NGO Campaigns Marking 50 Years since 1967 – A Compilation
A compilation of events, campaigns, statements, and lobbying efforts that have been organized by NGOs to mark 50 years since the Six Day War.
NGOs: | Breaking the Silence (Shovrim Shtika) |
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Other Content Types: | Press Releases, In The Media, Presentations, Posts, , Key Issues |
Publications: | Reports, Books, Academic Publications, Submissions, Resource Pages |
Start date: | 1 Jan 1988 |
End date: | 25 Apr 2024 |
A compilation of events, campaigns, statements, and lobbying efforts that have been organized by NGOs to mark 50 years since the Six Day War.
A book prepared in conjunction with Israeli NGO Breaking the Silence is a political project that strips away complexities to artificially present attackers and victims as equals.
Gerald Steinberg describes the recent attacks on Israel's sovereignty by states as well as NGOs, and calls upon the international community to allow Israel to make its own decisions about its policies and politics.
Millions of shekels are provided by the UK government to a number of highly politicized NGOs - some of the funding is directly granted by government agencies, and other amounts are channelled indirectly by humanitarian aid groups, ostensibly for humanitarian purposes.
Itai Reuveni was interviewed on the Knesset channel where he debated MK Haim Yelin (Yesh Atid) and MK Yousef Jabareen (Joint List) on the possibility of new legislation to ban Breaking the Silence from public schools.
NGOs have already begun to exploit the three significant anniversaries related to the Arab-Israeli conflict, which will be marked in 2017. NGO Monitor estimates that these efforts will intensify as the respective anniversaries draw near, and activists will use them to lend artificial urgency and resonance for their agendas.
Sabeel Colorado, a branch of the pro-BDS NGO Sabeel, is currently promoting its upcoming trip to Israel, which will meet with several Israeli NGOs.
Analysis of NIF grants to 25 political advocacy NGOs active in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Gerald Steinberg explains that the major issues regarding foreign government funding for powerful and politicized Israeli NGOs are not going to go away simply because Israeli legislation is passed.