In the Media: United States
Below is a compilation of articles highlighting NGO Monitor’s contributions to the broader conversation about NGOs, funding, and accountability in the United States. These include blogs and op-eds written by NGO Monitor and staff, as well as articles citing NGO Monitor, or otherwise relevant to our mission.
Israel’s questioning of U.S. activist raises concerns of government pressure on groups
Joshua Mitnick, Los Angeles Times, February 9, 2017 (see also Daily Inter Lake)
“What we are seeing now is a major effort to push back against the impact and influence of these organizations both inside Israel and outside of Israel. It’s a politically powerful message,’’ said Gerald Steinberg, president of NGO Monitor, a research institute critical of the New Israel Fund and Breaking the Silence. “As there’s more and more talk here of Israelis being dragged to the International Criminal Court, this is an issue that’s going to boil at a higher temperature.’’
Rantz: Don’t support this Seattle extremist group
Jason Rantz, My Northwest, January 5, 2017
Ziva Dahl, The Washington Times, December 27, 2016
[Opinion] Human rights, Palestinian terror and congressional lobbying
Yona Schiffmiller, The Hill, December 13, 2016
A meeting that took place between members of Congress and organizations with ties to terrorism highlights the need for greater due diligence when interacting with civil society actors.
Big, Very Rich and Dangerous: Time to Rein in Private Charitable Foundations
Clarice Feldman, American Thinker, December 11, 2016
NGO Monitor, December 09, 2016
Columbia University Law School hosted another event that focused on a one-sided representation of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
[Opinion] The Rockefeller BDS empire, the New Israel Fund, and campus anti-Semitism
Yona Schiffmiller, JNS, November 27, 2016
Yona Schiffmiller outlines the context of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund’s grant to the NIF to conduct research on anti-semitism on campus.
Palestinian BDS group in US rebrands itself
Benjamin Weinthal, The Jerusalem Post, November 23, 2016
American Congressmen met with Members of Terror Group (Hebrew)
NRG, November 20, 2016
Why Congressmen met Senior PFLP Members? (Hebrew)
Channel 20, November 20, 2016
Five Dems Enjoy All-Expenses-Paid Junket with PFLP ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
JNi.Media, Jewish Press, November 18, 2016
Dem Reps Met With Alleged Member of Palestinian Terrorist Group
Jenna Lifhits, The Weekly Standard, November 17, 2016
[Opinion] Anti-Israel Activists Take the Stage at Columbia University Law School
Becca Wertman, The Tower, November 08, 2016
Becca Wertman describes how a recent event at Columbia University Law School featured speakers who share a common support for legal warfare against Israel
Political Israeli NGOs hosting Antisemitic NGO Sabeel
NGO Monitor, November 04, 2016
Sabeel Colorado, a branch of the pro-BDS NGO Sabeel, is currently promoting its upcoming trip to Israel, which will meet with several Israeli NGOs.
Lawfare Activists Take the Stage at Columbia University Law School
NGO Monitor, October 25, 2016
An event at Columbia University Law School will serve as an echo chamber to promote legal warfare against Israel.
American Campuses And Jews Who Know Not Zion
Kenneth Levin, Jewish Press, September 14, 2016
Anti-Israel NGO Al-Haq Making Inroads on Capitol Hill
Jewish Press, September 13, 2016
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s detrimental obsession with Israel
Sarah Chin, NGO Monitor, September 04, 2016
On August 11, 2016, the Evangelical Lutheran Church betrayed tits stated goals by adopting resolutions calling on the U.S. government to end all aid to Israel, and embracing BDS (boycotts, divestment, sanctions) tactics.
[Opinion] Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s detrimental obsession with Israel
Independent Media Review Analysis, September 01, 2016
[Opinion] Adalah, the New Israel Fund and BDS: The mystery of the Black Lives platform
Professor Gerald M. Steinberg, The Times of Israel, August 24, 2016
Gerald Steinberg discusses Adalah’s involvement in the promotion of BDS through a Movement for Black Lives document, and the NIF’s problematic funding of these campaigns.
Prof. Gerald Steinberg on i24 News
Professor Gerald M. Steinberg, i24 News, August 21, 2016
Gerald Steinberg discusses the recent leak of documents from Open Society Foundations, which show the anti-Israel bias of the organization through its funding of highly politicized NGOs active in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Can the Lutheran Church in America Shun Its Antisemitic Roots?
