June 18th, 2010 | Category:
Gaza
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June 18, 2010
Reporters Without Borders
Secrétariat International
Middle East Bureau
47 rue Vivienne
75002 Paris – France
Re: “Reporters Without Limits” (Hezbollah’s version of RSF)
According to media reports, a Lebanese NGO named “Reporters Without Limits” is organizing another flotilla to Gaza, seeking a clash with Israel. It appears that this group and its name was chosen to appear legitimate, and [...]
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June 13th, 2010 | Category:
Human Rights,
NGOs
David Reiff’s article in The New Republic, “NG-Uh-O: The trouble with humanitarianism” (June 10, 2010), underlines important developments in the NGO network: their influence as major players in the political arena, the “weaponization” of so-called human rights organizations by terror organizations, the government funding that NGOs receive, and the control those governments exert over them. [...]
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June 8th, 2010 | Category:
Human Rights Watch,
International Humanitarian Law
Eric Posner’s Wall Street Journal article (June 4, 2010), “The Gaza Blockade and International Law,” examines the legality of Israel’s actions aboard the Mava Marmari “Gaza flotilla.” Posner also debunks legal claims made by Human Rights Watch (HRW) regarding Israel’s policies in Gaza and aboard the ship. NGO Monitor previously documented HRW’s flawed methodology and [...]
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June 8th, 2010 | Category:
Alternatives,
Government Funding,
Media,
NGO Monitor
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Joel Balsam, an intern with Alternatives (Canada), has published a highly misleading “investigation into NGO Monitor’s participation in the defunding of Canadian human rights organizations Kairos and Alternatives” (“NGO Monitor-ing,” June 2, 2010). Mr. Balsam, a student at Concordia University, contacted NGO Monitor, and to his credit included, in full, a statement from us.
Unfortunately, Balsam [...]
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