(Updated January 11, 2010)

  1. NGO Monitor Reports
  2. NGO Monitor Op-eds
  3. NGOs in Support of Goldstone
  4. Defensive Responses
  5. Articles of Interest

NGO Monitor reports

List of 36 Incidents in the Goldstone Report, Anne Herzberg, NGO Monitor, December 11, 2009
The Goldstone Report apparently documents in detail 36 incidents that occurred during the Gaza War. According to Richard Goldstone, "they appear to represent situations where there was little or no military justification for what happened." A list of these 36 incidents is not published in the report, nor is one available on the Mission’s website.  Neither Goldstone, nor the Mission responded to requests for this information, but NGO Monitor compiled approximately 30-40 detailed incidents culled from a review of the report.

Who Wrote the Goldstone Report?, NGO Monitor, November 19, 2009
Since the beginning of September, NGO Monitor has been investigating questions relating to responsibility for researching and drafting the Goldstone report.   The Mission’s webpage does not provide any information on this issue, and repeated requests by NGO Monitor to both Goldstone and the Fact Finding Mission office were ignored. Staff members from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights who were involved in preparing the report have strong links to NGOs.

Goldstone’s NGO partner: The Arab Thought Forum – E.U. funding to Promote Demonization, NGO Monitor, November 3, 2009
Goldstone chairs the Executive Committee of the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation (IHJR) whose “Middle East Project” involves “establish[ing] a shared history” in partnership with the Arab Thought Forum (ATF) which refers to the “Palestinian holocaust”, “apartheid,” “ethnic cleansing,” “genocide,” and “collective punishment”. This reinforces criticism of the report. 

Amnesty International’s Goldstone Campaign, with a review of statements from other NGOs, NGO Monitor, October 22, 2009
Amnesty International has issued 15 statements in support of the Goldstone Mission. Members of the commission and its staff have conflicts of interest involving Amnesty. Diakonia, Trocaire, Amnesty-Europe, FIDH, Adalah, PCHR, and Al Haq have used the Goldstone report to bolster their calls for “war crimes” cases. Palestinian NGOs’ press release calling on states to “re-evaluate their relationship with Israel.” B’Tselem condemned the Israeli government for not cooperating with the Goldstone mission and “provided assistance to the investigative staff….”

House of Cards: NGOs and the Goldstone Report, NGO Monitor, October 1, 2009
The Goldstone report relies on material from highly politicized and biased NGOs. Adopting the NGOs’ flawed methodologies, false claims, and distortions of international law renders the entire report and its conclusions invalid. Goldstone and other commission members have conflicts of interest involving close links to HRW, Amnesty International, and PCHR.

Made in Europe: How government funded NGOs shaped the Goldstone report, NGO Monitor, October 1, 2009
Many of the highly politicized NGOs that are cited extensively by Goldstone are European-funded. This funding links European governments to the Goldstone report, and its contribution to anti-Israel demonization. European-funded groups also spearhead the “lawfare” movement, which abuses universal jurisdiction provisions to make allegations of “war crimes.”

Goldstone Report: 575 pages of NGO “cut and paste”, NGO Monitor, September 16, 2009
By relying on NGO material, the Goldstone report copies the NGO biases, flawed methodology, and baseless claims. The report follows Amnesty International and HRW in ignoring evidence of human shields and repeats NGO distortions of international law, including the false legal claim that Gaza remains occupied.

The Goldstone “Fact Finding” Mission and the Role of Political NGOs, NGO Monitor, September 7, 2009
Officials from radical anti-Israel NGOs were chosen to “testify” before the Mission, including the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme (GCMHP) which used “Nazi” rhetoric. HRW obsessively supports Goldstone, a former board member. Seven NIF-funded Israeli NGOs claimed that Israel acted “punitive[ly].” The Mission violated the London-Lund guidelines, lacking objectivity, transparency, neutrality, and professionalism.

NGO Monitor’s Submission to the Human Rights Council Inquiry on the Gaza War, Led by Judge Richard Goldstone, NGO Monitor, June 9, 2009
NGO Monitor’s submission details NGO abuses of international law – including distortions and demonization by PCHR, HRW, Amnesty, and Al Mezan, and “lawfare” campaigns – and urges Goldstone to carefully examine the credibility and biases in NGO claims.

NGO Monitor Op-eds

NGOs in Support of Goldstone

(HRW, Amnesty, B'Tselem, Israeli and Palestinian NGOs)

HRW

Amnesty

B’Tselem

Israeli and Palestinian NGOs

Defensive Responses

Articles of Interest