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| June 7, 2015
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10 Swiss MPs: Gov’t Funding ‘Breaking the Silence’ a scandal & misuse of tax money

“Disinformation & the political ideology of hatred are being directed against the Jewish state…(by) one-sided, unbalanced non-scientific reports.”  The 10 Swiss parliamentarians said the NGO belongs to the BDS movement and its work is “propaganda.”

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL

 

The opening of the Breaking the Silence exhibit in Zurich on Thursday unleashed a firestorm of criticism from Swiss politicians who say the country’s Foreign Ministry misused public funds to finance a hate-filled exhibit targeting the Jewish state.

The Breaking the Silence exhibit at the Kulturhaus Helferei in Zurich, Switzerland. – Photo: AFP/MICHAEL BUHOLZER

“We condemn sharply the sponsorship of Breaking the Silence, with public monies through the EDA [Swiss Foreign Ministry] and the Zurich Finance Department, and expect in future a careful examination of projects and those organizations standing behind such projects before Swiss taxpayer money is misused,” 10 Swiss MPs from the parliamentary Swiss-Israel parliamentary group said in a statement dated Tuesday. Continue Reading »

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| June 5, 2015
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As EU countries seek publicly ‘2 State-Solution’, they paid $27M to NGOs to Undermine it

According to Israel’s Foreign Ministry, NGO Transparency Law now prove foreign governmental bodies have paid left-wing Israeli groups $27M that was used to promote anti-Israel activities that hinder normalization efforts with the Palestinians.

By Shlomo Cesana

 

Some 24 Israeli non-governmental political advocacy organizations dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict reported a total of nearly 105 million shekels ($27 million) in direct and indirect funding from foreign governments, especially in the European Union, from 2012 to 2014, according to an NGO Monitor report from earlier this year.

An anti-Israel demonstration – Photo ByGettyImages

The organizations are required by Israel’s NGO Transparency Law to disclose funding from foreign governmental bodies. Continue Reading »

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| June 2, 2015
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At the UN’s ‘Theater of the Absurd’: Hamas-linked group granted NGO status

Israel’s mission accuses the United Nations of accepting the nefarious PRC organization, describing it as the ‘organizational & a coordinating wing of Hamas in Europe’.

By Reuters

 

Israel on Monday accused the United Nations of granting “UN non-governmental organization status” to an association linked to militant Palestinian group Hamas that it said promotes “anti-Israel propaganda in Europe.”

Israel’s UN mission issued a statement condemning the decision, by the 19-member UN Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, to approve the application of the Palestinian Return Center (PRC), an organization based in Britain.

Israeli UN ambassador Ron Prosor addressing colleagues (Photo: AFP)
Israeli UN ambassador Ron Prosor addressing colleagues – Photo: AFP

 

The statement said that in 2010 Israel banned the PRC because of its ties to Hamas, labeling it “an organizational and a coordinating wing of Hamas in Europe” with members that include senior Hamas officials. Continue Reading »

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| January 5, 2015
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Israeli NGO Files 3 War Crime Lawsuits Against PLO Leadership at the ICC

These 3 new complaints, levied against PLO leaders Rajoub, Faraj & Palestinian Prime Minister Hamdallah follow Shurat Hadin’s previous complaints against Hamas leader Mashaal and PA President Mahmoud Abbas.

By Gil Ronen

 

Shurat HaDin (Israel Law Center) has filed three more war crimes suit against Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) officials in the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague.

Nitzana Darshan-Leitner – Photo Courtesy: Shurat Hadin

The NGO says that while the Palestinian leadership can be indicted for terror acts carried out from 2002 onward, Israel can only be indicted for deeds done from the day the PLO joined the Rome Statute – the request to join was signed last week.

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| July 28, 2014
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Watchdog Group: Pro-Palestinian NGOs Exploiting War for Anti-Israel Agenda

Regavim, a watchdog group for Jewish national property rights, reports leftist NGOs use Bedouin deaths from Gaza rocket fire, to advance legalizing illegally built Bedouin settlements.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Controversy continues over the status of Israel’s Bedouin population, after several Israeli Arab MKs protested over an alleged lack of suitable bomb shelters in Bedouin communities in the South.

But the issue of Bedouin communities in Israel is more complicated, according to Regavim, a watchdog group for Jewish national property rights, which released a statement last week condemning the work of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to bring the matter to the Supreme Court. Continue Reading »

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| April 2, 2014
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IsraAID dispatches delegation to Bulgaria to help Syrian refugees

 

First Jordan, now Israeli humanitarian group IsraAID went to Bulgaria to render assistance for additional influx of Syrian refugees.

By Yossi Aloni

 

Israel continues to reach out to aid refugees of the ongoing Syrian civil war, this time by sending assistance to refugee camps in Bulgaria.

Israeli Aid Follows Syrian Refugees to Europe

Israeli Aid Follows Syrian Refugees to Europe

The Israeli NGO umbrella group IsraAID last week dispatched a delegation to Bulgaria to help deal with the influx of Syrian refugees arriving in the eastern European nation via neighboring Turkey.

