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"Professor Gerald Steinberg, president of Jerusalem-based NGO Monitor, addressed a hearing of the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights last week in Brussels, briefing the subcommittee on EU funding for Israeli and Palestinian non-governmental organizations. “NGO Monitor’s detailed research during the past eight years demonstrates that EU support for NGOs in the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict has been largely ineffective, and is often counterproductive,” said Steinberg, noting the lack of transparency in the decision-making processes behind the funding for these groups."