{"id":43118,"date":"2012-05-29T05:04:18","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T05:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=43118"},"modified":"2012-06-01T00:10:42","modified_gmt":"2012-06-01T00:10:42","slug":"israeli-presence-in-colombo-bound-to-aggravate-communal-tension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/israeli-presence-in-colombo-bound-to-aggravate-communal-tension\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Presence In Colombo: Bound To Aggravate Communal Tension?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0Latheef Farook<\/a>\u00a0–<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Latheef Farook<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cIsrael\u2019s foreign policy is that the national interest of Israel is the ultimate test and that the Israelis pursue this with cold blooded calculation\u201d – late eminent journalist Mervyn De Silva.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Zionist Jewish entity of Israel which has been sneaking into Sri Lanka time and again only to have been expelled, found a firm foothold in Colombo now. The island\u2019s growing ties with Israel have become cause for serious concern among many especially within the beleaguered Muslim community which fears that this may spell disaster for them.<\/p>\n

This fear emanates from Israel\u2019s long record of hostility towards Muslims and its crucial role in the United States led western global campaign against Muslims under the guise of fighting a so called war on terrorism. It becomes still worse because a small minority of nationalists who, openly call for the expulsion of Tamils and Muslims from the island, are now in influential positions while Muslims parliamentarian remain subdued and ineffective.<\/p>\n

In the recent past ministers, top government and private sector officials, tourists and many others started visiting Israel while Israeli entrepreneurs began investing in many sectors indicating the flourishing relations facilitated by the globalisation and open economy.<\/p>\n

Israelsought to establish closer ties withSri Lankaas early as 1950s. Answering a question on foreign affairs late prime Minister Mr S.W.R.D.Banadaranike said in the parliament on 14 August 1958 that\u201d on assuming office Israel continued to pressurise to send an Israeli diplomatic representative as agreed by the previous\u00a0 government. Well, I said,\u201d Yes you may do so\u201d. Then the question of appointing our representative toIsraelarose and I have just laid by for further consideration.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was during Prime Minister W Dahanayake\u2019s period a non resident ambassador was appointed toIsraelin 1958, but he was recalled by Prime Minister Mrs Srimavo Bandaranaike. The Sri Lankan Ambassador toRomelooked after the Israeli affairs during the UNP government between 1965 and 1970.<\/p>\n

During the 1970 general elections expelling the Israeli mission in Colombo was a pledge by the United Front which attracted sizable Muslims votes. Fulfilling her promise Mrs Srimavo Bandaranaike closed down the Israeli mission in Colombo despite threats of economic boycott .It was during her time in the mid 1970s the Palestine Liberation Organisation opened its representative office which was elevated to full embassy status in 1982. The island\u2019s fiercely independent and dignified policy and the overall attitude towards Israel was such that in 1979, Sri Lankan Cricket Team refused to play its match against Israel in the 15 nation qualifying competition in the 2nd<\/sup> Prudential World Cricket Competition in England.<\/p>\n

Then came the disastrous July 1983 anti Tamil riots when the government had to deal with the rising\u00a0 Tamil militancy in the north .With both the United States and Britain refused to help, President Jayewardene turned to other countries. Israel which always thrives on others\u2019 misery grabbed the opportunity, came forward to help, leading to the establishment of an Israeli Interest Section in the US Embassy in Colombo with David Matna, later reported belonging to Israeli intelligence service, Mossad, appointed as resident head.<\/p>\n

Muslims opposed the move. Leading a delegation respected senior Muslim politician and Chairman of UNP Dr M.C.M. Kaleel met President Jayewardene to express Muslim concerns. But dismissing them President Jayewardene stated \u201cwell, I will go even to devil to get help. If the Muslims wanted they can remain in the government, otherwise they can leave\u201d. Muslim parliamentarians were placed in an embarrassing and helpless situation and Foreign Minister A.C.S.Hameed had to defend\u00a0\u00a0 the move. This was one of the reasons why the frustrated Muslims, especially those in the east, turned to Sri Lanka Muslim Congress for a forum of their own to raise their voice, though it later ended up as a disaster. Under these growing ties Israeli President Chaim Herzog paid an official visit toSri Lankain 1986.<\/p>\n

It was proved time and again that Israelis have no special feelings for Sri Lanka which they consider \u201cas an undeveloped and uncivilised country with monkey like people who are not long out of the trees and should not expect much\u201d as disclosed in the book \u201cBy Way of Deception; The Making and Unmaking of a Mossad Officer\u201d by Victor Ostrovsky and Claire Hoy.<\/p>\n

Insulting Sri Lankans further \u00a0\u00a0the author of this book stated in page 128 as follows;<\/p>\n

