Trócaire: Misdirected Catholic Aid from Ireland Fuels Conflict

Trcaire is the official overseas development agency of the Catholic Church in Ireland. Funders include Irish Aid (Government of Ireland). Its programs reflect a one-sided agenda, including the "campaign on the illegal Wall" and its reporting on Gaza. Partners include Badil, PCHR, Zochrot, and Medical Aid for Palestinians. During the Gaza operation, Trcaire called for "the suspension of EU-Israel Association Agreement." Officials accuse Israel of "systematic oppression and domination by one racial group over another to maintain a regime."

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• 2009 Gaza War
• Biases
• Christmas
• Church Funding

• Disproportionate Focus
• Human Rights
• Nakba Rhetoric

Durban Review Update: Currently, Insufficient funding for NGO participation

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• 2009 Durban Review Conference
• 2009 Gaza War
• Right of Return
• United Nations

The NGO Front in the Gaza War: Compilation of NGO statements

A compilation of over 500 statements by 52 NGOs on "Operation Cast Lead" (December 27, 2008 - January 29, 2009).

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• 2009 Gaza War
• Demonization
• War crimes

The NGO Front in the Gaza War: The Durban Strategy Continues

Topics

• 2009 Gaza War
• Durban
• Human Rights Law
• International Humanitarian Law
• International NGOs

• Israeli NGOs
• Lawfare
• Oxfam
• UN Human Rights Council (HRC)
• War crimes

EU and NIF-funded NGOs Lead Condemnations in Gaza Conflict

[UPDATED] Following the pattern in previous conflicts, a number of NGOs immediately issued condemnations of Israel following the IDF response to increasing deadly rocket attacks from Gaza. Many of these statements reflect bias and double standards, and ignore or give little attention to Israeli human rights and casualties. NGOs exploit legal terminology, including terms such as "war crimes," "collective punishment," and "indiscriminate attacks." Some use the fighting in Gaza to repeat calls for boycotts and sanctions as part of the Durban strategy, and accuse Israel of perpetrating a "massacre."

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• 2009 Gaza War
• Demonization
• Double Standards
• Moral equivalency

NGOs and Durban Demonization at UN Human Rights Review of Israel

As predicted by NGO Monitor, the majority of NGO submissions to the UN's UPR of Israel ignore human rights issues facing Israelis and areas where Israel is a leader in this field, while grossly distorting the humanitarian, human rights and international legal dimensions of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Nord-Sud XXI, Ittijah, Badil, and PGAAWC exploit human rights terminology and employ inflammatory rhetoric against Israel. Adalah, Amnesty, and others attribute "racist" motives to Israeli policies, instead of acknowledging that these are legitimate responses to Palestinian violence against Israeli civilians.

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• Demonization
• Distortions of International Law
• Double Standards
• Durban
• Lack of Evidence

• Methodology
• UN Human Rights Council (HRC)
• United Nations
• War crimes

Focus: Spanish NGOs Join Palestinians and AIC in Boycott conference

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• BDS
• Demonization

Durban 2009 NGO Update: Pressing for another disastrous NGO Forum

Topics

• 2009 Durban Review Conference
• Durban
• NGO Forum of the UN

Durban Review PrepCom: Will NGOs Lead a Repeat of the 2001 Catastrophe?

A Durban Review Conference preparatory meeting was held in Geneva on Oct. 6-17. NGO participation was divided, with some opposing a repetition of the antisemitism of the 2001 conference. Other NGOs pressed the anti-Israel and anti-Western agenda of the "Durban strategy." BADIL and MRAP condemned Israel. Unofficial meetings of NGO representatives about a potential NGO Forum included antisemitic and anti-Israel attacks against Jewish representatives.

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• 2009 Durban Review Conference
• Antisemitism
• Demonization
• Durban
• United Nations

NGO Monitors Submission to the United Nations Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Israel December 2008

In anticipation of the United Nations Human Rights Councils Universal Periodic Review of Israel, scheduled for December 2008, NGO Monitor prepared a submission highlighting problematic NGO activity vis--vis human rights in Israel.

Topics

• International Humanitarian Law
• Right to Life
• Right to Self Defense
• Right to Self Determination
• UN Human Rights Council (HRC)

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
• Universal Human Rights
• Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
• UPR