Lee Kaplan: Using the IRS to shut down political opponents
Posted on February 27 2007 by Cecilie Surasky under Frontpage Magazine , IRS , JVP , Lee Kaplan.You have to give self-styled investigative journalist Lee Kaplan an A for tenacity. There seems to be no line he will not cross in order to “protect” what he sees as Israel’s interests. He fabricates stories, boasts about giving names of solidarity activists to the Israeli border police and infiltrating conferences, and makes a career out of demonizing and hounding groups that question Israel’s policies or in any way support Palestinians.
In fact, there’s so much to say about Lee Kaplan that he actually has his own website, Lee Kaplan Watch, run by two UC Berkeley students. Here’s just a tiny example of Kaplan-style revenge directed towards one of the students, Israeli Ehud Appel.
One of Kaplan’s favorite tactics is trying to get the IRS to investigate groups that he doesn’t like. Articles can be found all over the web, but particularly in the hawkish pro-Israel answer to the National Enquirer, Frontpage Magazine, calling for IRS investigations of myriad groups. He usually posts tax forms filed by the groups to make his case.
Recently, Jewish Voice for Peace was hit with an audit by the IRS. It seemed suspicious for several reasons: it was an audit that focused largely on our political activities, we weren’t the only ones who were audited at the time, and finally, a loose-lipped IRS agent mentioned something about claims made by “the other side.” (We passed the audit with flying colors.)
Of course, we have no direct evidence to link the audit to Lee Kaplan and his compatriot, Bill Levinson, who has threatened JVP in part because of this blog. Nonetheless, we, like many others, had long been a target of Kaplan’s and Levinson’s campaign to get the IRS to shut us (and many others) down.
Now Rebuilding Alliance, a group that helps to rebuild homes in the occupied territories, is Kaplan’s latest target. Under the category of Things you can’t make up, Kaplan’s zeal to stop them led him to impersonate a Congressional staffer on a conference call arranged by Rebuilding Alliance. They wrote:
A couple of weeks ago, we began our third teleconference with a senior staffer for Congresswoman Anna Eschoo. However, as participants convened, “Mr. Lee Mulberry” claimed that he was a member of Congresswoman Eschoo’s staff, said that the teleconference was illegal, and made derogatory remarks about our guest speaker from Gaza (”he’s a terrorist”) before we were able to restore order by muting his call. Because of this disruption by the rogue caller, the teleconference was re-scheduled.
Somehow, Rebuilding Alliance was able to determine that Lee Mulberry was Lee Kaplan, and now he is being investigated for impersonating a Congressional staffer. But that hasn’t stopped him from issuing this broadside against them in Rebuilding Terror Tax Free:
Like other ISM-linked nonprofits, the RBA has been lying to the IRS on its tax returns to mask its violations of tax codes that prohibit lobbying for specific legislation or candidates and engaging in propaganda. By exploiting its tax-free status, the RBA raises money for the Palestinian “revolution” under the guise of charity, since houses allegedly destroyed by the IDF are usually domiciles used by terrorist cells as bomb factories or are structures built on land owned by Israelis as a form of squatting.
Rebuilding Alliance issued this statement to clarify tax law:
The Rebuilding Alliance is a wholly transparent organization that is fully compliant with U.S. tax laws and with its tax filings. As a 501(c)(3) organization, it has a board of directors whose sole purpose is to serve the public interest. As such, The Rebuilding Alliance has registered and operates in accordance with 501(h) election to Make Expenditures to Influence Legislation. Given this, we have full legal right to lobby and to hold teleconference calls with elected representatives within the boundaries established by those rules.
If IRS agents show up at the front door of Rebuilding Alliance any time soon, it’s a pretty good bet we’ll all know who to thank. Forget investigations for impersonating Congressional staffers, maybe it’s time for a Congressional investigation into using the IRS for political purposes.
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February 27th, 2007 at 6:54 pm
That was a paranoid rant! Very simply, if the books aren’t “dirty” why worry about an audit? On the other hand, if the books are in fact dirty, than this guy has acted in the public interest. The remainder of the article seems to be just suspicion and inuendo.
February 27th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
Using the IRS in this manner is a time honored American tradition. Its what finally put Al Capone away.
