NGOs Involved in the FIFA Campaign Against Israel
An analysis of the political advocacy NGOs involved in the campaign against the Israeli membership in FIFA, as part of BDS measures against Israel.
Publications: | Reports, Books, Academic Publications, Submissions, Resource Pages |
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Other Content Types: | Press Releases, In The Media, Presentations, Posts, , Key Issues |
NGOs: | Human Rights Watch (HRW) |
Start date: | 1 Jan 1988 |
End date: | 24 Oct 2016 |
An analysis of the political advocacy NGOs involved in the campaign against the Israeli membership in FIFA, as part of BDS measures against Israel.
Human Rights Watch has joined the Palestinian campaign calling on FIFA to ban Israel, further confirming its identity as an anti-Israel political advocacy organization that exploits human rights.
The recently published statement of the IDF Military Advocate General contradicts claims and conclusion of several NGOs and the UN Schabas/Davis Commission of Inquiry regarding specific incidents from the 2014 Gaza War.
Gerald Steinberg calls for the closure of the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of Palestinian People, a body committed to repeating Palestinian propaganda thus amplifying incitement and justifications for violence.
HRW's recent publication, like previous ones, promotes a one-sided narrative against Israel, and fails to adhere to basic fact-finding standards.
Gerald Steinberg describes the history of BDS, from its inception at the 2001 Durban Conference to current efforts to advance BDS through the EU's product labeling requirements.
Human Rights Watch continues to distort the truth about Israel in its "World Report 2016," making use of faulty methodology and promoting a biased view of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Human Rights Watch and CodePink were involved in lobbying campaigns leading up to the United States' statement reiterating its regulations for labeling goods produced in the West Bank and Gaza.