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Jasmin Ramsey: New page: The '''European Forum of the Knesset''' (EFK) is an astroturf lobbying coalition launched by the European Friends of Israel in 2009Carrie Sheffield, [http://www.jpost....

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New page: The '''European Forum of the Knesset''' (EFK) is an astroturf lobbying coalition launched by the European Friends of Israel in 2009<ref name=carrie>Carrie Sheffield, [http://www.jpost....

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The '''European Forum of the Knesset''' (EFK) is an astroturf lobbying coalition launched by the [[European Friends of Israel]] in 2009<ref name=carrie>Carrie Sheffield, [http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=150708 "MKs launch new alliance with European parliaments"], Jerusalem Post, 4 August 2009, accessed on 17 October 2010</ref> with Israel lobbyist and Italian legislator [[Fiamma Nirenstein]] playing a central role.

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 ==Funding==
-Since the EFK does not have a website and is not an official non-profit or charity organization, little is available about its funding, however, the Israel-based [[Jerusalem Post]] reports it is funded by "wealthy patrons within European Jewish circles"<ref name=carrie>Carrie Sheffield, [http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=150708 "MKs launch new alliance with European parliaments"], Jerusalem Post, 4 August 2009, accessed on 17 October 2010</ref> and similarly ''Haaretz'' states that it is funded by "Pro-Zionist European Jews and non-Jews."<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], ''Haaretz'', 8 August 2009</ref>
+Since the EFK does not have a website and is not an official non-profit or charity organization, little is available about its funding. However the Israel-based [[Jerusalem Post]] reports it is funded by "wealthy patrons within European Jewish circles"<ref name=carrie>Carrie Sheffield, [http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=150708 "MKs launch new alliance with European parliaments"], Jerusalem Post, 4 August 2009, accessed on 17 October 2010</ref> and similarly ''Haaretz'' states that it is funded by "Pro-Zionist European Jews and non-Jews."<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], ''Haaretz'', 8 August 2009</ref>
 ==Notes==

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-The '''European Forum of the Knesset''' (EFK) is an astroturf lobbying coalition launched by the [[European Friends of Israel]] in 2009<ref name=carrie>Carrie Sheffield, [http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=150708 "MKs launch new alliance with European parliaments"], Jerusalem Post, 4 August 2009, accessed on 17 October 2010</ref> with Israel lobbyist and Italian legislator [[Fiamma Nirenstein]] playing a central role.<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], Haaretz, 8 August 2009</ref>
+The '''European Forum of the Knesset''' (EFK) is an astroturf lobbying coalition launched by the [[European Friends of Israel]] in 2009<ref name=carrie>Carrie Sheffield, [http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=150708 "MKs launch new alliance with European parliaments"], ''Jerusalem Post'', 4 August 2009, accessed on 17 October 2010</ref> with Israel lobbyist and Italian legislator [[Fiamma Nirenstein]] playing a central role.<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], ''Haaretz'', 8 August 2009</ref>
 ==History==
-The EFK was reportedly created by [[Fiamma Nirenstein]] to "strengthen ties between Israel and European parliaments."<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], Haaretz, 8 August 2009</ref> The EFK is reportedly "spearheaded" by the Israeli [[Kadima]] MK's [[Yohanan Plesner]] "with the blessing of Knesset Speaker [[Reuven Rivlin]] ([[Likud]])."<ref name=carrie>Carrie Sheffield, [http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=150708 "MKs launch new alliance with European parliaments"], Jerusalem Post, 4 August 2009, accessed on 17 October 2010</ref> Other members include [[Tzipi Livni]], [[Shaul Mofaz]] and [[Daniel Ben-Simon]].<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], Haaretz, 8 August 2009</ref> In a 2009 interview with a journalist from Haaretz Nirenstein explained that the main aims of the EFK include combatting what Nirenstein argues as European hostility towards Israel and to  "attack ferociously those who call to demonize Israel."<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], Haaretz, 8 August 2009</ref> A reported main focus of this lobby will be to more effectively target Iran:
+The EFK was reportedly created by [[Fiamma Nirenstein]] to "strengthen ties between Israel and European parliaments."<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], Haaretz, 8 August 2009</ref> The EFK is reportedly "spearheaded" by the Israeli [[Kadima]] MK's [[Yohanan Plesner]] "with the blessing of Knesset Speaker [[Reuven Rivlin]] ([[Likud]])."<ref name=carrie>Carrie Sheffield, [http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=150708 "MKs launch new alliance with European parliaments"], Jerusalem Post, 4 August 2009, accessed on 17 October 2010</ref> Other members include [[Tzipi Livni]], [[Shaul Mofaz]] and [[Daniel Ben-Simon]].<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], ''Haaretz'', 8 August 2009</ref> In a 2009 interview with a journalist from ''Haaretz'', Nirenstein explained that the main aims of the EFK include combating what Nirenstein argues as European hostility towards Israel and to  "attack ferociously those who call to demonize Israel."<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], Haaretz, 8 August 2009</ref> A reported main focus of this lobby will be to more effectively target Iran:
-:With funding from Pro-Zionist European Jews and non-Jews, the new Israeli forum Nirenstein helped create will seek to shift more attention away from the Palestinian issue to the threat posed by Iran.As deputy chairperson of the Italian parliament's foreign affairs commission, Nirenstein has had limited success in prompting Berlusconi's government to intervene to block involvement of Italian firms in Iranian projects.<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], Haaretz, 8 August 2009</ref>
+:With funding from Pro-Zionist European Jews and non-Jews, the new Israeli forum Nirenstein helped create will seek to shift more attention away from the Palestinian issue to the threat posed by Iran.As deputy chairperson of the Italian parliament's foreign affairs commission, Nirenstein has had limited success in prompting Berlusconi's government to intervene to block involvement of Italian firms in Iranian projects.<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], ''Haaretz'', 8 August 2009</ref>
 ==Funding==
-Since the EFK does not have a website and is not an official non-profit or charity organization, little is available about it's funding, however, the Israel-based [[Jerusalem Post]] reports that it is funded by "wealthy patrons within European Jewish circles"<ref name=carrie>Carrie Sheffield, [http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=150708 "MKs launch new alliance with European parliaments"], Jerusalem Post, 4 August 2009, accessed on 17 October 2010</ref> and similarily Haaretz states that it is funded by "Pro-Zionist European Jews and non-Jews."<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], Haaretz, 8 August 2009</ref>
+Since the EFK does not have a website and is not an official non-profit or charity organization, little is available about its funding, however, the Israel-based [[Jerusalem Post]] reports it is funded by "wealthy patrons within European Jewish circles"<ref name=carrie>Carrie Sheffield, [http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=150708 "MKs launch new alliance with European parliaments"], Jerusalem Post, 4 August 2009, accessed on 17 October 2010</ref> and similarly ''Haaretz'' states that it is funded by "Pro-Zionist European Jews and non-Jews."<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], ''Haaretz'', 8 August 2009</ref>
 ==Notes==