All 501 c 3 charities are required to have there books available to the public. Its a great idea to go throuh their 990’s to look for irregularities, before you donate. There are many charity rating organizations, such as Charity Navigator or Guidestar that will guide you through the process of donating your money intelligently.
The Mid Eastern Childrens Alliance is a favorite charity for those interested in this region. But last year,
Charity Naviagtor gave MECA a 29 out of 100 because such a low pecentage of their funds went to programs. MECA spends disproportionately more on salaries and administration than most similiar sized non-profits. Peer benchmarking is an important criteria in judging a non-profit.
for example, compare MECA’s operations and staff expenditure with Feed the Children. FTC spent $514 million of its $553 million in revenues for their programs in 2002, providing food, clothing, medical, education, and community development for kids–including those in Iraq. 89 percent of their funding is for their programs.
Form 990’s and rating services are a wise tool to use when looking to donate your money. And even if Lee Kaplan points this out, it doesn’t mean that he is wrong.
February 27th, 2007 at 8:27 pm
I’ve seen Lee be rather strong-willed in person at events he considers unfriendly to Israel, but his articles in FrontPage seem well written and well investigated - at least the ones I’ve seen, which is probably not all of them. If I remember correctly, in one article, I think he had attended on an ISM training, and found that they were doing more to encourage violence than would be expected based on their mission statement. Anyway, I would be very interested to see details on how Lee’s articles are inaccurate or misleading. If they are not right, I’d sure like to know, probably others as well.
MECA always struck me as a strange beast because they call themselves “Middle East Childrens Alliance” but they only focus on a small portion of the Middle East, and then only where they feel they can blame Israel or the United States for whatever is going wrong. It seems that if they can’t figure out a way to blame a problem on Israel or the U.S., then it’s not a real problem worth noting. I always found this disappointing; how valuable they could be if they really focused on the problems of children in the Middle East more broadly, and put blame where it belongs, sometimes Israel, sometimes Hamas, sometimes Sudan… Anyway, I doubt that insincerity constitutes a violation of any provisions of the tax code.
February 27th, 2007 at 8:39 pm
Well, I was surprised to see this here. Thanks for the plug. I’m the other Lee Kaplan Watch blogger.
…and tomorrow I’ll be in court with Lee Kaplan in Berkeley at 2PM. I’ll keep you updated.
February 27th, 2007 at 10:47 pm
Yaman - would you consider putting your court documents, or at least the ones related directly to Lee Kaplan online?
He has every right to snoop on the pro-human rights crowd trying to raise awareness about Israel’s behavior in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, but he goes to a lot of trouble to avoid letting people snoop in on him and his friends. Surely, being the great advocate for investigation that he is, he has nothing to hide and wouldn’t mind others looking in on him and his associations.
For example, there are questionable allegations that he is directly tied into the Kfar Tapuach-based Kahanist crowd (Jewish Legion, Kahana Chai, Revava, mass murderer Eden Natan Zada, &c.) - see for example: http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/132681/index.php [Don’t let the spelling difference throw you since many these Kahanist cowards are ashamed of their names and hide beneath a myriad of them. For example, the famed Tapuach Kahanist David Ha’ivri operates under at least six different names: David Haivri a.k.a. David Ha’ivry a.k.a. David Haivry a.k.a. David Axelrod a.k.a. David H’Evry sometimes doing business as Ha’Meir L’David d.b.a. Hameir Foundation]
So any information that you receive about him via your court documents might be useful for people looking into him. As the previous poster indicated, assuming he has nothing to hide he should have no problem letting us all learn more about him and his friends. Perhaps a good photo would also be useful so activists can identify him prior to invading some human rights gathering and making a fool of himself.
February 28th, 2007 at 4:16 am
I suspect Kaplan and Levinson are also associated with this hate site:
http://www.omdurman.org/
(BTW Terri, I don’t see anything about MECA on the Charity Navigator site. Do you have a link?)
February 28th, 2007 at 4:38 am
Given how fast & loose he plays with the facts don’t you think a personal audit of his own tax returns would turn up a few nifty claims?
February 28th, 2007 at 5:02 am
Levinson openly takes credit for omdurman.org. There’s not really any evidence that Kaplan is involved, and nothing on the site matches his style.
