Category: ICAHD

INTERNSHIPS WITH RADICAL NGOs UNDERMINE HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION

April 16th, 2008 | Category: Human Rights, Amnesty International, Boycott / Divestment, ICAHD, Mossawa, NGO Monitor, Ethics

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 […]

Radical NGOs pull out of ´Anti-Annapolis conference´ in Madrid hosted by Spanish government, after Spanish Foreign Ministry invites Israeli groups that oppose a ´one-state solution´

December 18th, 2007 | Category: Boycott / Divestment, NGOs, Government Funding, ICAHD, Ittijah, Palestinian NGO Network, EU
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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 […]

Birthright Unplugged: Hijacking a name, plugging into anti-Israel campaigning

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.

Christian Aid, Sabeel and EU-funded NGOs Press Hamas Campaign in UK Parliament

October 2nd, 2007 | Category: Christian Aid, ICAHD, Sabeel, War on Want

A number of British charities that claim to promote universal human rights and humanitarian assistance, including Christian Aid, War on Want, and Pax Christi, allied with fringe pro-Palestinian political groups such as Sabeel, “Jews Against Zionism”, Medical Aid for Palestinians, ICAHD (funded by the EU), the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and the antisemitic MPAC (Muslim Public […]

Interfaith Peace Builders/AFSC Delegations “Misunderstanding the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict”

August 9th, 2007 | Category: Durban Conference, Separation Barrier, NGOs, Christian Peacemakers Team, ICAHD
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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 […]

European Parliament to Host UN NGO Anti-Israel Propaganda Conference

August 1st, 2007 | Category: Durban Conference, UN, Government Funding, ICAHD, Palestinian Center for Human Rights
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            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 […]

Belgian Diplomat Praises Demonization at ICAHD/ISM “summer camp”

July 23rd, 2007 | Category: ICAHD, International Solidarity Movement
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Jeff Halper’s ICAHD group is funded by the European Union and is heavily involved in promoting the Durban agenda of anti-Israel demonization, including boycott campaigns and use of terms such as “apartheid”, often in cooperation with Naim Ateek of Sabeel.  ICAHD runs a so-called “summer camp” with ISM participation, and with an emphasis on radical […]

American Jew donates $1.5 million to ICAHD

June 13th, 2007 | Category: Boycott / Divestment, NGOs, Government Funding, ICAHD

A June 12, 2007, article in the Jerusalem Post ) reported that The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) received a substantial donation from the US “to fund a campaign opposing the demolition of Palestinian and Bedouin homes throughout Israel and the Palestinian Authority.” The scope its advocacy and lobbying extends much […]