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 ==History==
-The EFK was reportedly created by [[Fiamma Nirenstein]] to "strengthen ties between Israel and European parliaments."<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], Haaretz, 8 August 2009</ref> The EFK is reportedly "spearheaded" by the Israeli [[Kadima]] MK's [[Yohanan Plesner]] "with the blessing of Knesset Speaker [[Reuven Rivlin]] ([[Likud]])."ref name=carrie>Carrie Sheffield, [http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=150708 "MKs launch new alliance with European parliaments"], Jerusalem Post, 4 August 2009, accessed on 17 October 2010</ref> Other members include [[Tzipi Livni]], [[Shaul Mofaz]] and [[Daniel Ben-Simon]].<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], Haaretz, 8 August 2009</ref> In a 2009 interview with a journalist from Haaretz Nirenstein explained that the main aims of the EFK include combatting what Nirenstein argues as European hostility towards Israel and to  "attack ferociously those who call to demonize Israel."<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], Haaretz, 8 August 2009</ref> A reported main focus of this lobby will be to more effectively target Iran:
+The EFK was reportedly created by [[Fiamma Nirenstein]] to "strengthen ties between Israel and European parliaments."<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], Haaretz, 8 August 2009</ref> The EFK is reportedly "spearheaded" by the Israeli [[Kadima]] MK's [[Yohanan Plesner]] "with the blessing of Knesset Speaker [[Reuven Rivlin]] ([[Likud]])."<ref name=carrie>Carrie Sheffield, [http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=150708 "MKs launch new alliance with European parliaments"], Jerusalem Post, 4 August 2009, accessed on 17 October 2010</ref> Other members include [[Tzipi Livni]], [[Shaul Mofaz]] and [[Daniel Ben-Simon]].<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], Haaretz, 8 August 2009</ref> In a 2009 interview with a journalist from Haaretz Nirenstein explained that the main aims of the EFK include combatting what Nirenstein argues as European hostility towards Israel and to  "attack ferociously those who call to demonize Israel."<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], Haaretz, 8 August 2009</ref> A reported main focus of this lobby will be to more effectively target Iran:
 :With funding from Pro-Zionist European Jews and non-Jews, the new Israeli forum Nirenstein helped create will seek to shift more attention away from the Palestinian issue to the threat posed by Iran.As deputy chairperson of the Italian parliament's foreign affairs commission, Nirenstein has had limited success in prompting Berlusconi's government to intervene to block involvement of Italian firms in Iranian projects.<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], Haaretz, 8 August 2009</ref>

