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Special Report: "Absence of Credibility in NGOs Reports Quoted in US State Department Country Reports on Human Rights (Israel and the occupied territories) in the 2004 Report"
The U.S. State Departments annual Country Reports on Human Rights are among the most widely read and important documents on the status of human rights, particularly in the Middle East...
The Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA)
The Swedish International Development Corporation Agencys (SIDA) overall goal is "to contribute to making it possible for poor people to improve their living conditions". In the West Bank and Gaza, SIDAs aim is: "To promote peace and the development of a democratic Palestinian state by mitigating the effects of the ongoing conflict, promoting the peace talks, facilitating democratic, economic and social development." However, significant funding is channeled through Diakonia and highly politicized NGOs, such as Al-Haq, the Palestinian Solidarity Association of Sweden (PGS) the Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens Rights (PICCR) and ICJ-Sweden. Their activities and publications abuse human rights rhetoric to deligitimize Israel, and as a result, undermine efforts towards a peaceful end to the conflict.
Human Rights Watch: Contrived Balance
Summary: Offsetting the overdue increase in reports on Arab and Iranian human rights violations, HRWs condemnations of Israel continue, based on journalists reports and unverified Palestinian claims. In December, HRW published a letter to President Bush on "Expanding Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories", and responded to an Israeli newspaper article on options in the face of Palestinian missile attacks from Gaza. Both denunciations were based on unverified media reports and false claims. While the revamped Middle East advisory board has expanded HRWs horizon beyond Israel, it has not ended political abuses of human rights norms.
Update: EU Funding for Political NGOs
Radical European NGOs promote anti-Israel EU report on Jerusalem, ECCP, December 21, 2005. Issuing a joint statement, several NGOs, lead by Belgian Senator Pierre Galand defied the refusal of EU Ministers to publish a report compiled by their own diplomats regarding Israeli violations of international law with regard to East Jerusalem. The 30 NGOs supporting the statement also included BADIL, Friends of Sabeel UK; the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), and War on Want.
NGO Monitors Submission to the British Parliamentary Committee Against Antisemitism (PCAA)
Summary: In response to a request by the PCAA for an independent analysis on British NGOs, NGO Monitor submitted a report. It covered British NGOs that are active in relation to the Arab-Israeli conflict, including War on Want, Christian Aid (including links to UK Friends of Sabeel), and Amnesty International.
