January 6th, 2009 | Category:
Government Funding,
Human Rights
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NGO Monitor today uncovered the radical political and ideological background of Mads Gilbert, a Norwegian doctor providing highly one-sided criticism of Israel in the media, including The Times (UK), BBC, Sky News and the Norwegian press.
Dr Gilbert traveled to Gaza’s
Al-Shifa
Hospital as a member of the Norwegian Aid Committee, NORWAC an NGO funded by the [...]
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January 4th, 2009 | Category:
Durban Conference
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Local and international NGOs continue to publish regular statements on the Gaza conflict. Many of their reports reflect Palestinian claims of “collective punishment,” Israel’s “indiscriminate” and disproportionate” attacks, and the selective exploitation of international law to delegitimize Israeli actions. Human Rights and Humanitarian organizations rarely mention Hamas’ use of human shields and its continued firing [...]
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January 1st, 2009 | Category:
EU,
Human Rights,
NGO Monitor,
NGOs
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Following the pattern in previous conflicts, a number of NGOs immediately issued condemnations of Israel following the IDF response to increasing deadly rocket attacks from Gaza. Many of these statements reflect bias and double standards, which ignore or give little attention to Israeli human rights and casualties, and do not mention Hamas’ use of human [...]
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