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 ==History==
-The EFK was reportedly created by [[Fiamma Nirenstein]] to "strengthen ties between Israel and European parliaments."<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], Haaretz, 8 August 2009</ref> Other members include [[Tzipi Livni]], [[Shaul Mofaz]] and [[Daniel Ben-Simon]].<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], Haaretz, 8 August 2009</ref> In a 2009 interview with a journalist from Haaretz Nirenstein explained that the main aims of the EFK include combatting what Nirenstein argues as European hostility towards Israel and to  "attack ferociously those who call to demonize Israel."<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], Haaretz, 8 August 2009</ref> A reported main focus of this lobby will be to more effectively target Iran:
+The EFK was reportedly created by [[Fiamma Nirenstein]] to "strengthen ties between Israel and European parliaments."<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], Haaretz, 8 August 2009</ref> The EFK is reportedly "spearheaded" by the Israeli [[Kadima]] MK's [[Yohanan Plesner]] "with the blessing of Knesset Speaker [[Reuven Rivlin]] ([[Likud]])."ref name=carrie>Carrie Sheffield, [http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=150708 "MKs launch new alliance with European parliaments"], Jerusalem Post, 4 August 2009, accessed on 17 October 2010</ref> Other members include [[Tzipi Livni]], [[Shaul Mofaz]] and [[Daniel Ben-Simon]].<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], Haaretz, 8 August 2009</ref> In a 2009 interview with a journalist from Haaretz Nirenstein explained that the main aims of the EFK include combatting what Nirenstein argues as European hostility towards Israel and to  "attack ferociously those who call to demonize Israel."<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], Haaretz, 8 August 2009</ref> A reported main focus of this lobby will be to more effectively target Iran:
 :With funding from Pro-Zionist European Jews and non-Jews, the new Israeli forum Nirenstein helped create will seek to shift more attention away from the Palestinian issue to the threat posed by Iran.As deputy chairperson of the Italian parliament's foreign affairs commission, Nirenstein has had limited success in prompting Berlusconi's government to intervene to block involvement of Italian firms in Iranian projects.<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], Haaretz, 8 August 2009</ref>
 ==Notes==

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 ==History==
-The EFK was reportedly created by [[Fiamma Nirenstein]] to "strengthen ties between Israel and European parliaments."<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], Haaretz, 8 August 2009</ref> Other members include [[Tzipi Livni]], [[Shaul Mofaz]] and [[Daniel Ben-Simon]].<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], Haaretz, 8 August 2009</ref>
+The EFK was reportedly created by [[Fiamma Nirenstein]] to "strengthen ties between Israel and European parliaments."<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], Haaretz, 8 August 2009</ref> Other members include [[Tzipi Livni]], [[Shaul Mofaz]] and [[Daniel Ben-Simon]].<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], Haaretz, 8 August 2009</ref> In a 2009 interview with a journalist from Haaretz Nirenstein explained that the main aims of the EFK include combatting what Nirenstein argues as European hostility towards Israel and to  "attack ferociously those who call to demonize Israel."<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], Haaretz, 8 August 2009</ref> A reported main focus of this lobby will be to more effectively target Iran:
 ==Notes==
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	The '''European Forum of the Knesset''' (EFK) is an astroturf lobbying coalition launched by the [[European Friends of Israel]] in 2009<ref name=carrie>Carrie Sheffield, [http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=150708 "MKs launch new alliance with European parliaments"], Jerusalem Post, 4 August 2009, accessed on 17 October 2010</ref> with Israel lobbyist and Italian legislator [[Fiamma Nirenstein]] playing a central role.<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], Haaretz, 8 August 2009</ref>		The '''European Forum of the Knesset''' (EFK) is an astroturf lobbying coalition launched by the [[European Friends of Israel]] in 2009<ref name=carrie>Carrie Sheffield, [http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=150708 "MKs launch new alliance with European parliaments"], Jerusalem Post, 4 August 2009, accessed on 17 October 2010</ref> with Israel lobbyist and Italian legislator [[Fiamma Nirenstein]] playing a central role.<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], Haaretz, 8 August 2009</ref>
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−	The '''European Forum of the Knesset''' (EFK) is an astroturf lobbying coalition launched by the [[European Friends of Israel]] in 2009<ref name=carrie>Carrie Sheffield, [http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=150708 "MKs launch new alliance with European parliaments"], Jerusalem Post, 4 August 2009, accessed on 17 October 2010</ref> with Israel lobbyist and Italian legislator [[Fiamma Nirenstein]] playing a central role.	+	The '''European Forum of the Knesset''' (EFK) is an astroturf lobbying coalition launched by the [[European Friends of Israel]] in 2009<ref name=carrie>Carrie Sheffield, [http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=150708 "MKs launch new alliance with European parliaments"], Jerusalem Post, 4 August 2009, accessed on 17 October 2010</ref> with Israel lobbyist and Italian legislator [[Fiamma Nirenstein]] playing a central role.<ref name=apologetic>Cnaan Liphshiz, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-should-drop-apologetic-tactics-admit-it-is-at-war-1.281625 "'Israel should drop apologetic tactics, admit it is at war'"], Haaretz, 8 August 2009</ref>