As for the claims on DC IndyMedia, those are interesting, but I would not say they are overwhelmingly proven. Kaplan might not have any direct affiliations with some of the parties you list, John S., but to find out what he thinks of Kahane, you need look no further than his solicitations for donations to the JDL, the praise he heaps upon its offshoot, B’nai Eilim, direct citations from Masada2000, and the advocacy pieces for Moledet’s “voluntary transfer” scheme, which pervade both of his websites.
Art M, check out KaplanWatch if you’d like examples of how his articles are inaccurate or misleading. Since his articles are criticized across the spectrum, he resorts to posting under fake names to praise himself, often insisting that he is a neutral observer who stumbled across his articles and found them ranging anywhere from “seemingly on the mark” to “brilliant and meticulously researched.” They are neither. He usually doesn’t even proofread his articles, and often rehashes entire ideas, phrases, even paragraphs as filler from one article to the next. Anyway, these things are all documented on KaplanWatch. Take a look and judge for yourself.
February 28th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
It is a shame that the IRS can be manipulated to harass people and organizations by those whose fanatacism should be an immediate credibility disqualifier. Wouldn’t homeland security be interested in someone who may be guilty of identity theft through his impersonation of a Congressional staffer?
February 28th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
Ironically, this thread seems like a concerted effort to muzzle Lee Kaplan! If you don’t like the guy, then show that your ideas make more sense. Win in the market place of ideas instead of trying to silence dissenting voices.
February 28th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
Lee in the Twilight Zone.
A wonderful description of Lee’s behavior can be found, ironically, in an old episode of the Twilight Zone. Check the link. Oliver Crangle describes Lee to a tee.
February 28th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
Thank you, Cecilie, for your article on Lee Kaplan. I must admit I was amazed to see how many people stick up for this extremely unsavory character. There must be something very appealing about his writing and the way he presents himself, something that a substantial group of people want to hear (unless he’s been writing these pro-Lee Kaplan comments himself). His appeal may be worth taking seriously.
February 28th, 2007 at 6:28 pm
Jeanie, I have indeed found his writing worthwhile. For another example, Lee wrote an article describing a “right of return” conference that was held at San Francisco State University. I attended that same conference. I can’t speak to the accuracy of the individual encounters that he described, but his article captured the tone of the event and the details that I witnessed perfectly. I have no personal experience with the other types of disruptions that this blog describes. I do wonder though whether you all would raise the same objection to someone that was engaging in activities like Lee does if their political opinions were more similar to yours? Just food for thought, for the “muzzlewatch” blog.
February 28th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
Hi Ehud - I agree with your assessment in that of course you have to take anything on IndyMedia with a grain of salt (the downside to open posting). With respect to Masada2000 & Moledet, I’m not aware of any direct connections with the Kfar Tapuach Kahanist crowd (as differentiated from the Kiryat Arba Kahanist crowd). However, I do know for a fact that the B’nai Eilim spinoff IS directly connected with the Tapuach crowd (which includes several organizations & publications listed on the OFAC list of terror groups - the Jewish Legion, Kahane Chai, Darka Shel Torah, &c.). So if Kaplan is avid supporter of B’nai Eilim, then it would suggest that the IndyMedia material might have merit: The head honcho at B’nai Eilim is Matt Finberg, who figures prominently in the DC IndyMedia material. We have to stay ever vigilant regarding terrorists lurking about the U.S…
Also, in your response to Art M. you mention that Kaplan uses a myriad of false names, is there is a list?
March 1st, 2007 at 1:31 am
John,
Kaplan sometimes claims to have “staff members” whose names include Ben, Trish, Ben Yehuda, Gilad, Ehud, and some others. On more than one occasion he’s used the name “Truth,” as well as the infamous “Abu Abubu” an “Arab staffer.”
Quite commonly he’ll use descriptive names like “Lee Kaplan Fan” or something along those lines.
March 1st, 2007 at 2:12 pm
so let me understand this. you’re mad that a student newspaper wants to interview someone? who is muzzling whom?
March 2nd, 2007 at 2:18 am
So let me make sure I understand this:
Lee Kaplan is an undesirable character
and
Lee Kaplan uses the IRS to investigate groups that he does not like that may be violating tax laws
therefore
Using the IRS to investigate groups that violate US tax laws is evil persecution.
Huh?
