NGO Transparency Law update: NGO reports to Israeli Registrar of Non-Profits in 2012
Transparency regarding government funding for NGOs transcends partisan ideology, and is essential for ensuring the values of democracy and accountability.
Publications: | Reports, Books, Academic Publications, Submissions, Resource Pages |
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Other Content Types: | Press Releases, In The Media, Presentations, Posts, , Key Issues |
NGOs: | Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) |
Start date: | 1 Jan 1988 |
End date: | 20 Apr 2021 |
Transparency regarding government funding for NGOs transcends partisan ideology, and is essential for ensuring the values of democracy and accountability.
EU officials have attempted to justify the intense secrecy by using exaggerated claims of public security and commercial interest. The only reasonable conclusion is that the EU has something to hide.
As in the past, these NGOs insinuate that Israel is guilty of war crimes and related violations, usually without providing any evidence or proof, contributing to demonization campaigns.
Irish Aid, Irelands assistance program for developing countries, funds Israeli, Palestinian, Irish, and international NGOs involved in the Arab-Israeli conflict, including many that participate in anti-Israel activities. The same is true for Trcaire, a church-based humanitarian aid framework that also receives government funds.
New funding in 2011 includes three divisive NGOs: +972 Magazine, Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity Movement, and Human Rights Defenders Fund. Support ended for Mada al-Carmel, Al-Qaws, and Coalition of Women for Peace.
The EU and Israel completed talks to increase trade and diplomatic cooperation. NGOs released statements condemning the EU for not using negotiations to sanction Israel, including calls for freezing and retracting mutually beneficial EU-Israel Association Agreement.
In the first quarter of 2012, 29 of 40 NGO projects that received foreign government funding relate to the Arab-Israeli conflict. In this time period, Norway provided 3,045,071 NIS to Israeli NGOs.
NIFs rhetoric, activities, and publications regarding Israel are often divisive and destructive, including stereotyping of minorities and critics, in contrast to NIFs claimed progressive objectives