Ron Jontof-Hutter, Algemeiner, August 21, 2016
Knesset Website, August 17, 2016
Ron Jontof-Hutter, Jewish Journal, Aug 17, 2016
Jewish students being attacked on US campuses need Israel’s help’
Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post, August 16, 2015
Hacked George Soros documents detail plans to fight Israel’s ‘racist’ policies
Ron Kampeas, The Times of Israel, August 15, 2016
DC Leaks Publishes Soros’ Files Showing Millions Contributed to Anti-Israel Causes
David Israel, Jewish Press, 14/8/2016
How US states can promote Israeli-Palestinian peace
Benjamin Weinthal and Asaf Romirowsky, The Hill, August 8, 2016
Questions on Adalah, BDS and Movement for Black Lives Platform
NGO Monitor, August 04, 2016
Adalah, an NIF- and EU-funded organization, promotes BDS in a publication put out by members of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Analysis of NIF 2015 Funding for 25 Political Advocacy NGOs
NGO Monitor, August 01, 2016
Analysis of NIF grants to 25 political advocacy NGOs active in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Senate Report Highlights Absence of Oversight in NGO Funding
NGO Monitor, July 13, 2016
The findings of a Senate report detailing the use of resources developed with State Department funding to advance political campaigns in Israel highlight the need for greater oversight in US funding of political advocacy NGOs.
The BDS Groups Behind a Congressional Letter on Palestinian Children
NGO Monitor, July 12, 2016
Presbyterians Continue to Favor Divestment Over Peacemaking
NGO Monitor, June 21, 2016
Morality Wins, BDS Loses at 2016 Methodist Conference
NGO Monitor, June 07, 2016
Amnesty International USA Teams Up with Leading BDS Groups- Again
Robin Joshowitz, NGO Monitor, June 06, 2016
[Opinion] Dalit Baum and BDS: Corporate Social Irresponsibility
Robin Joshowitz, JNS, May 24, 2016
Robin Joshowitz argues that Dalit Baum and other activists in BDS campaigns inadvertently highlight the hypocrisy of BDS in their discriminatory targeting of Israel and companies that do business with or in Israel.
Uncovering the Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) Funding Network
NGO Monitor, May 01, 2016
Jewish Voice for Peace, a US-based organization that refers to itself as the “Jewish wing” of the Palestinian solidarity movement, is completely non-transparent about its funding sources. NGO Monitor research has indentified a sizable portion of its funding, from private foundations and trusts.
Meet Ben & Jerry’s Latest Flavor: Delicious Irony
Robin Joshowitz, Times of Israel, April 17, 2016
Initial Analysis of US State Department Israel 2015 Human Rights Report
NGO Monitor, April 14, 2016
Yes, Goldman Sachs Funds Hebron’s Settlers. And Charles Schwab Is Funding BDS
Naftali Balanson, Haaretz, April 13, 2016
BDS Groups Encourage Congress to Curb Aid to Israel
NGO Monitor, March 31, 2016
Desperate Lies from BDS Supporters in the United States
NGO Monitor, March 29, 2016
Rockefeller Brothers Funding of BDS Groups Exposed in the Daily News
NGO Monitor, March 28, 2016
[Opinion] Dalit Baum and BDS: Corporate Social Irresponsibility
Robin Joshowitz, JNS, May 24, 2016
Robin Joshowitz argues that Dalit Baum and other activists in BDS campaigns inadvertently highlight the hypocrisy of BDS in their discriminatory targeting of Israel and companies that do business with or in Israel.
Milbank- Harvard SJP Funding Affair: Update
NGO Monitor, March 07, 2016
Yona Schiffmiller, Israel Hayom, March 06, 2016
Yona Schiffmiller describes how BDS is expanding in the United States, infiltrating college campuses and being linked to various internal American issues, completely detached from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Presbyterian Church USA’s New Document Promotes BDS, Distorts Conflict
NGO Monitor, March 01, 2016
[Opinion] Did Rockefeller Money Pay for an Expensive Anti-Israel Campaign?
Yona Schiffmiller, The Tower, February 17, 2016
Yona Schiffmiller demonstrates how Rockefeller Brothers Fund, contrary to its stated goal of promoting peace, funds highly politicized, anti-Israel groups, such as Jewish Voice for Peace and Zochrot.
Letter to the Editor of the LA Jewish Journal
NGO Monitor, February 07, 2016
What They Dont Tell You: Answers to Questions about Breaking the Silence and the NIF
NGO Monitor, February 02, 2016
Research Note: NGO Involvement in US Product Labeling “Reminder”
NGO Monitor, February 02, 2016
Human Rights Watch and CodePink were involved in lobbying campaigns leading up to the United States’ statement reiterating its regulations for labeling goods produced in the West Bank and Gaza.
[Opinion] Why Israel is Frustrated with American Jewish Leaders
Professor Gerald M. Steinberg, The Jewish Week, January 27, 2016
Los Angeles Times NGO Fact-Check Failures and the Propaganda War vs. Israel
NGO Monitor, January 11, 2016
Los Angeles Times NGO Fact-Check Failures and the Propaganda War vs. Israel
NGO Monitor, January 11, 2016
Research Note: Comparing EU funding for political NGOs in the United States and Israel
NGO Monitor, January 07, 2016
According to NGO Monitor research, data clearly expose the false EU claim that the funding for Israeli political NGOs is not unique or disproportionate in comparison to the United States
Letter to the Editor of the LA Times Regarding Rebecca Vilkomerson Op-ed
NGO Monitor, January 07, 2016
