NGO Legislation: Factsheet on Government Funding
With increased attention being given to the issue in the Knesset, NGO Monitor provides analysis on funding for Israeli NGOs from foreign governments.
Publications: | Reports, Books, Academic Publications, Submissions, Resource Pages |
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Other Content Types: | Press Releases, In The Media, Presentations, Posts, , Key Issues |
NGOs: | HaMoked - Center for the Defense of the Individual |
Start date: | 1 Jan 1988 |
End date: | 21 Feb 2018 |
With increased attention being given to the issue in the Knesset, NGO Monitor provides analysis on funding for Israeli NGOs from foreign governments.
As in previous years, NGO Monitor has analyzed the 2014 financial reports of the New Israel Fund, detailing grants provided to a wide variety of Israeli NGOs active in political campaigns against Israel, including BDS, lawfare and demonization.
The 2014 Annual Report of the IHL Secretariat brings to light the fundamental problems with its funding mechanism, including support for political warfare against Israel and very limited focus on alleged violations by Palestinians.
The report of the Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza War extensively quotes biased and unreliable political advocacy NGOs, many of which receive funding from the Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Secretariat, a joint funding mechanism of Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.
The report of the Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza War extensively quotes EU-funded political advocacy NGOs that lack credibility and do not employ professional fact-finding standards.
The EUs dependence on a very narrow group of political advocacy NGOs results in ill-informed and counter-productive policies, discredits EU policy making, and calls into question European officials interactions with radical NGOs.
Transparency regarding government funding for NGOs transcends partisan ideology, and is essential for ensuring the values of democracy and accountability.
The EUs unreserved reliance on NGO statements reflects its dysfunctional policy-making process towards Israel, which is characterized by major flaws in its assessment and understanding of Israeli society.