October 21st, 2007 | Category:
Badil,
Boycott / Divestment,
EU,
Government Funding,
ICAHD,
International Solidarity Movement,
Palestinian NGO Network,
Separation Barrier,
UN
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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August 9th, 2007 | Category:
Christian Peacemakers Team,
Durban Conference,
ICAHD,
NGOs,
Separation Barrier
Tags: none
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 [...]
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June 19th, 2007 | Category:
Palestinian-Israeli Peace NGO Forum,
Separation Barrier
Tags: none
As reported in NGO Monitor’s blog on June 7, 2007, the Palestinian-Israeli Peace NGO Forum was held in Florence this week. As reported in the British Guardian newspaper, the “Tripartite Conference” of Israelis, Palestinians and Europeans united around a call it issued to “accept the Arab Peace Initiative (which expresses the readiness of the Arab [...]
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June 11th, 2007 | Category:
Darfur,
Human Rights,
Separation Barrier
Tags: none
On May 25, the French League of Human Rights (FIDH) released a press statement expressing great concern “about the situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory and the Gaza Strip in particular.” Keeping in line with past approaches, FIDH focuses on condemnations of Israeli actions while barely acknowledging ongoing Palestinian violence. Echoing one of their [...]
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June 5th, 2007 | Category:
B'tselem,
NGOs,
Separation Barrier
Tags: none
Jimmy Carter’s widely condemned 2006 book “Peace Not Apartheid” was found problematic for a number of reasons. Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz provided one of the more salient critiques, outlining the numerous omissions and misrepresentations throughout the book, also pointing out that Carter virtually ignores ongoing Palestinian terrorism.
Further underscoring the lack of [...]
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May 31st, 2007 | Category:
Separation Barrier
In conjunction with Badil’s strategy, a coordination meeting took place on April 18, 2007, involving “national and Islamic forces”, the Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, the National Committee for the Commemoration of the 59th Anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, the National Coalition for defending the rights of Palestinian in Jerusalem, Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO), and Ittijah. [...]
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May 31st, 2007 | Category:
Badil,
Durban Conference,
Separation Barrier
Radical NGO Badil (that has received funding from the Norwegian, Canadian, Irish governments) recently issued a strategy document entitled, “Call to Action”, on the occasion of the ‘”40 years since Israel’s occupation’ and the upcoming’ 60 years since the Nakba.” This document provides a blueprint for the concerted implementation of the Durban Strategy [...]
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