Robin Shepherd reports that the European Parliament has nominated the group “Breaking the Silence” for the Sakharov Prize:

What is especially sick and twisted about this development is that Sakharov (and, as Dickson points out, his widow Elena Bonner) held views about Israel and its military that directly contradict the thrust of Breaking the Silence’s agenda: “Israel has an indisputable right to exist,” Dickson quoted Sakharov as saying. “Israel has a right to existence within safe borders.” “All the wars that Israel has waged have been just, forced upon it by the irresponsibility of Arab leaders.”
You may also be interested to know that among Breaking the Silence’s funders are, wait for it, the British Embassy in Tel Aviv, Christian Aid and OXFAM — all three of which have featured many times on this site for pushing ferociously anti-Israeli agendas.

The winner will be announced tomorrow.