Category: NGOs

In contrast to many NGOs that have signed the joint statement declaring their moral opposition to a repetition of the antisemitic hatred that dominated the NGO Forum of the 2001 Durban conference, Human Rights Watch has waffled. HRW’s “Position Paper on the Durban Preparatory Committee”  (April 21, 2008) admits that “the NGO forum at the […]

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The draft report cited in the article “American Internships in Israel Promote Extremism, Report Says” (Chronicle of Higher Education, April 16, 2008) is part of NGO Monitor’s ongoing research focusing on the boundaries between human rights norms and partisan ideological campaigning. As quoted, the analysis of the activities of the NGOs chosen for these internships […]

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Prof. Michael Pinto-Duschinsky published an article in the 21 March edition of the Jewish Chronicle (UK) agreeing with NGO Monitor’s analysis on the political biases and false claims of leading “charities”, and “human rights groups”, including Amnesty International, Christian Aid and Oxfam.  As he notes, these groups systematically abuse the rhetoric of human rights, and […]

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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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This Monday, January 28, NGO Monitor published a report outlining Ford Foundation funding. The report demonstrates that, despite post-Durban policies against the funding of radical NGOs, the Ford Foundation has continued funding groups who exploit human rights rhetoric.
Tuesday, January 29, NGO Monitor published an analysis of Human Rights Watch response to the crisis in […]

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Kenneth Roth, who runs HRW, asks: Is Israel’s Blockade of Gaza the Right Way to Respond to Palestinian Rocket Attacks?
Roth and HRW ask whether Israel’s response to the hundreds of Hamas rocket attacks is “the right way”. Roth runs a human rights organization, and has no experience or specialized knowledge in security and anti-terror […]

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In our post on Reports Without Borders condemnation of the Hamas sniper who fired at the media, we touched on a recent case of Hamas propaganda in relation to the power situation in Gaza. As Jerusalem Post reported “On at least two occasions this week, Hamas staged scenes of darkness”.
This reminds us of another […]

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Reporters Without Borders has condemned a Palestinian sniper who took shots at the media as they tried to report on the murder of Carlos Andres Muscara Chavez, a 21 year old volunteer from Ecuador. We reported on B’tselems condemnation of Carlos’ murder previously and we are still waiting to see more of a response from […]

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In this post, we discuss the question of ethics for those who take jobs with human rights organizations. This will be the first of a series of posts on this topic that we will cover in the coming weeks. If you are an employee of an NGO and would like to contribute to the discussion […]

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Justin Elliott at Mother Jones blog posted questions that five experts would ask the US Presidential candidates if given the chance.
One of the experts, Dr. Stephen Zunes posed the question:
For Senator Clinton. During the 2006 war in Lebanon, you co-sponsored a resolution condemning Hezbollah for its alleged use of “human shields.” Since then, detailed on-the-ground […]

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