Amnesty International's Goldstone Campaign, with a review of statements from other NGOs

Amnesty International has issued 15 statements in support of the Goldstone Mission. Members of the commission and its staff have conflicts of interest involving Amnesty. Diakonia, Trocaire, Amnesty-Europe, FIDH, Adalah, PCHR, and Al Haq have used the Goldstone report to bolster their calls for war crimes cases. Palestinian NGOs press release calling on states to re-evaluate their relationship with Israel. BTselem condemned the Israeli government for not cooperating with the Goldstone mission and provided assistance to the investigative staff.

Topics

• Goldstone Report
• UN Human Rights Council (HRC)

Made in Europe: How government funded NGOs shaped the Goldstone report

The Goldstone report is primarily based on statements, publications, and submissions from highly politicized and biased NGOs, many of which are funded by European governments. Beyond adopting the flawed methodologies and false claims, the funding provided for these NGOs links European governments to the Goldstone report, and its contribution to anti-Israel demonization. European-funded groups PCHR, Al Mezan, Al Haq, and Adalah are also at the forefront of the lawfare campaigns that abuse the universal jurisdiction provisions in the legal codes of a number of Western countries using allegations of war crimes.

Topics

• Goldstone Report
• UN Human Rights Council (HRC)

House of Cards: NGOs and the Goldstone Report

Goldstone relies on statements, publications, and submissions from highly politicized and biased NGOs. This is inconsistent with the claim to have conducted a fact finding mission. By adopting the flawed methodologies, false claims, and distortions of international law from the NGOs, Goldstone renders his entire report and its conclusions invalid. The report includes more than 500 direct citations from NGOs that lack credibility. Goldstone and other members of the commission have conflicts of interest involving close links to HRW, Amnesty International, PCHR.

Topics

• Distortions
• Goldstone Report
• UN Human Rights Council (HRC)

Durban 2001 chief praised by Obama; anti-Israel legacy ignored by NIF grantees

Topics

• Antisemitism
• Durban

HRW's Credibility Gap: 14 Versions of the Abed Rabbo "White Flags" Incident

Topics

• Demonization
• IDF

B'tselem and PCHR Reports on Gaza War Casualties are not Credible

Topics

• 2009 Gaza War
• Civilian Casualties
• Goldstone Report
• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) guidelines
• Lund-London Guidelines
• pseudo-investigation

Diakonia: An Analysis of Activities in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Diakonia is Swedens largest humanitarian NGO, receiving most of its budget from the Swedish government. Some of the organizations programs appear to be genuine and important humanitarian projects. Diakonias Civil Society and International Humanitarian Law (IHL) programs overtly promote the Palestinian narrative, and fuel the conflict. Attributes structural problems in the conflict solely to the continuing of the occupation, the building of the Wall, and the fragmentation of the Palestinian territory. The IHL website promotes a so-called right to resist and delegitimizes Israels right to self defense.

Topics

• Apartheid Rhetoric
• Human Rights
• International Humanitarian Law
• Lawfare

B'Tselem adopts problematic Red Cross guidelines on illegal combatants

Topics

• 2009 Gaza War
• Demonization
• Distortions of International Law
• Hamas
• Red Cross

HRW to Participate in anti-Israel UN Question of Palestine Event

Topics

• Lawfare
• United Nations

Israeli NGOs join campaign against EU-upgrade

Topics

• United Nations
• War crimes