Behind the ICC Prosecutor’s Narrative: The NGOs that Pushed the “Starvation” Libel in October

On May 20, 2024, International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan announced that he was pursuing arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant. Khan alleged that both “bear criminal responsibility” for the war crime of “starvation of civilians as a method of warfare.” Many anti-Israel NGOs initiated the “starvation as a weapon” narrative immediately following Hamas’ brutal assault on October 7.

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• International Criminal Court (ICC)
• October 7 Hamas Atrocity: NGOs and the Gaza War

PFLP and Samidoun on American College Campuses

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) – which participated in the October 7th atrocities and is designated as a terrorist group by the US, Canada, the EU, and Israel – has had a strong presence at encampments, demonstrations, and riots on American college campuses. In addition, Samidoun, an NGO designated by Israel as a terrorist group and a “subsidiary” of the PFLP, can be seen on posters promoting the PFLP, and its officials have preached “resistance” (code for terrorism) at campus events

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• Campuses
• October 7 Hamas Atrocity: NGOs and the Gaza War
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

The NGO Network Orchestrating Antisemitic Incitement on American Campuses

The exponential rise in antisemitic violence, incitement, intimidation, and harassment on and around campuses in the United States is tightly coordinated and well-funded by a network of radical and often antisemitic non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

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• Antisemitism
• BDS
• Campuses
• October 7 Hamas Atrocity: NGOs and the Gaza War

NGOs and UN Agencies Funded Through UN OCHA-oPt’s Billion-Dollar “Flash Appeal” on “Hostilities in Gaza and Israel”

On October 12, 2023, UN OCHA-oPt launched the “OPT Flash Appeal,” seeking $294 million “to address the most urgent needs of 1,260,000 people in the Gaza Strip (Gaza) and the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, for three months.”

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• Humanitarian Aid
• October 7 Hamas Atrocity: NGOs and the Gaza War
• United Nations
• UNOCHA

EU-Supported Palestinian NGOs and the October 7th Hamas Massacre

Publicly available information shows that at least nine Palestinian NGOs, recipients of millions of euros of EU taxpayer funds, have justified and celebrated the October 7th terror attacks, or denied the atrocities.

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• European Union
• October 7 Hamas Atrocity: NGOs and the Gaza War

Analysis of the Human Rights Watch/Oxfam Allegations of "Israeli Forces' Conduct in Gaza"

In March 2024, HRW and Oxfam submitted a report to the Biden Administration regarding Israeli forces' conduct in Gaza.

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• Gaza
• Hamas
• Methodology
• October 7 Hamas Atrocity: NGOs and the Gaza War

Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) and Expanding US Lawfare

DAWN has consistently exploited legal frameworks in seeking the issuance of arrest warrants against Israelis by lobbying the International Criminal Court (ICC), the United States government, and the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Additionally, a number of DAWN officials, including board members, have ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and have voiced support for the Hamas terrorist group.

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• International Court of Justice (ICJ)
• International Criminal Court (ICC)
• Lawfare
• Muslim Brotherhood
• October 7 Hamas Atrocity: NGOs and the Gaza War

Selective Oversight: Sweden’s NGO Review Found No Terror Support Because They Didn’t Look

Following the October 7th Hamas massacre, the Swedish government commissioned a review of its funding for Palestinians, whitewashing Sweden-funded Palestinian NGOs that justified and celebrated the October 7th attacks, denied Hamas’ atrocities, and continued to advance antisemitism.

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• Antisemitism
• Hamas
• October 7 Hamas Atrocity: NGOs and the Gaza War
• Sweden

Dutch Court Blindly Adopts NGO Claims on Gaza

On February 12, 2024, the Dutch Court of Appeal ruled that the Netherlands must cease transfer of US-owned F-35 fighter jet components to Israel. The appeal was initiated by four pro-BDS NGOs – Oxfam Novib, PAX, Rights Forum, and Amnesty International – which had sued the Dutch government to stop the transfers and had lost in District Court.

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• Lawfare
• October 7 Hamas Atrocity: NGOs and the Gaza War

German Funding in Light of the October 7 Massacre

NGOs funded through German development programs (Entwicklungshilfe) with the stated aim to promote “human rights” and “international law” have failed to condemn these blatant violations of human rights and humanitarian principles.

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• Germany
• International Court of Justice (ICJ)
• NGOs
• October 7 Hamas Atrocity: NGOs and the Gaza War

• Raji Sourani
• Shawan Jabarin
• Terrorism