Palestinian NGOs Reject EU’s Anti-terror Funding Requirement

During a December 20, 2019 meeting with EU officials, representatives from PNGO “refused to sign an EU grant request which stipulates among its criteria that beneficiaries must refuse to transfer any EU aid given to terrorist groups or entities." On December 30, multiple Palestinian NGOs, including PNGO members, launched a “Palestinian National Campaign to Reject Conditional Funding." which justifies the use of violence and claims that the “Palestinian resistance factions are not terrorist organizations,”

Topics

• Antisemitism
• BDS
• Dalal Mughrabi
• EU Funding

• European Union
• NGO Code of Conduct
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
• Terrorism

Germany Declares: BDS is Antisemitic

On May 17, 2019, the German Bundestag passed a landmark resolution defining BDS (boycott, divestment, and sanctions) campaigns against Israel as antisemitic.

Topics

• Antisemitism
• BDS
• Demonization
• Germany

• IHRA
• Kairos Palestine Document
• Lawfare
• One state solution

German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) Funds Palestinian Terror-Linked Groups and NGOs Promoting Hatred

The German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) funding is channeled to groups with ties to terror groups, that spread antisemitism, and that promote BDS (boycott, divestment, and sanctions) campaigns against Israel.

Topics

• 2018 Gaza Border Violence
• Antisemitism
• BDS
• Germany

• Hamas
• Holocaust Rhetoric
• Lack of Transparency
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

Uncivil Society: Tracking the Funders and Enablers of the Demonization of Israel

Although Palestinian officials are often portrayed as the initiators and leaders, in practice, the campaigns are largely led by officials of Western institutions, including powerful non-governmental organizations (NGOs) active in the areas of human rights, international law, peace, and other normative objectives.

Topics

• BDS
• Demonization
• Durban Strategy
• Halo Effect
• Hamas

• Jenin massacre
• Terrorism
• United Nations
• War crimes

[Opinion] UN Humanitarian Agency’s Propaganda War on Israel Continues

Professor Gerald M. Steinberg writes about UN-OCHA's propaganda war against Israel.

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• BDS
• Lawfare
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
• United Nations
• UNOCHA
• UNRWA

EU Court of Auditors Confirms: EU Does Not Know Where Its Funding for NGOs Goes

On December 18, European Court of Auditors (ECA) released a report finding a severe transparency deficiency in EU funding to Civil Society Organizations (CSOs).

Topics

• European Union
• PNGO
• Transparency
• United Nations

Civil Society Organizations: Non-Traditional Actors in the Process of Radicalization

Professor Gerald Steinberg and Olga Deutsch argue that policy makers and the international community overlook a significant impediment to deradicalization efforts within civil society, particularly in the context of providing development aid.

Topics

• Civil Society
• Foreign Government Funding
• Manal Tamimi
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
• Radicalization
• Terrorism

[Opinion] How one NGO cries wolf at the expense of Palestinians

Olga Deutsch replies to accusations by PNGO that it pressured a Brussels newspaper to "silence Palestine in EU circles."

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• PNGO

Norwegian People’s Aid Funding to Terror Affiliated NGOs

According to the US Department of Justice, NPA provided “material support” to Iran, Hamas, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) – designated terrorist organizations under US law. As a result of these partnerships, in March 2018, NPA settled a civil-fraud suit, paying a $2 million settlement to the US.

Topics

• BDS
• Dalal Mughrabi
• Fatah
• Hamas
• Human Rights

• NGO Funding
• NGO Support for Terror
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
• US Department of Justice
• USAID

[Opinion] How Int’l Aid is Shrinking Civil Space: Case of the Palestinian NGO Network

European funding for strengthening civil society should consider whether some NGO recipients may actually be contributing to shrinking civil space. At least one Palestinian organization uses control of foreign donations to enforce uniformity of thought amongst local NGOs.

Topics

• Human Rights NGOs
• International Human Rights Day
• International NGOs
• NGO Funding
• United Nations
• USAID