I am not buying it. Sorry. If you have 501c3 status and yet you lobby, you are in violation of the law. If you lie on your tax returns, then you are in violation of the law. It does not matter who figures it out.
March 2nd, 2007 at 3:25 am
Glad to see I’m arousing so much controversy in here, none of the crap written against me is true though.
First off, it is not true that I posed as a congressional staffer of Anna Eshoo on a conference call. Had I intended to do so, why would I alert the congresswoman’s staff person I would be in on the call before it took place? Point of fact, the RBA gang is lying again. Rachelle Marshall did think I was a staffer and being a nearly 90 year-old senile Stalinist I guess she got sore that I heard her offer the congresswoman a $50,000 bribe.In addition, the RBA let a Palestinian lobby the congresswoman from Gaza on the call, not the first time, which is a violation of the Logan Act, by the way. The call was placed to stop aid to Israel during the Hizballah War. Those RBA creeps don’t mind supporting Hizballah that killed our marines in 1983, do they?
The House Counsel is a lawyer. They do not do investigations and never have done one on me. Had the RBA had the maturity of more than a turnip they’d know the Capitol Police does investigations. Of course Salahi and Appel have to run something they know isn’t true that can be seen on a search engine,
hence “HOUSE COUNSEL INVESTIGATES LEE KAPLAN.” Pathetic smear attempt.
As for other comments from Messrs. Salahi and Appel in here:
Salahi is what could only be called an Internet terorist. For example, he runs an article where he says in headlines “LEE KAPLAN NAMED IN FEDERAL LIBEL LAWSUIT.”
Of course, he admits I was not named in any libel lawsuit at all if you read the fine print, that I was perhaps mentioned in a brief. The lawsuit he refers to was against Messrs Daniel Pipes and David Horowitz and the judge threw it out with sanctions against the plaintiff to the tune of almost $50,000. Yet Salahi still runs the headline for the search engines to pick up knowing it might damage my reputation as a journalist.
He uses the word “named” instead of “mentioned” because he knows it implies my being a defendant. This is intentional and malicious.
Appel is another piece of work. A Jew who works for the same cause as the American Nazi Party. Al Awda openly advocates for the destruction of Israel and supports Hamas and divestment and boycotting Israel. The Nazis started their campaign in 1933 with divestment from Jews. Appel, however, was the leader of the AlAwda seminar at SFSU of all the Palestinian students there, telling them how to boycott the Jews in Israel. Never mind that 30%of the elderlly and children in Israel go to bed hungry at night due to the efforts of people like Appel. Ehud? I dare you to write Al Awda and ask them to send a legal letter to the Am. Nazi Party and demand they remove that Al Awda Boycott logo from their website or face legal consequences. I dared you to do that at SFSU and you didn’t. There’s another Ehud held hoistage by Hizballah right now, a true hero. You on the other hand are worse than just a traitor of fellow Jews, you work diligently to harm them and their children.
Whenever someone writes in and supports me these guys always say I am writing in to compliment myself. Only someone immature, with no life, would spend so much time postulating such a theory. Different people can write on the same computer, but you are so desperate to find things to smear me you’ll claim any comment not against me has to be me. BOO!
Ehud,did I scare you? You obviously are scared of my typewriter at least.
Ah, yes, Masada2000. A funny site. I have no idea who owns it or writes on it, but I did copy something off of it about you, Ehud. But only because it is so true, every word of it. People can type in Shitlist + Ehud Appel to read it.
Believe it or not, I do not write into blogs
despite the accusations of Appel and Salahi.
But if they think I am everywhere and involved in everything, and they are so obsessed with me, well, nobody can help them.
But fellas, why don’t you get a life?
Let’s see if this gets deleted. Oh, nearly forgot…
Finally, I do not belong to Kach or Kahanists or whatever you claim. If Indymedia is your source, you need serious psychiatric help. The Indymedia proof you discuss even spells my name Lee S. Caplan which is not my name. I spell my name with a K, genius. The email in the Indymedia article
is a fake. Incidentally, the JDL is not a FBI “designated terrorist group” . As usual you cite a Wikipedia article with a comment from an FBI agent from 20 years ago. Give it up, Ehud. You’re mad because my articles are effective and have hurt your self-hating inspired lust against your fellow Jews.
