Bias in ICC Prosecutor Bensouda’s Meetings and Citations

In deciding to pursue an investigation of Israel, International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda met with a number of terror-tied organizations and groups promoting demonization campaigns targeting Israel. These non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are also cited in various ICC documents related to the investigation. It appears that Bensouda exclusively met and replied upon groups representing the Palestinian narrative, which is reflected in the significant bias in her analysis.

Topics

• 2010 Gaza flotilla
• Delegitimization
• Disproportionate condemnations
• Fatou Bensouda
• IHRA

• International Criminal Court (ICC)
• Iran
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
• Qatar
• Terrorism

• UN Human Rights Council (HRC)
• UNHRC
• War crimes

Analysis: CERD Concluding Observations on Israel

On December 16, 2019, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) published its concluding observations from its review of the State of Israel. Unsurprisingly, the Concluding Observations parrot unverified and false claims by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) active in antisemitism, BDS (boycott, divestment, and sanctions), and other delegitimization campaigns against Israel.

Topics

• Antisemitism
• BDS
• Blockade
• CERD
• Delegitimization

• Demonization
• Hamas
• Palestinian Authority
• Racism
• United Nations

Terror-linked and boycott promoting NGOs behind potential ICC investigation

On December 20, 2019, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Fatou Bensouda announced that she intends to investigate alleged war crimes in the “State of Palestine.” This move is to a significant degree the product of consistent and heavy lobbying of the ICC for over a decade by NGOs.

Topics

• 2009 Gaza War
• 2014 Gaza War
• BDS
• International Criminal Court (ICC)
• Khalida Jarrar

• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
• Samer Arbid
• Shawan Jabarin
• Terrorism

Submission to the 100th Session of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

NGO Monitor's submission focuses on Israel’s adherence to the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD). NGO Monitor beleives it is important to provide the Committee with certain contextual information that is necessary in order to conduct a credible and productive review.

Topics

• Balfour Declaration
• BDS
• CERD
• Gaza
• IHRA
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

• Racism
• Right to Self Determination
• Terrorism
• United Nations
• West Bank
• Zionism is racism

[Opinion] A Taste of Their Own Medicine at the UN

Professor Gerald M Steinberg discusses the UN's International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD).

Topics

• Antisemitism
• BDS
• CERD
• Demonization
• Incitement

• Palestinian Authority
• UN Human Rights Council (HRC)
• UNHRC
• United Nations

NGO Sponsorship and Involvement in Reps. Tlaib and Omar Trip to Israel/West Bank

Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s spokesperson confirmed that the Forum for Cultural Engagement (FCE) would be sponsoring Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar’s August 2019 trip to Israel and the West Bank.

Topics

• Apartheid Rhetoric
• BDS
• Congress
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

• Shawan Jabarin
• United States
• US Congress

NGO Condemnations of German Efforts to Combat Antisemitism

On May 17, 2019, the German Bundestag passed a landmark resolution affirming BDS (boycott, divestment, and sanctions) campaigns against Israel as antisemitic. Despite this multi-partisan support, a number of politicized non-governmental organizations (NGOs) – in particular those that benefit from German government funding and from other European countries –condemned the motion.

Topics

• Antisemitism
• BDS
• Germany
• IHRA
• Kairos Palestine
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

Palestine Expo 2019's Promotion of BDS and Hatred

On July 6-7 2019, the Palestine Expo conference and exhibition was held at the London Olympia convention center in the United Kingdom. The event served as a platform for organizers and participants to espouse anti-Israel rhetoric, antisemitism, and promote BDS (boycott, divestment, and sanctions) as well as demonization and delegitimization campaigns

Topics

• Antisemitism
• Balfour Declaration
• BDS
• Hamas
• Holocaust Rhetoric

• Interpal
• Lawfare
• Lobbying
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
• United Kingdom

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

[Opinion] Can Canada Help Fix the UN's Human Rights Disaster?

Professor Gerald M. Steinberg discusses how Canada is vital in providing a new agenda for the UN.

Topics

• 2018 Gaza Border Violence
• BDS
• Canada
• Gaza
• UNHRC
• United Nations