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Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-898968
Zionist NGO Regavim to Countersue Canada, EU over Sanctions, Was Never Accused of Violence
(Jerusalem Post) Mathilda Heller - The Zionist NGO Regavim will be taking legal action against Canada and the EU following the imposition of sanctions, Naomi Kahn, director of the International Division at Regavim, told the Jerusalem Post on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Canada imposed sanctions on Regavim, accusing the organization of violence against Palestinians. Regavim works to protect Israel's national lands and resources, acting mainly to prevent illegal seizure of Israeli state land. Unlike some of the other individuals and entities sanctioned, Regavim has never been accused of violence against Palestinians. "Sanctioning civil society organizations who have absolutely no connection to actual violence or were never accused of violence, have never been accused of any illegal activity whatsoever, is an attack on the state of Israel as a whole, and particularly in our case, it's an attack on Israel's judicial system," Kahn said. The EU and Canada both said they sanctioned Regavim for "lobbying for the demolition of...an EU-funded Palestinian primary school at the Jabbet al Dhib village near Bethlehem." Kahn said the school was an "illegal structure that was built by the European Union on Israeli state land in Area C, the area under Israeli jurisdiction, and the court found grounds to demolish that structure." "That just means that they don't like the court's judgment, and that means that they're sending a message, not very subtle, to Israel's judges: 'If you vote against the European Union's activities, even though they're illegal and everyone knows it, we will sanction you next, and we will sanction the entire state of Israel anytime they do something that we don't like, even when it's against the law.'"