"The boycott also hurts the Palestinians": Yossi Dagan on an awareness campaign in Europe Israel today

The Samaria Regional Council, under the leadership of Yossi Dagan, has been taking part in recent years in many outreach activities for the settlement and for Israel.

The Esther Horgan memorial conference held at the European Parliament is also part of those efforts.

After the conference, Dagan met with several members of parliament and invited them to visit Samaria.

"The great enemy is ignorance," said Dagan to the members of parliament he met, "most members of parliament have never visited Judea and Samaria. They have never met a family affected by terrorism like the Horgan family. They talk about the situation without being there and seeing what is happening on the ground."

Barkan Industrial Zone.

"There are also Palestinians", photo: no credit

Dagan spoke to members of parliament against the boycott actions against Israel and claimed that they also lead to damage to the Arab population in the area.

"My office is in the Barkan industrial zone. Half of the workers there are from the Palestinian Authority, they make a living like the Jews. I celebrate their holidays with them and they celebrate ours with me. The boycott of Israel destroys the factories and destroys this partnership. This boycott actually hurts the Palestinians, who cannot continue to work," he explained.

"They never visited Judea and Samaria,"

He then went on to detail the information activities that are carried out in the Samaria Regional Council: "We bring members of parliament on tours of Samaria - we fly them and host them. We send out informational delegations to local parliaments, hold meetings with journalists and do everything to bring the real picture. We also help Sheikh and in Muslim leaders from the Palestinian Authority, who oppose the PA's way of terror."

"The line that guides me is that the great enemy is ignorance," he emphasized, "During my information campaigns I was amazed that before I am asked questions about Samaria, I first have to refute claims against Israel. The information arena is a war zone, which unfortunately we are almost never in. In my opinion, Part of the mitzvah of building Samaria is also to make a winning propaganda."

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