There are currently about 11,000 Syrian refugees living in three camps in Bulgaria, including two camps in the capital of Sofia. Continue Reading »

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| February 20, 2014
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Anti-Israel NGOs supported by EU funding spark calls for reform by MEPs

 

Israel based NGO Monitor, presents EU funding bias to Members of the European Parliament.

Sarah Ludford, a British MEP says, “To have EU money supporting the BDS agenda is shooting ourselves in the foot.”

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL

 

 

 

The Jerusalem-based organization NGO Monitor delivered a presentation on Tuesday to members of the European Parliament, which outlined irregular funding practices for EU funded NGOs in the Middle East, including organizations that seek to delegitimize Israel.

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GERALD STEINBERG – Photo: NGO MONITOR

Speaking from Brussels, Prof. Gerald Steinberg, president of NGO monitor, told The Jerusalem Post that a “highly disproportionate number of NGOs are focused on the Israel-Palestinian conflict… more so than any other part of the world.” Continue Reading »

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| June 9, 2013
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Secret EU funding for inciting Palestinian NGO’s and BDS leader

NGO Monitor issues report saying the EU’s funds conflict & violence to groups that were centrally involved in 2001 Durban Forum’s strategy of ‘political warfare & demonization of Israel’

By Ynet news staff

 

In a new report presented to members of the European Parliament, NGO Monitor details the damaging impact of “highly secretive EU funding for radical political advocacy NGOs.”

 

EU flags – Photo: AFP

According to NGO Monitor, EU funds are going to organizations involved in anti-Israel boycotts and violent demonstrations, which “undermine the EU’s efforts to secure peace in the Middle East.”

According to NGO Monitor, the report, titled “Lack of Due Diligence and Transparency in European Union Funding for Radical NGOs,” shows how EU-funded NGOs lead the campaigns to demonize Israel through the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) – actions that “totally contradict the EU’s proclaimed objectives of supporting peace and democratic development.” Continue Reading »

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| May 28, 2013
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Pro-Arab NGOs use Blood-Libels & BDS Guilty of Persistent Double Standards

NGOs claiming to promote human rights use antisemitic themes & images to promote it’s agenda. Hatred of Jews is tolerated in a way that would be unthinkable for other racial, ethic, or religious groups & Jewish victims are denied the right to define what constitutes discrimination against them.

By Arutz Sheva staff

 

 

The Jerusalem-based NGO Monitor released today a report titled “Blood Libels and BDS” detailing the antisemitic rhetoric and activity of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) which will be presented to the participants of the Global Forum in Jerusalem later this week.

“A network of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) claiming to promote human rights and humanitarian agendas in the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict often use antisemitic themes and images,” the report charges. Continue Reading »

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| December 27, 2012
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Secret Funding of NGOs by EU members ‘Grossly Infringes’ on Democratic Process

Jerusalem-based NGO Monitor Reports: “For over a decade, the EU has acted with impunity in funding political advocacy NGOs with near total secrecy.”

By Rachel Hirshfeld

 

In a decision concerning a petition brought by Jerusalem-based research institute NGO Monitor, the European Union Court of Justice confirmed that the EU fails to act transparently in its funding of non-government organization (NGOs). The Court’s decision, issued November 27, 2012, permitted these secret procedures, in violation of transparency and democracy norms, said NGO Monitor.

“For over a decade, the EU has acted with impunity in funding political advocacy NGOs with near total secrecy,” said Prof. Continue Reading »

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| November 2, 2012
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NGO Urges Basic Fact-Finding Standards & Ethical Principles for UN Body

Watchdog group to UN expressed concern over the Mission’s working methods & calling for compliance with fact-finding standards & ethical principles.
Don’t be like Goldstone. Check your facts, reveal your sources, & who was paid $105,300 for 2 months of work?

By Maayana Miskin

 

The NGO Monitor watchdog group has filed a submission to the UN Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) “independent international fact-finding Mission on the Israeli Settlements,” expressing concern over the Mission’s working methods and calling for compliance with fact-finding standards and ethical principles. The submission demands, at a minimum, strict adherence to the principles of impartiality and objectivity, transparency in all interactions with NGOs and professional guidelines for assessing the credibility and factual and legal claims of NGOs. Continue Reading »

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| June 15, 2012
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PMW’s ‘Puppet Show’ Report Shuts Down PA Website

APalestinian Media Watch (PMW) report on a PA puppet show encouraging children to replace cigarettes with guns led to one PA website shutdown and a probe of an NGO.

By Chana Ya’ar

 

One non-governmental organization website has been shut down, and a second NGO is under investigation by funding agency “Save the Children UK” following an article published by Arutz Sheva quoting a report by media watchdog agency the Palestinian Media Watch.

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'Until I die as a shahid.' Gaza kids during party

Earlier this week, the PMW had reported on two Palestinian Authority NGOs that were spreading hate speech and promoting violence against Jews and Israel. Continue Reading »

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