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] Palestinian Children Are The Child Soldiers No One Is Talking About

Professor Gerald Steinberg describes how international organizations are using Palestinian children such as Ahed Tamimi to wage a propaganda battle against Israel.

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• Ahed Tamimi
• No Way to Treat a Child
• UNICEF

European Parliament Event - Propaganda-Based Advocacy for Israel’s Isolation

The European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with Palestine held a conference, “Fifty Years of Occupation and Counting: Is it time for a new EU Policy on the Middle East Peace Process?” The conference featured politicians, academics, and NGO officials advocating Israel’s isolation and calling on the European Union and other countries to increase international pressure and to impose sanctions on Israel. None of the speakers advocated for dialogue and/or negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis.

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• 1993 Oslo Accords
• Apartheid Rhetoric
• BDS
• Bibi Netanyahu
• UN Security Council
• UN Special Rapporteur

The NGOs that Wrote McCollum’s Legislation on Children’s Rights

NGO Monitor research reveals that the NGO involvement in Congresswoman McCollum's legislation runs more deeply than endorsement from BDS NGOs. The entirety of the proposed bill is premised on factually inaccurate claims from anti-Israel advocacy NGOs, including direct quotes from DCIP’s “No Way to Treat a Child” 2016 report and website.

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• BDS
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

Congressional Propaganda Campaign Exploits Palestinian Children

Legislation ostensibly addressing Israel and children’s rights, introduced in Congress yesterday by Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN), is the latest BDS strategy to demonize and impose sanctions on Israel, notes Jerusalem-based research institute NGO Monitor.

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

NGO Monitor Submission to Foreign Affairs Committee Inquiry into UK’s policy towards the Middle East Peace Process

NGO Monitor's submission highlights the impact of NGOs that lobby and attempt to exert influence based on ideological agendas that are detrimental or even explicitly opposed to longstanding, fundamental elements of British foreign policy.

[Opinion] Amnesty International's Annual Report: Empty Slogans and Zero Evidence

Gerald Steinberg analyzes claims made in Amnesty International's recent 2016/7 report, illustrating how they lack sources of evidence and validity. The report is just one example of the group's biased stance, stringing together ideological slogans, unsupported accusations, and blanket allegations instead of conducting research to add to the state of human rights in the world today.

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• Biases
• Disproportionate Focus

[Opinion] The need to regulate the lucrative 'war crimes' industry

Gerald Steinberg outlines the issues within the "war crimes" industry, calling for greater oversight and oversight.

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• 2009 Goldstone Report
• Richard Goldstone

Document Prepared for Knesset Meeting on British Parliament Action Against Antisemitism and Hate Crimes

NGO Monitor prepared a document for Knesset Members and British Parliamentarians for a meeting discussing Antisemitism and Hate Crimes.