NGO Campaigns for Ahed Tamimi, and Against the Rights of Children

A number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have been participating in a campaign celebrating and defending Tamimi. Despite the video evidence, they insist that Israel has no grounds for trying and imprisoning her. Although these NGOs claim to promote human rights and the rule of law generally, and protect the rights of children specifically, in Ahed Tamimi’s case they ignore the exploitation and recruitment of children as “soldiers” in a propaganda war against Israel.

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• Ahed Tamimi

Main Points in the UN High Commissioner’s Report on “BDS Blacklist”

In advance of the 37th Council session (February 26 - March 23, 2018), the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has released a report on the “BDS blacklist” of companies that do business with Israelis over the 1949 Armistice Line. The report, submitted by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, provides important details on the flawed process and the difficulties inherent in creating a list of companies to be targeted by this form of BDS.

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• BDS
• UN BDS Blacklist
• United Nations

Statement on UN Blacklist Delay

NGOs, including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and Al Haq, have been advocating for a discriminatory blacklist for many years to advance a BDS agenda. However, this does nothing to further human rights, and the UN should not devote further resources to this charade.

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• BDS
• UN BDS Blacklist
• United Nations

[Opinion] Human Rights Watch: Superficiality in the Service of Violence

Should a 16-year old minor, indicted for three counts of assault, slingshotting stones at law enforcement officers, and calling for the commission of terrorist attacks including suicide bombings, be released on bail?

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• Ahed Tamimi
• Bill Van Esveld
• Gaby Lasky

[Opinion] #NOWAYTOTREATACHILD: A CYNICAL CAMPAIGN TO MANIPULATE PALESTINIAN CHILDREN

In a video that has gone viral, a young Palestinian approaches two Israeli soldiers. She hits, prods and slaps them. She is trying to provoke a reaction that will be caught on camera and show the ugly violence of the Israeli army. The soldiers respond with professionalism and restraint, and ignore her attack.

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• Ahed Tamim
• BDS
• Betty McCollum
• Ken Roth

• No Way to Treat a Child
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
• United Nations
• War Child Holland

Al Jazeera Joins the Anti-Israel Child Campaign

On December 15, 2017, AJ+ – part of the Al Jazeera network – posted a video on its Twitter, that was also widely disseminated in an offensive tweet by Human Rights Watch Executive Director Ken Roth, alleging that Israel “systematically harasses and abuses Palestinian kids.” The video parrots blatantly false and/or misleading claims by non-governmental organization (NGO) regarding Israel’s treatment of Palestinian minors, and goes so far as to claim that Israel has no reason to arrest minors (0:27) – regardless of the fact that some minors are perpetrators of violent terror attacks, including murder.

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• AJ+
• Al Jazeera
• Bill Van Esveld
• Children
• Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC)
• Human Rights

• Human Rights Law
• Ken Roth
• Media Bias
• No Way to Treat a Child
• UNICEF
• UNRWA

Human Right Watch Targets Israeli Banks for Economic Warfare

As part of its ongoing BDS campaign against Israel, Human Rights Watch published a report and press release targeting Israel banks. This represents HRW’s third major BDS initiative in 2017 alone.

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• BDS
• Omar Shakir
• UN BDS Blacklist

UN CEIRPP “50 Years of Occupation” Event: BDS, Antisemitism, and Demonization

On June 29-30, 2017, the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) held a forum to “mark fifty years of Israeli occupation.” As anticipated, the event “Ending the Occupation: Creating the Space for Human Rights, Development and a Just Peace,” featured antisemitic rhetoric, calls for BDS (boycott, divestment, and sanctions), and demonization campaigns against Israel’s existence.

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• BDS
• Dalit Baum
• Hagai El-Ad
• Omar Shakir
• United Nations

Watchlist: Human Rights Watch Leads Effort to Promote Impunity for Palestinian Terrorists

HRW was one of a number of NGOs that set the agenda for a Policy Note published by Watchlist, urging the UN Secretary General to add Israel to the list of "parties known to commit grave violations against children." The publication lacks methodology and evidence, and promotes impunity for Palestinian terror groups.

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• Hamas
• Human Rights Watch
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
• United Nations
• Watchlist

“United Nations Forum to Mark Fifty Years of Occupation:” What to Expect

The speakers and their organizations that are scheduled to speak at a UN CEIRPP conference on June 30 have long-standing pro-BDS, lawfare, and ‘48 agendas.

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• BDS
• Demonization
• Diana Buttu
• United Nations