Congress Joins Fight on "Durban II"

October 02, 2008

On September 23, 2008, the US Congress adopted House of Representatives Resolution 1361 in anticipation of the Durban Review Conference, calling on the US government to “lead a high-level diplomatic effort” aimed at “to defeat any effort by states to use the forum to promote anti-Semitism or hatred against members of any group or to call into question the legitimacy of any state.” The resolution is backed by an impressively broad, bi-partisan consensus.  more »

August 2008 Digest (Vol. 6, No. 12)

September 03, 2008

NGOs lead Gaza boat stunt; Amnesty´s ideological Gaza campaign; NGO statements on war in the Caucuses; Gisha’s prejudicial radio advertisement; African “Durban II” Prepcon highlights racist agenda; PCHR and political rhetoric  more »

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Amnesty International

Amnesty International has resumed its one-sided campaign condemning Israeli responses to terror from Gaza. In the past month, AI has issued three “updates,” none of which contains any research. One statement copies problematic claims by a highly politicized NGO known as PHR-I, and another is a misleading press release on a report related to the death of a Reuters cameraman in Gaza. Amnesty officials justify this campaign by claiming that, “Gaza has fallen off the international news agenda” – a false and irrelevant explanation.  more »

ICAHD Loses EU Funding

The EU will not renew its funding of ICAHD, an extreme NGO whose political campaigns and demonizing rhetoric are entirely outside the framework of universal human rights. In an “urgent message” to members of ICAHD-USA, the organization´s director, Jeff Halper, announced “We have just heard that our request for re-funding has been rejected…So we now face a real crisis.” Although EU support was earmarked toward specific projects, ICAHD’s financial problems indicate that, in fact, EU grants constituted the majority of ICAHD’s income.  more »