NGO Monitor widely quoted on US State Department's use of NGO sources
"State Department Parroting NGOs"
By Yaakov Lapin, Ynetnews
The recent report released by the US State Department – which contains criticism of Israel’s treatment of Palestinian security prisoners – merely parrots allegations made by biased non-governmental organizations (NGOs) …. Professor Gerald Stenberg, Executive Director of NGO Monitor , said in a statement that "many of the claims in the chapters on
"In another example, the authors of the State Department report reflect sympathy with atomic spy Mordechai Vanunnu, by incorrectly referring to him as a ‘whistleblower’ – adopting the term used by Amnesty International and other political NGOs. A ‘whistleblower’ reveals illegal behavior by an organization, whilst Vannunu violated Israeli law and endangered national security." Steinberg said. "The US State Department does not consider such illegal actions by American citizens against the
"US human rights report slams Teheran"
By Hilary Leila Krieger, Jerusalem Post
"While not referring to the specific charges of torture,
He also attacked the report for not considering the "context of terrorism" for some of the Israeli government decisions noted in the document, such as the law prohibiting Palestinians from joining their spouses in