BADIL

BADIL -Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights

October 23, 2008

Website: www.badil.org.
BADIL (“alternative” in Arabic) was established in 1998, and is registered with the Palestinian Authority. Ingrid Jaradat Gassner is the Director.
Main declared objective is to "support the development of a popular refugee lobby for the right of return" through research and community-based initiatives.
BADIL promotes a politicized and ideological agenda, using a prejudicial history of the Palestinian refugee issue and the language of demonization to advance the "right of return" claim that also seeks to end Israel's status as a Jewish state.
Involved in "lawfare" attempts to prosecute and sue Israeli military officials in international and European courts.
Submits written and oral statements in condemnation of Israel before the UN Human Rights Council. Uses UN resolutions selectively to support its politics.
In 2006, BADIL received funding from Trocaire, Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norwegian Peoples Aid, United Methodist Church, Oxfam, DanChurchAid (DCA), the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), and Mu’assasat.