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 […]
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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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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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August 20th, 2007 | Category:
Durban Conference,
UN
UN Watch has issued detailed updated of two upcoming UN conferences. According to UN Watch, the upcoming meeting of the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, which will take place in Belgium at the European Parliament August […]
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June 20th, 2007 | Category:
Durban Conference,
UN
As NGO Monitor has reported, in November, 2006, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution to convene a 2009 follow-up to the World Conference Against Racism. The follow-up event will yet again take place in Durban. This item represents NGO Monitor’s ongoing monitoring of events and preparation leading up to Durban 2009.In a […]
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June 11th, 2007 | Category:
Amnesty International,
UN,
NGOs
Dr. Michael Williams has been named as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization, the Palestinian Authority and the Quartet. Dr. Williams previously served as Special Advisor to two UK Foreign Secretaries and held a number of senior […]
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