February 4th, 2008 | Category:
Human Rights,
NGOs,
EU,
Ethics
Tags: none
In recent weeks, many NGOs funded by the EU and the New Israel Fund have issued harsh condemnations of Israel’s alleged “blockade” and “collective punishment” in Gaza. HRW and Amnesty have been some of the most vocal critics of Israel’s anti-terror measures claiming that Israel’s “security concerns” regarding the Gaza border are a […]
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December 18th, 2007 | Category:
Boycott / Divestment,
NGOs,
Government Funding,
ICAHD,
Ittijah,
Palestinian NGO Network,
EU
Tags: none
According to a December 16, 2007 Ha’aretz report, “an investment of hundreds of thousands of dollars, loads of time and countless attempts at intensive Spanish-brokered talks between Israelis and Palestinians went down the drain,” when a “peace gathering” scheduled to take place December 14-16 in […]
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November 21st, 2007 | Category:
Durban Conference,
Boycott / Divestment,
NGOs,
Government Funding,
Badil,
Palestinian NGO Network,
EU,
Ford Foundation
Tags: none
The Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network (PNGO), a radical Palestinian NGO which played a prominent role at Durban 2001, has organized a conference – “First Palestinian Conference for the Boycott of Israel (BDS)” — along with other radical anti-Israel groups, including OPGAI-Coalition, Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), and the […]
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November 20th, 2007 | Category:
Boycott / Divestment,
Government Funding,
War on Want,
EU
Tags: none
Comic Relief is one of the UK’s major charity campaigns, which has raised over ₤67 million since its establishment in 1985. According to their website, “The idea was simple - use comedy and laughter to raise money and change lives - while making sure that everyone had great fun at the same time.”
But it […]
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October 21st, 2007 | Category:
Boycott / Divestment,
Separation Barrier,
UN,
Government Funding,
Badil,
ICAHD,
Palestinian NGO Network,
International Solidarity Movement,
EU
Birthright Unplugged–partnered with a number of radical NGOs, some of which receive EU funding—advances an extreme anti-Israel narrative via its “alternative” tours. It is not affiliated with the Taglit-Birthright Israel group; in fact, Birthright Unplugged has hijacked Taglit-Birthright’s name in order to advance a radically different, anti-Israel agenda.
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October 16th, 2007 | Category:
Human Rights,
Government Funding,
Oxfam,
EU
On October 11, Oxfam GB’s Jerusalem office distributed a copy of a press release detailing a resolution passed by the European Parliament, which “calls for the lift [sic] of the blockade in Gaza and free movement for people and goods on all [sic] the Occupied Palestinian Territories.” (The document NGO Monitor obtained appears to be […]
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October 11th, 2007 | Category:
Boycott / Divestment,
Government Funding,
Badil,
EU
Tags: none
As NGO Monitor has reported, BADIL (Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights) is one of the most active NGOs in promoting extremist Palestinian political positions in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. BADIL was a signatory to an August 2002 call to boycott Israel, including an endorsement of the NGO Declaration of the […]
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August 29th, 2007 | Category:
UN,
Gisha,
EU
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. […]
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