As for the rest of you here at JVP: I find it incongruous you meet with the likes of Al Awda and David Duke at WRMEA meetings paid for by the Saudis. Some might consider that scummy (it is). You’re not peace activists, you’re little stinky subversives for the Arabs, admit it. Frankly, you can all kiss my ass. I have more articles to research and write. :-p
March 2nd, 2007 at 3:35 am
We all just wanted you people to know we concur with what Mr.Kaplan said above and we think he’s great. He found that JVP was lobbying in violation of its nonprofit status. We do suspect though that Ehud Appel and Yaman Salahi are two gnomes that live in the woods who play on their computers all day long and have nothing better to do.
Trish, Gilad, Ben Yehuda and the Boogeyman.
March 2nd, 2007 at 9:52 am
Not true. Nonprofit orgs have the right and responsibility to lobby within the guidelines set by congress.
As described by the Alliance for Justice in their excellent reference, “Worry-Free Lobbying For Nonprofits: How To Use The 501(h) Election To Maximize Effectiveness”:
“The 501(h) Election is the step which 501(c)(3) organizations take to tell the Internal Revenue Service they want to take advantage of the clear definitions and generous limits on lobbying that were added to the Internal Revenue Code in 1976. These rules are sometimes called the expenditure test. Only organizations which make the election can benefit. Those which do not must abide by the older, less clear, and less generous limits. Eligible organizations which make the election do so without changing their 501(c)(3) status.”
March 2nd, 2007 at 12:48 pm
Nice to see Lee Kaplan respond to the allegations (that WAS you, Lee, no?).
I wish the level of verbal animosity on both sides could be toned down a notch, as it would help us sort out the truth from the exaggerations.
March 2nd, 2007 at 3:13 pm
It’s nice to see that Lee Kaplan, who does “not write into blogs” wrote “into” this one twice, and made a fool of himself both times. I hope the moderators don’t delete either one because they’re both solid testaments to everything we have shown about his shoddy integrity and his crude style.
Anyway, the article he refers to on Lee Kaplan Watch can be read here. Of course, the FIRST PARAGRAPH of the post explains in detail who the plaintiffs and defendants are. The second and third paragraphs show the exact page number where Lee Kaplan’s name appears in the lawsuit. The blog does not say ANYWHERE that Lee Kaplan is a defendant. In fact, it’s explicitly clear that he is not.
March 2nd, 2007 at 3:17 pm
Folks: I have to tell you I have a great deal of admiration and respect for Lee Kaplan. I kid you not, if Adolf Hitler had Lee Kaplan on his side he would have won the war hands down. Kaplan is far greater than Goebels. Lee Kaplan is as great a historical personality as Niccolo Machiavelli, Vlad the Impaler, Hulegu and Atilla the Hun.
March 2nd, 2007 at 4:22 pm
Why is this guy so hated here? What has he done thats so bad? Maybe I’m naive, but it seems to me that all he’s done is express opinions that others disagree with.
March 2nd, 2007 at 5:04 pm
“Yaman Says:
March 2nd, 2007 at 3:13 pm
It’s nice to see that Lee Kaplan, who does “not write into blogs” wrote “into” this one twice, and made a fool of himself both times.
”
Actually, Lee’s second note was very funny. I was disappointed with the tone of his first note, but glad to see him defend himself. Certainly, his tone was quite a bit more civil than the attacks against him in this blog.
March 2nd, 2007 at 7:55 pm
middle east children’s alliance supports itself through its printing and graphics business called alliance graphics. This is
on its website mecaforpeace.org under the heading alliance
graphics. (this post is specifically adressed to comment #2
by terri.
March 2nd, 2007 at 8:04 pm
Yaman Salahi states he did not say I was sued for libel because he explains my name was allegedly mentioned in a brief somewhere. As I explained, he used the word “named” because he knows most people connote that with assigning a defendant. He could have a headline that says “mentioned,” but deliberately chose not to. The reason is so searches on the Internet will say “named” so people will think I was sued for libel.
Salahi perjured himself in court yesterday as well. He lied to the judge and he lied to the Daily Cal reporter apparently too. Zero credibility.
