June 30th, 2007 | Category:
Human Rights Watch,
Amnesty International,
UN,
NGOs,
International Federation of Human Rights
NGOs such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International argued that the new UN Human Rights Council would be different from the discredited Commission on Human Rights. They were wrong. On June 19, the UN Human Rights Council adopted new procedures for its second year in operation, including […]
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June 26th, 2007 | Category:
UN
The Sunday terror attack on UNIFL forces in Southern Lebanon has been met by unfortunate silence on the part of leading human rights advocates. An NGO Monitor search of the websites of influential NGOs, Human Rights Watch (HRW), Amnesty International, the International Federation of Human Rights (Paris) (FIDH) and Christian Aid (UK) has not […]
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June 21st, 2007 | Category:
The Advocacy Project,
World Vision
For Advocacy Group Bloggers, Hamas, Fatah Violence Has its Upsides.
Impressionable young people, even those perusing advanced degrees at such prestigious schools at Georgetown and Columbia University, can be forgiven for some naiveté in commenting on the great complexities of Middle East violence. But this week, blog entries featured on the Advocacy Project’s website from these […]
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June 21st, 2007 | Category:
International Solidarity Movement
International Solidarity Movement and “Free Gaza” Group to launch attempt to sail ships to Gaza Coast.
The radical Pro-Palestinian International Solitary Movement (ISM) has announced a new “Free Gaza Campaign”, in conjunction with unnamed Palestinian NGOs, which will feature an attempt by up to 100 members and volunteers from a variety of nations to “sail […]
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June 20th, 2007 | Category:
Durban Conference,
UN
As NGO Monitor has reported, in November, 2006, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution to convene a 2009 follow-up to the World Conference Against Racism. The follow-up event will yet again take place in Durban. This item represents NGO Monitor’s ongoing monitoring of events and preparation leading up to Durban 2009.In a […]
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June 19th, 2007 | Category:
Separation Barrier,
Palestinian-Israeli Peace NGO Forum
Tags: none
As reported in NGO Monitor’s blog on June 7, 2007, the Palestinian-Israeli Peace NGO Forum was held in Florence this week. As reported in the British Guardian newspaper, the “Tripartite Conference” of Israelis, Palestinians and Europeans united around a call it issued to “accept the Arab Peace Initiative (which expresses the readiness of the Arab […]
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June 18th, 2007 | Category:
Lebanon War 2006,
UN,
NGOs,
Adalah,
Hamoked,
ACRI,
New Israel Fund
In the past few months, former head of the IDC-Herzilya and current member of Knesset, Professor Amnon Rubinstein, published two articles calling into question the intentions and legitimacy of claims made by the politicized NGOs the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and Adalah.
Rubinstein’s first article, published in the Jerusalem Post on April 17, […]
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June 13th, 2007 | Category:
Boycott / Divestment,
NGOs,
Government Funding,
ICAHD
A June 12, 2007, article in the Jerusalem Post ) reported that The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) received a substantial donation from the US “to fund a campaign opposing the demolition of Palestinian and Bedouin homes throughout Israel and the Palestinian Authority.” The scope its advocacy and lobbying extends much […]
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June 11th, 2007 | Category:
Human Rights,
Separation Barrier,
Darfur
Tags: none
On May 25, the French League of Human Rights (FIDH) released a press statement expressing great concern “about the situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory and the Gaza Strip in particular.” Keeping in line with past approaches, FIDH focuses on condemnations of Israeli actions while barely acknowledging ongoing Palestinian violence. Echoing one of their […]
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June 11th, 2007 | Category:
Human Rights,
NGOs,
Human Rights First
In contrast to many human rights advocacy groups active in the Middle East, Human Rights First (HRF) presents a balanced viewpoint that acknowledges harm caused to both Israelis and Palestinians while eschewing politicized commentary that distracts from the pursuit of universal human rights.
In June 2007, HRF released a comprehensive survey on hate […]
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