Hakol Hayehudi’s investigation, the question arises as to why Israel allows those anti-Semitic and terror-supporting activists to repeatedly enter the country.
The Population and Immigration Authority told Hakol Hayehudi in response that "as a rule, every tourist who arrives at Israel border and arouses suspicion or about whom there is prior information is questioned individually (and not as a group). At the end of the questioning, a decision is made as to whether there is a factual basis for refusing entry."
The DMU project, which specializes in fighting against foreign anti-Israeli activists, said: "The threat of foreign activists who are entering Israel freely and illegally is a strategic threat to the country. We see some of its results in the latest decision against Israel at the United Nations, a decision that does not come out of thin air but is based on reports of those activists "from the field" for years.
The State of Israel created the appropriate laws against these activists but failed to establish effective mechanisms to deal with them. Due to the non-enforcement of the law, pro-terrorist and violent activists feel that they are receiving support from the state and encouragement to roam here freely and harm the state. The new government must create these mechanisms, the time is now.”