\u201cNext I was assigned to the high ranking officers who were looking for radar equipment. I was told to take them to manufacturer inAshdodnamed Alta that could do the work. But when he saw their specifications, the Alta representative said,\u201d They\u2019re just going through the motions. They are not going to buy our radar\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy? I said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese specs were not written for these monkeys (referring to Sri Lankans) the man said.\u201d They were written by a British radar manufacturer called Deca, so these guys already know what they\u2019re going to buy. Give them a banana and send them home. You\u2019re wasting your time.<\/p>\n

\u201cOkay, but how about a brochure or something to make them happy?\u201d<\/p>\n

The conversation was going on in Hebrew while we all sat together eating cookies and drinking coffee and tea. The Alta rep said he didn\u2019t mind giving them a lecture to make it look as if they weren\u2019t brushed off,\u201d but if we are going to do that, let\u2019s have some fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

With that he went into another office for a set of big transparencies of a large vacuum \u2013cleaner system that is used to clean harbours after oil spills. He had a series of colourful schematic drawings. Everything was written in Hebrew, but he lectured in English on this \u201chigh capability radar equipment\u201d. I found it difficult not to laugh. He laid it on so thick, claiming this radar could locate a guy swimming in the water and practically tell his shoe size, his name and address and his blood type. When he\u2019d finished, the Sri Lankans thanked him said they were surprised at this technological advancement, but that it wouldn\u2019t fit their ships. We knew about their ships. We built them.<\/p>\n

This book came out with startling revelations ofSri Lanka\u2019s secret relations withIsraeland in view of their seriousness President Ranasinghe Premadasa appointed a presidential commission of inquiry into allegations. Among those who gave evidence was eminent journalist Mervyn de Silva. He stated as follows:<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said that he was of the opinion that the opening of the Israeli Interest Section in Colombo was an unwise step in the face of formal protests and warnings by the leader of the Opposition and the ruling party\u2019s Muslim members led by Dr M.C.M.Kaleel. \u00a0\u00a0It was wrong to have assumed that Israel\u2019s national interests coincided with Sri Lanka\u2019s national interests, and more particularly with Sinhalese interests. \u00a0Mervyn de Silva went on to say that the elementary fact of Israel\u2019s foreign policy is that the national interest of Israel is the ultimate test and that the Israelis pursue this with cold blooded calculation.<\/p>\n

Finally President Ranasinghe Premadasa closed down the Israeli Interest Section inColomboon 20 April 1990 and discontinued diplomatic relations with Israel.<\/p>\n

Once again Secret talks between Israel and Sri Lanka began in 1996 when the then Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar was hospitalized in New Delhi for a kidney operation. The Israeli ambassador in New Delhi, accompanied by the then Indian Ambassador in Colombo Sivashankar Menon who was earlier the Indian ambassador in Israel before coming to Sri Lanka and later Foreign secretary in India, visited Mr. Kadirgamar in the hospital. According to reports the Israeli ambassador had visited Mr. Kadirgamar frequently in the hospital and these secret contacts led to the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries in June 2000.<\/p>\n

Thus even when there were no formal ties, there was still activity with military delegations visiting Israel and purchasing arms. These ties continue until W.M.Seneviratne from the <\/strong>Foreign Service was appointed as the island\u2019s ambassador to Israel.<\/p>\n

The often raised question is what is the guarantee that the Israelis will not use the nationalists and extremists to whip up hostility against Muslims? This is the reason why the Muslims fear the Israeli presence may harm the existing ties within the communities and further complicate the ethnic conflict. Already there were widespread speculations that Israel played a crucial role in aggravating the split between the Tamils and Muslims who lived in peace and harmony in the East.<\/p>\n

It was under such circumstance Sri Lanka\u2019s Foreign Secretary Dr Palitha Kohona visited Israel with a formal greeting from President Mahinda Rajapakse to Israeli President Shimon Peres, drenched in Palestinian blood especially his Qana massacre of more than one hundred innocent civilians in the United Nations compound.<\/p>\n

During his four day visit Dr. Kohona visited \u2018Yad Vashem\u2019 the holocaust memorial. However, Dr Kohona didn\u2019t find time to visit villages such as Deir Yassin and Kafr Qassim in the outskirts of Jerusalem where Nobel Prize winning Jewish terrorist Menachem Begin massacred Palestinians men, women, children and the aged. He even ripped open a pregnant Palestinian woman\u2019s stomach and shot at the foetus.<\/p>\n

