NGO Bias at the UN Committee Against Torture Review of Israel

Israel is scheduled to be reviewed by the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) as part of its periodic review of country compliance with the International Convention Against Torture. NGO submissions -- from Amnesty, COHRE, Adalah, Al Haq, PHR-I, and others -- invent and distort international law beyond recognition, and seek to manipulate of this UN treaty body by inserting gratuitous and false accusations regarding Israeli policies. NGOs repeat the unreliable statistics and non-credible claims of Yesh Din and BTselem. The submissions make sweeping generalizations based on limited anecdotal evidence.

Topics

• Demonization
• Durban
• Gaza
• Lack of Evidence
• United Nations

Gaza: Amnesty, Israeli NGOs highlight false allegations

Topics

• 2009 Gaza War
• Human Rights
• IDF

Betrayed by Silence: NGOs ignore Gilad Shalit's rights

Gilad Shalit is not a high priority for human rights NGOs. There is no evidence that NGOs have undertaken sustained campaigns in support of Shalits rights. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have made only infrequent references to Shalit, always in the context of condemning Israel for "war crimes," "wanton destruction," and "collective punishment." Most Israeli groups have published only one or two statements in support of Shalit.

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• Gilad Shalit
• IDF
• War crimes

Amnesty's Gaza "Report" and call for Arms Embargo: Abolishing Israel's Right to Self Defense

In a February 23, 2009 publication, Amnesty International calls on the UN Security Council to impose an arms embargo on Israel. This continues Amnestys leading role in the Durban Strategy designed to isolate Israel and prevent self-defense. Amnesty exploits the faade of a "research report" to make baseless accusations, misrepresent international humanitarian law, and promote an immoral and indefensible equivalence between Hamas and Israel. Amnesty's attempt to equate the transfer weapons to Israel for legitimate defense, with clandestinely smuggled arms to a terrorist organization, is defamatory, immoral, and absurd.

Topics

• 2009 Gaza War
• BDS
• Lack of Evidence
• Political Warfare
• United Nations
• War crimes

The NGO Front in the Gaza War

Topics

• 2009 Gaza War
• Demonization
• Lawfare

PCHR, Amnesty Lead Gaza Lawfare Claims, Ignore Hamas Crimes

Topics

• Distortions of International Law
• Hamas
• International Criminal Court (ICC)
• Lawfare
• United Nations
• War crimes

HRF: Increase in anti-Semitic attacks in Europe -- Gaza backlash

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• 2009 Gaza War
• Antisemitism
• War crimes

The NGO Front in the Gaza War: Compilation of NGO statements

A compilation of over 500 statements by 52 NGOs on "Operation Cast Lead" (December 27, 2008 - January 29, 2009).

Topics

• 2009 Gaza War
• Demonization
• War crimes

The NGO Front in the Gaza War: The Durban Strategy Continues

Topics

• 2009 Gaza War
• Durban
• Human Rights Law
• International Humanitarian Law
• International NGOs

• Israeli NGOs
• Lawfare
• Oxfam
• UN Human Rights Council (HRC)
• War crimes

The NGO Front in the Gaza War: Lawfare Against Israel

One aspect of NGO statements on the Gaza war is demands for international investigations and "lawfare". Although the vast majority of previous lawfare cases have been dismissed, the damage to public perception of Israel and Israels diplomatic relations is considerable. Reportedly, PCHR is preparing cases in six countries, targeting 87 Israelis for harassment and "dozens of arrest warrants have already been issued." Other NGOs calling for lawfare in the wake of the Gaza war include the AIC, Adalah, Amnesty, Ittijah, and HRA.

Topics

• 2009 Gaza War
• Demonization
• Lawfare