Salahi and the JVPers in here explain why I do what I do with zeal. The fact is they are willing to lie in order to aid terrorists overseas who seek the murder and expulsion of Jews. The accusations against me in here are not true–period. Mr. Salahi should spend some time chasing girls, or maybe boys, whichever he prefers, rather than his obsession with trying to lie and smear me any way he can to negate my exposes on the anti-Israel movement on college campuses. And little does he realize what he is doing is only proving my point every day. Note the entry accusing me of libel is still up,even though the case was thrown out by the judge against the real defendants, and the plaintiff had to pay thousands in attorneys fees to Horowitz and Pipes. This reveals a less than truthful person.
Finally, to the jerk who compares me with Nazis: Excuse me, but it’s the JVP that has met at WRMEA conclaves with American Nazis and its Salahi and his buddies who support the boycotting of Jews like the Nazis did in 1933. The use of doublespeak by these people is amazing.
March 2nd, 2007 at 8:34 pm
“Salahi perjured himself in court yesterday as well. He lied to the judge and he lied to the Daily Cal reporter apparently too. Zero credibility.”
What kind of ridiculous claim is that? How did I perjure, and how did I lie to the reporter? She made errors in her report that I informed her of by e-mail. It’s up to them to print a correction.
March 3rd, 2007 at 3:11 am
Yaman, you lied to the judge when you said you had nothing to do with photos in articles of mine published at other websites that were switched. You admitted being invovled in that on the Web. On your little smear site, you said you could not recall sending those emails and threats to my publishers, yet you had the emails this time in court. Then, of course, you also did not bring them the first time in court because you claimed back then you didnt send them. So let’s be truthful here, my immature friend, you committed perjury. Your sophomoric smear articles snd constant whinings about my journalism are a pathetic attempt to try and discredit me in your twisted little mind thinking you are helping the Palestinian cause. You are in fact one of the things that contributes to Palestinian misery: an idiot who encourages terrorism, and holds out for the idea of starving the Jews into capitulating to an Arab dominated government. As a Rhetoric major, I understand you deconstruct language, like using “Named” instead of “mentioned.” As I said, you are an Internet terrorist who does his part for the real gun toting terrorists, nothing more. By the way, at the SJP presentation Wednesday night, your friend Khatib would not condemn the butchering of Erez Levanon by three Isalmic Jihad killers. He’s as evasive with language as you are, Yaman. Part of the problem is your daddy pays all your bills so you dont have to work to stay in school and can thus find time for your smear site and other projects. As for accusations I have or am being “Investigated by House Counsel.” let’s see your proof. I love the quote above, “somehow they found out Mr. Mulberry was Lee Kaplan.” Unh huh, you only knew this because I told Eshoo’s staff I was going to be in the call in advance (which was open to the public) and the staff member of Eshoo’s tipped Baranski-Walker off. Embarassed by my expose, the RBA decided to fabricate yet another lie. Stalinists and Arab irredentists lie as a matter of policy.
Let’s see if this gets deleted. I really cannot waste any more time with immature children who think they are subversive revolutionaries and tell lies about their perceived opposition. I have too many articles to write.
March 3rd, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Re: “Recently, Jewish Voice for Peace was hit with an audit by the IRS. It seemed suspicious for several reasons: it was an audit that focused largely on our political activities,”
The IRS does not audit organizations because it disagrees with their political activities (much less because some boogeyman somewhere disagrees with them), so I am having trouble believing that this really happened as described.
Per Rebuilding Alliance, http://www.rebuildingalliance.org/blog/?p=349.
“(for example, Mr. Kaplan’s previous accusations against two other groups caused them to be audited by the IRS).”
How does Rebuilding Alliance know who else was audited, assuming that anybody was? This whole story sounds fishy.
March 3rd, 2007 at 7:36 pm
Lee, before you start pretending you know what happened to your website when you violated your web host’s terms of service by leeching images off of somebody else’s server, get a degree in Computer Science or hire somebody who understands how to use a computer, OK?
I’m sorry that pictures you claimed were “intercepted” by an infiltrator from a Boston pro-Palestine group were actually publicly available by that group on their website as photographs of a birthday party. I’m sorry that the owner of that server then changed the images into something that embarrassed you by exposing the fraudulent nature of that article. OK?
