The Goldstone "Fact Finding" Mission and the Role of Political NGOs

The Goldstone Mission chose officials from radical anti-Israel NGOs to testify including Al Haq, AIC, and the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme (GCMHP). The GCMHP representative used Nazi rhetoric. HRW has obsessively supported Goldstone, who was a member of HRWs board. The process for the selection of witnesses are completely hidden, and some including PCHR were not made public. Seven NIF-funded Israeli NGOs claimed that Israel acted punitive[ly] and deliberately and knowingly shelled civilian institutions. The Mission has violated the London-Lund guidelines, lacking objectivity, transparency, neutrality, and professionalism.

Topics

• 2014 Gaza War
• Durban
• Goldstone Report
• Lack of Transparency
• Political Warfare
• UN Human Rights Council (HRC)

EU and NIF-funded NGOs Promote Divestment Campaign in Norway

Topics

• BDS
• Elbit Systems
• Pension divestment

Lawfare Update: Al Haq's Lawfare Attempt Rejected by UK Court

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• European Funding
• Lawfare
• Shawan Jabarin

Adalah (NIF) and Al Haq (EU) press “Apartheid” rhetoric   

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• Apartheid Rhetoric
• Racism

Lawfare Update: CCR/PCHR case against Avi Dichter thrown out of court

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• Demonization
• Hamas
• Terrorism

Focus: Durban II update: NGOs advancing anti-Israel events

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• 2009 Durban Review Conference
• Apartheid Rhetoric
• Demonization
• Durban

Norwegian NGO Funding: Boycotts and Apartheid Rhetoric instead of Peace and Coexistence

Norway provides tens of millions of kroner annually to NGOs that are involved in anti-Israel boycott campaigns and the Stop the Wall Campaign in Norway. Norway also funds extreme Israeli and Palestinian groups. Norwegian Peoples Aid accuses Israel of "war crimes" and "collective punishment," and uses "apartheid" rhetoric. A NORWAC member, Dr. Mads Gilbert has engaged in radical propaganda, including justifying the 9/11 attacks and false claims on the Gaza conflict. Norwegian Church Aid is an "important affiliate" of the Stop the Wall Campaign in Norway.

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• Apartheid Rhetoric
• BDS
• War crimes

The NGO Front in the Gaza War: Debate over Palestinian Casualties

There is a growing debate over Palestinian casualty claims. While the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and the Palestinian Ministry of Health have announced that the majority of fatalities were civilians, the IDF has estimated that more than two-thirds of [the deaths] were Hamas members. PCHRs anti-Israel campaigning during war includes accusations of Israeli war crimes, crimes against humanity, human holocaust, collective punishment, indiscriminate killing and continued systematic destruction of all the Palestinian institutions and civilian facilities in the Gaza Strip.

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• 2009 Gaza War
• Demonization
• Hamas
• IDF
• Lack of Evidence
• Lawfare

Lawfare November 2008 update: PCHR and Al Haq

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• Demonization
• Lawfare
• War crimes