The provisional agenda has been released for the EU/UN “International Conference of Civil Society in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace,” to begin August 30 in Brussels. The agenda, which was kept secret for weeks, includes presentations by representatives of some of the most radical, anti-Israel NGOs operating in the conflict. [...]
Ken Roth, the perennial leader of Human Rights Watch, attacks Israel with great regularity, but only spends little time here, and his knowledge is superficial and highly distorted. His next foray is scheduled for September 6 2007, when he will speak on “The 2006 Israel Hezbollah War: The Real Reason Civilians Died”.
The presumptuous headline notwithstanding, [...]
Wired Magazine (online) features a page where readers can post details about the editing of Wikipedia pages by interested parties. One reader posted an item detailing how Amnesty International edits out criticism of its organization on the Wikipedia page – including NGO Monitor’s detailed examples of false reports and [...]
Physicians for Human Rights–Israel and Gisha have published an August 19, 2007 position paper, after submitting a petition to the Israeli Supreme court (which the Court rejected), criticizing Israel’s system of classifying Palestinians at the Erez crossing seeking to enter Israel for medical attention.According to [...]
UN Watch has issued detailed updated of two upcoming UN conferences. According to UN Watch, the upcoming meeting of the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, which will take place in Belgium at the European Parliament August [...]
As NGO Monitor reported, EU Parliament sponsorship for this “civil society” UN conference of radical NGOs is further evidence of Europe’s core bias and inability to play a serious role in Middle East diplomacy. But some Europeans get it. http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2007/08/brave-little-poland-pulls-out-of-eu-jew.html
“Europa 21 sends this hopeful sign from Europe: A pro-Palestinian conference is scheduled for the last [...]
By Eye On The UN http://www.eyeontheun.org/view.asp?l=11&p=342
Excerpt: The world’s most notorious state exponent of anti-semitism - Iran - is being given a seat on the UN committee planning a 2009 UN anti-racism conference. This conference is billed as a review of the implementation of the 2001 UN conference against racism which was held in Durban, South [...]
The Interfaith Peace Builders (IPB) and American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) sponsor regular delegations to “observe” the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The claimed purpose of these trips is to “foster[] a network of informed and active individuals who understand the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the United States’ political, military, and economic role in it.” However, as [...]
As reported on Ynet August 8, the Israel branch of Amnesty International, in cooperation with Hotline for Migrant Workers and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, have launched a campaign calling on the Israeli Interior Ministry not to deport the Sudanese asylum seekers who have entered Israel illegally. The campaign features a highly [...]
The United Nations has scheduled an “International Conference of Civil Society in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace”, to be held in the European Parliament in Brussels, August 30-31. This misleading not withstanding, this annual conference is held under the auspices of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, and [...]
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