Current and Former NGO Employees Arrested as Part of PFLP-Terror Cell

On December 19, 2019, the Israel Security Agency (Shabak) announced it had uncovered a 50-person terror network, operated in the West Bank by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) – a designated terrorist organization in the EU, the US, Canada, and Israel. The statement named several leading PFLP figures, several of whom currently or previously worked for European funded, PFLP-linked non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

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• Khalida Jarrar
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
• Samer Arbid
• Terrorism

[Opinion] Shakir is no human rights defender

Becca Wertman analyzes how Omar Shakir, HRW's Israel/Palestine Director, has abused his platform to promote discriminatory BDS campaigns aimed at delegitimizing the Jewish State.

Topics

• Airbnb
• BDS
• Betty McCollum
• FIFA

• Human Rights Defenders
• Omar Shakir
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
• Terrorism

UN Secretary-General Report on Children and Armed Conflict: Improvements in Documenting Palestinian Abuses

On July 26, 2019, the United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) published the 2018 report on Children and Armed Conflict. Despite intensive lobbying by NGOs over the past few years, the IDF was not included in the Annex of “grave violators” of child’s rights.

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• 2018 Gaza Border Violence
• BDS
• Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC)
• IDF
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

• UN CAAC Blacklist
• UNICEF
• United Nations
• Watchlist

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)

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.

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• Antisemitism
• BDS
• Demonization
• Germany

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

UNICEF-oPt Continues its Partnership with Terror-Tied Groups and other Disturbing Developments

NGO Monitor has documented numerous concerns regarding UNICEF-oPt, stemming primarily from its relationship with highly partisan non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

Topics

• Antisemitism
• Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC)
• Gaza
• Hamas
• No Way to Treat a Child

• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
• Terrorism
• UNICEF
• United Nations

Swiss Funding for NGOs Engaged in Lawfare Campaigns Against Israel

Contracts related to these grants detail activities previously carried out or planned by the NGOs include campaigning for the release of convicted murderers, international and legal attacks against Israel, and promoting incitement that makes the stated objective of “lasting peace” less attainable.

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• European Funding
• Foreign Government Funding
• Lawfare
• Transparency

[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

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.

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

The UN-NGO Connection: Update on UNICEF-oPt Developments

Throughout 2018, NGO Monitor documented numerous concerns regarding UNICEF-oPt (UNICEF’s branch in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza) stemming primarily from its relationship with highly partisan non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

Topics

• Children
• Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC)
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
• UNICEF
• United Nations