And maybe you should see a doctor to see if you have a problem with your memory, since I DID bring those e-mails to court the first time, even though that hearing was not about your allegations. Of course I claimed I never sent an e-mail to your employer before Jan 3 because I had no idea that Haim Kamer was actually your friend and “employer.” This is clearly not true, as your own “employer” claims in his e-mails to me that he hasn’t spoken to you in 5 years. As for your little spin on the headline of the post about that lawsuit against Pipes–which you have never expressed grievances about before last Wednesday–I will change it since it has put your panties in a twist. OK?
March 5th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Yaman, either you or one of your little internet buddies just hacked into our websites to remove data. Apparently, in your little twisted mind of seeing good in the actions of terrorist groups you think it is justified to attack business websites. I will be writing a letter to the Chancellor at UC Berkeley about this. Grow up. As for your allegations above, you did not show up in court the first time having dodged serivce as you acknowleged to the court. The second time you were given a break and did not bring those emails. You lied in court, and you are lying in here. I will say this: you are an excellent representative of the PAlestinian advocacy movement at UC Berkeley: lying, computer hacking, innuendos, personal ad hominem are your style of operating. I’m not wirting in here any more because people can’t communicate with people like yourself. The same mentality that assault Jews and promotes wars is evident in your conduct here.
March 6th, 2007 at 11:02 pm
Lee, ha ha ha ha ha. The ironic thing is that your comments are so self-descriptive and yet you cannot see yourself in them. You know, they say self-awareness is the first step to recovery. Go buy a mirror!
March 7th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
That was a very revealing exchange. I think that its making me into a Lee Kaplan fan. He seems quite sincere while his antagonist seems to be pursuing an immature, personal vendetta.
March 7th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
Lee writes interesting articles for http://www.frontpage.com. He appears to be a serious journalist.
March 8th, 2007 at 9:39 pm
Lee says: I am wonderful
March 9th, 2007 at 3:48 am
Yaman, the commentator above, was apparently sued by Lee Kaplan for libel I believe, and lost the suit from what I could find on the Internet. I think that says more than anything about the credibility of those in here attacking Lee Kaplan. I just started reading his articles at http://www.frontpagemag.com thanks to this blog and now understand why all these ad hominem attacks on the man. By the way, he has an article explaining how the Rebuilding Alliance abused its nonprofit status. I don’t know if that was the reason for the audit discussed above, but it legitimately appears one was in order. A question for Rebuilding Alliance: Were you people conducting demonstrations condoning civil disobedience and excessive lobbying? Those are legitimate reasons for an IRS audit of a nonprofit.
March 9th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
I can vouch that there was a lawsuit and that Yaman lost. Ehud Appel, Yaman Salahi’s
partner in crime, is going to be sued next.
Ben Yehuda the Boogeyman.
March 11th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
[…] Those Zionists sure get around, don’t they? According to MoveOn.org’s Action Forum, they helped orchestrate 9/11. Then they doubtlessly filled the Action Forum with racist, anti-Semitic, and anti-Christian hate speech right under the noses of MoveOn’s moderators. The moderators, who were very diligent at finding and censoring criticism of MoveOn.org and the hate speech, did not see the hate speech because of the Evil Zionist Mind Control Rays that were beamed into their heads. (Hopefully they are now wearing their tinfoil hats 24/7). Now, according to A Jewish Voice for Peace’s Muzzlewatch.org, the Zionist Occupied Government is having political adversaries audited by the IRS. […]
March 14th, 2007 at 1:18 am
Mr. Kaplan, you are a douchebag of the highest order.
March 14th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
The comment above, illustrates the maturity and brainpower of the anti-Israel left, and the types who run around helping Palestinian terrorists.
May 25th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
I just Googled and noticed that my name is mentioned by Yaman. Just to clarify, dragging my name into this so that Mr Yaman can smear Mr. Kaplan’s name is pathetic at best.
In case anyone wishes to know the truth, I have absolutely no dealings with Mr. Kaplan other then being hired to build his site. However, I did offer Mr. Kaplan a job with one of my sports related companies. Mr. Yaman fails to tell you about the threatening email he sent me. My reference to not speaking to Mr. Kaplan for five years was a strictly to protect myself and family from a potential threat. He also fails to mention that I reported the incident to the RCMP that same day. I also happen to live and operate from Canada and I have never beem to Los Angeles.
Lets get to the truth. Again, I want no part of this so leave me out of your blogs.