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Ford Foundation: US charity vows ´review´
Yaakov Lappin, Ynet News
September 30, 2007
Ford Foundation tells Ynetnews it will ´review´ questions raised about donations channeled to Palestinian NGOs in responce to NGO Monitor´s recent Ford Report
US charity vows 'review'
Yaakov Lapin, Ynet News
September 30, 2007
"'A large American charity organization has told Ynetnews it would 'review' questions raised about funds channeled to Palestinian non-governmental organizations (NGOs), following a critique by an Israeli NGO watchdog. NGO Monitor, based in Jerusalem, has recently released a report on donations by the Ford Foundation to a number of Palestinian organizations. In its report, NGO Monitor said the Ford Foundation had 'violated its own funding guidelines'…"
"Christian Aid denies it is biased in the Middle East"
Church of England Newspaper
September 14, 2007
The relief agency Christian Aid has denied charges made by an Israeli research group that its reporting of events in the Middle East was biased, unfairly blaming Israel for the problems of the region.
NGO Monitor, a Jerusalem think tank, charged the relief agency promoted a pro-Palestinian agenda, and that its advocacy work abetted the conflict between Arabs and Israelis.
"New pariah on the block"
The Economist
September 13, 2007
The campaign for sanctions against Israel is growing. But it faces resistance and is less effective than it looks For once, Israel's critics and cheerleaders agree on something: the Jewish state risks greater international isolation. Pro-Israel groups such as NGO Monitor and the Jerusalem Centre for Public Affairs say a new assault is on the way. In the other camp, Shir Hever of the Alternative Information Centre, an Israeli-Palestinian activist group in Jerusalem, says that advocating a boycott is no longer always treated as anti-Semitism. Both sides have a motive to exaggerate such claims. But “boycotts, divestments and sanctions” (known in the activist world as “BDS”) do seem to be growing.
"HRW, Foreign Ministry clash over Lebanon civilian deaths"
Dan Izenberg, The Jerusalem Post
September 06, 2007
"In another response, the head of NGO Monitor, Gerald Steinberg, charged that "Human Rights Watch's latest attack on Israel's actions during the Second Lebanon War follows a clear pattern which has sought to create a moral equivalence between the deliberate targeting of civilians by a terrorist organization and the efforts of a democratic country to defend itself.
Ha'aretz columnist dropped by British Zionists
JTA
August 31, 2007
"The British Zionist Federation canceled a London appearance by Ha'aretz columnist Danny Rubinstein [August 30], the day after he called Israel an "apartheid state" at a United Nations conference on Palestinians…[Rubinstein] made his remarks during a forum that pro-Israel non-governmental organizations -- including B'nai B'rith, U.N. Watch and NGO Monitor -- have described as Israel-bashing sessions run by the U.N. Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People..."
"UK charity targets Israel"
Yaakov Lappin, Ynet News
August 28, 2007
A British charity has denied charges of anti-Semitism after coming under fire for producing a detailed guide to boycotting Israel. War on Want, ostensibly a charity set up to fight worldwide poverty, recently published a guide on its website, entitled, "Towards a global movement for Palestine; a framework for today's anti-apartheid activism." ... Responding to the boycott guide, Professor Gerald Steinberg, executive director of the Jerusalem-based NGO Monitor, said: "In the past, War on Want has accused Israel of 'caging' Palestinians into 'ghettos'; engaging in an 'expulsion project'; and acting like a 'heavyweight beating a child'. It has also adopted traditional anti-Semitic libels by repeating unsupported allegations that the IDF targets Palestinian water sources as a 'punitive and discriminatory tool.'"
"Irish slated over anti-Israel funds"
Bernard Josephs, The Jewish Chronicle
August 24, 2007
Israeli diplomats are preparing to raise with the Irish government a report claiming that it is funding, to the tune of around £600,000, the activities of British and Palestinian non-governmental organisations — some of which are running campaigns aimed at “demonising” Israel and supporting boycott moves . The report, issued this week by the Jerusalem-based NGO Monitor, says the money is channelled through the Irish Foreign Ministry’s Irish Aid department and is going to a range of organisations active in the Palestinian territories.
"Irish Aid Comes Under Fire"
Dan Izenberg, The Jerusalem Post (Print Edition)
August 22, 2007
"NGO Monitor, an Israeli group that investigates the activities of non-governmental organizations throughout the world, has charged that Irish Aid funds ´highly biased and conflict-fueling organizations.´ According to NGO Monitor, Irish Aid is administered through a division of Ireland´s Department of Foreign Affairs. The Israeli group listed Trocaire, al-Haq, PCHR, War on Want, World Vision, ICAHD, PARC and Christian Aid as being among the recipients of Irish Aid funds. NGO Monitor charged that ´these and other NGOs are engaged in intense political advocacy campaigns directed against Israel, including the promotion of boycotts and the rhetoric of demonization.´ The Irish embassy in Tel Aviv declined to comment on the charges."
"Watchdog groups brace for ´2nd Durban´ "
Jonny Paul, The Jerusalem Post
August 21, 2007
"Following the active role nongovernmental organizations played in Durban in 2001, NGO Monitor has expressed concerns about politicized groups taking part in the 2009 conference. The Jerusalem based-NGO Monitor has submitted to the Preparatory Committee a detailed analysis of the impact that would result from these groups´ involvement. It has urged the committee to carefully examine the credibility and biases resulting from NGO participation in order to avoid a repeat of Durban
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