Talk:Yad L'Achim

I hardly think "alleged" is the correct word referring to their harassment when you can readily find gems such as the following on the Yad L'Achim web site:

"Moreover, it is vitally important to remember that any assistance provided by missionary organizations, as innocent as it might appear, ultimately leads to one thing: Jews joining up with Christianity.

"In our battle against the missionaries we are even more motivated. We see the saving of each and every Jewish soul from Christian cults as a sacred mission. This is what drives Yad L’Achim’s relentless efforts against the mission and its members."

"Under the guise of assisting the public, they open community centers, as well as drug-treatment facilities, that serve to advance their cause.

"The missionaries have at their disposal kibbutzim, convention centers, youth hostels, coffee houses, publishing houses and much more to spread their poisonous message."

"We fight the missionaries in a variety of ways, some of which, due to their sensitive nature, can’t be described in detail.

"One of our most important functions is to track the activities of missionaries and respond to them in appropriate ways. We are updated every time the missionaries schedule a conference, open a new center or schedule a baptism for Jews in the Kinneret and have a variety of means – all of them legal - to foil them. When we receive a report of a family that has gotten caught up in a cult we intervene with tried and tested methods.

"We establish contact and begin a series of meetings aimed at discovering what caused these Jews to seek assistance from the cults and help them make their way back to the Jewish people."

While harassing behavior can be motivated by good or evil, the fact remains that the above details obvious harassment, an intention to harass, and a de-humanizing belittling of other religious belief systems. As a matter of fact, this is clearly religious intolerance, and many find it to be downright hypocritical given the occurrences of history in the not-so-distant past.

In conclusion, I contend that "Complaints of Harassment" should replace "Alleged Harassment". "Alleged" implies it may not be true. Their very own web site says that it is and goes on to attempt justification of such bigoted intolerance.