Ireland

Irish Aid Essentials

NGO Monitor report: Ireland: Government Funding for Anti-Israel NGOs, August 8, 2007. Summary: Irish Aid is administered through the Development Cooperation Directorate, a division of the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Ireland. While its declared objectives are to promote “peace and justice” through a “commitment to human rights and fairness in international relations”, Irish Aid funds highly biased and conflict-producing NGOs such as Trocaire, Al Haq, PCHR, War on Want, World Vision, ICAHD, PARC, and Christian Aid. These and other NGOs are engaged in intense political advocacy campaigns directed against Israel, including promotion of boycotts and the rhetoric of demonization. The following NGO Monitor report on Irish Aid continues our series of analyses which have included the EU, UK, Sweden, and others.

Additional Articles:

Mu'assasat - Human Rights & Good Governance NGO Secretariat in Gaza/West Bank, March 02, 2008
NGO Monitor: NGOs Use False Claims on Humanitarian Conditions in Gaza, March 06, 2008
On basis of NGO Monitor report, Israeli Ambassador to Ireland raises “concerns with the [Irish] Department of Foreign Affairs about Ireland’s funding of non-governmental organisations working with Palestinian groups” – Sunday Business Post (Ireland), John Burke, Feb. 10. 2008.
Bernard Josephs, "Irish slated over anti-Israel funds", The Jewish Chronicle, August 24, 2007 .
Dan Izenberg, "Irish Aid Comes Under Fire", The Jerusalem Post, August 22, 2007.