HRW, anti-Israel Campaigns, and White Phosphorous: Condemn First, Correct (Maybe) Later

On January 10, HRW launched a public relations campaign condemning Israel for allegedly using white phosphorus weapons unlawfully in the conflict with Hamas. HRWs large budget, and its media access via the "halo effect" results in the amplification of these reports in the press and through other NGOs, without independent investigation or verification. HRWs disproportionate focus on this issue diverts attention from Hamas systematic use of human shields, its indiscriminate rocket attacks, and Irans role in fomenting the conflict.

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• Hamas
• Human Shields
• Marc Garlasco
• white phosphorus

Focus: NGOs Publish Flood of Condemnations on Gaza Fighting

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• 2009 Gaza War
• BDS
• Biases
• Double Standards
• Lack of Evidence

NGOs protest Israels refusal to admit UN Rapporteur, Richard Falk

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• Biases
• Demonization
• Joe Stork
• Richard Falk
• United Nations

War on Want and Amnesty oppose improved EU-Israel relations

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• BDS

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 intensify biased campaigns and double standards on Gaza policy

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• Demonization
• Hamas
• Terrorism

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

Amnesty-UK´s tendentious accusations against the Israeli army

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• Demonization
• Gaza
• IDF
• Kate Allen

Amnesty continues anti-Israel campaign

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• Gilad Shalit
• Hamas
• Human Rights
• Terrorism

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.

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• 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