Then came the first high profile visit of former Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, accompanied by a team which included his secretary Mahinda Bandusena who was the island\u2019s former ambassador to Israel, in March 2008 where he, perhaps to please the Israelis and displaying his ignorance, accused Palestinians in Syria and Lebanon of training Tamil youths. He also said that the Tamil youths learnt the art of suicide bombing from some Palestinian groups, an accusation yet to be proved.<\/p>\n

But what was conspicuously absent in Mr. Wickremanayake\u2019s speech was the role played byIsraelin training both Tamil youths and the Sri Lankan government forces.\u00a0 In this regard once again I like to quote from the book By Way of Deception \u2013The Making and Unmaking of a Mossad Officer\u201d page 67 and 68;<\/p>\n

\u201c The Israelis also trained elite forces, for both sides-( Tamil militants and the government forces) without either side knowing about the other and helped Sri Lanka cheat the World Bank and other investors out of millions of dollars to pay for all the arms they were buying from them\u201d<\/p>\n

In pages 129 and 130 the same book\u00a0 stated;\u201c Yosy was also looking after a group being trained by the Israelis. But they weren\u2019t supposed to meet my people. They were Tamils, bitter enemies of my Sinhalese group\u201d<\/p>\n

The Tamils were training at the commando naval base. learning penetration techniques, mining landings, communications and how to sabotage ships similar to the Devora. There were about 28 men in each group, so it was decided that Yosy should take the Tamils toHaifathat night while I took the Sinhalese to Tel Aviv, thus avoiding any chance encounters.<\/p>\n

The real problem started about two weeks into the courses, when both the Tamils and Sinhalese-unknown to each other, of course were training at Kfar Sirkin. It is a fairly large base, but even so, on one occasion the two groups passed within a few yards of each other while they were out jogging. After their basic training routine at Kfar Sirkin, the Sinhalese were taken to the naval base to be taught essentially how to deal with all the techniques the Israelis had just taught Tamils. It was pretty hectic. We had to dream up punishments or night training exercises just to keep them busy, so that both groups wouldn\u2019t be in Tel Aviv at the same time. The actions of this one man (Amy) could have jeopardized the political situation inIsraelif these groups had met.<\/p>\n

According to local reports Prime Minister Wickremanayake had also stated that Sri Lanka and Israel share a lot of commonalities and both nations have been at the receiving end of terror attacks. It is difficult to understand how could there be commonalities between Sri Lanka, with a recorded history of more than 2500 years and a civilization based on religious traditions and an agricultural society which produced some of the finest tank building engineering skills, with sixty year old Israel established in the lands robbed by means of violence and terrorism from Palestinians.<\/p>\n

Later a parliamentary delegation led by Leader of the House Nimal Sripala De Silva visited Israel. Since \u00a0then several ministers and top officials visited Israel. Certainly a great achievement for Israel.<\/p>\n

No doubtSri Lankais a small country. However its dynamic foreign policy in all international forums, especially under late Prime Minister Mrs. Srimavo Bandaranaike, won the hearts of people all over theMiddle East.\u00a0 In fact the moment you say you are from Sri Lanka their faces\u00a0\u00a0 brighten with a smile showing their love and affection to this country. \u00a0Under such circumstances is there any need to jeopardize our age old harmonious relations with Muslim countries based on solid foundations for the sake of the cruel Jewish state?<\/p>\n

In fact Zionist Jews do not have such generosity towards Sri Lanka.All what they do wherever they go is to carefully screen and pick up racist elements to unleash violence against Muslim and pit communities against each other in keeping with their policy of flourishing in violence.<\/p>\n

The Israelis have entered our island like midnight thieves and started spreading their tentacles from the media to businesses and other establishments and \u00a0\u00a0cultivating politicians as they always do. \u00a0It is matter of time that Sri Lanka \u00a0\u00a0pays the price for the folly of allowing Israelis here. This is the reason why the island\u2019s Muslim community has been deeply concerned about the growing Israeli presence in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

To justify their fear they cite what happened to Muslims in India. According to New Delhi based fortnightly \u201cMilli Gazette\u201d of 1-15 December 2009, Hindu extremist organizations\u00a0\u00a0 get lot of money from Israel via Europe to kindle communal riots against Muslims. Indian Home Ministry disclosed that in 2008 alone RS 7877 crores were received by Hindu organizations which were used for subversive activities in the form of riots, bomb blasts and creating circumstances detrimental to Muslims. The report added that \u201cinvestigation give credence to the belief that Hindu terrorists are poisoning the socio-political atmosphere inIndiaandIsraelis helping them through financial help\u201d.<\/p>\n

Now the question is what is the guarantee that the Israelis would not do the same thing in Sri Lanka.Can the island afford this risk especially in the context of an organized racist campaign \u00a0against the island\u2019s Muslim community?Ends<\/p>\n

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