European NGO Funding Promotes Conflict in Hebron
The Hebron Restoration Committee (HRC), which is funded by a number of European, mainly Scandinavian, funders, perpetuates hatred and violence in the region.
The Hebron Restoration Committee (HRC), which is funded by a number of European, mainly Scandinavian, funders, perpetuates hatred and violence in the region.
The Ford Foundation has made a commitment to review funding for NGOs and to halt support for those that exploit human rights and humanitarian claims in order to engage in demonization of Israel. Fords implemention of these promises is being monitored closely.
HRWs credibility is in serious doubt on two grounds. First, officials such as Roth consistently fail to state their criteria for using complex terms from international law such as proportionality. The absence of criteria suggests a dominant political agenda. Second, HRWs policy statements...
Alternatives has won generous funding from the Canadian government on the basis of its human rights principles that meets the needs and responds to the demands of progressive Canadians but its domestic and foreign activities reveal a highly inaccurate ideological agenda to undermine Israel.
Amnesty International and EMHRN issued condemnations of the January 29 Jerusalem bus bombing, in strong contrast to many other major international and Palestinian NGOs. The silence from the other human-rights based NGOs illustrates the serious questions that have been raised about their adherence to an unbiased and universal agenda.
HIC provides another example of how the Ford Foundation and European funding bodies support highly politicized human rights NGOs. HIC engages in inaccurate reporting to further the campaign to demonize Israel. This article highlights HICs assertion that "Israels legal structure guarantees institutional racism".
We survey several childrens NGOs revealing how many blend politics and ideology into human rights but how one maintains universal human rights standards and avoids politicization. While it may be difficult for Palestinian childrens NGOs to maintain neutrality in a politically charged environment, Zeina has illustrated that such conduct is possible.
USAID has added new guidelines to the standard grant application, Certification Regarding Terrorist Financing, binding signatories not to promote or engage in violence, terrorism, bigotry or the destruction of any state. The largest Palestinian NGO network, consisting of 92 NGOs bitterly opposes this move and refuses to sign.