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NGO Monitor Podcast: "Human Rights & Hot Coffee"
On NGO Monitor's "Human Rights and Hot Coffee" podcast, we discuss Israeli current events through the lens of human rights, international law, humanitarian aid, and international relations.
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Letter to Airbnb Re. "Listings in Disputed Regions"
On November 20, following Airbnb's announcement that it was "removing listings" in "Israeli settlements in the Occupied West Bank," NGO Monitor sent a letter to the company, asking it to clarify key aspects of its new policy.
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NGOs Disappear When Rockets Start Flying from Gaza
Most NGOs and NGO officials have completely ignored the over 400 rockets and missiles fired at Israel. The few that have commented have exclusively focused on demonizing Israel.
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B’Tselem Does Not Represent Israeli Civil Society
Bolivia’s invitation to B’Tselem to address the UN Security Council on Thursday (October 18) reflects the privileged access that certain non-governmental organizations (NGOs) receive at the United Nations. B’Tselem should not be proud of this opportunity, given Bolivia’s dismal human rights record.
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UN and Government Officials Attend Antisemitic “Artwork” Display in Khan al-Ahmar
On August 2, 2018, a number of UN and European government officials attended an event hosted by the PA’s “Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission" that included a virulently antisemitic artwork display in the Area C encampment of Khan al-Ahmar. The failure of the government and UN officials to vigorously and publically condemn this incident stands in sharp contrast to claimed human rights agendas.
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French Funded Propaganda Film Exploits Palestinian Youth
In August 2018, the Platform of French NGOs for Palestine (PFP), a French funded anti-Israeli NGO, published a documentary titled “No Kidding, Games under control" that erases any notion of Israeli security concerns, including the context of violence and terrorism, and instead disseminates multiple unverified claims.
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Medecins Sans Frontiers Staffer Opens Fire on Israeli Troops
On August 20, 2018, Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF – Doctors Without Borders) acknowledged that one of its nurses, Hani Majdalawi, opened fire on Israeli troops stationed along the Gaza border.
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UN High Commissioner Echoes Biased NGO Rhetoric
At the 390th meeting of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian on July 23, 2018, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein made many highly biased statements echoing the offensive language and false claims of politicized NGOs.
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UK House of Commons Investigates Civil Society’s Most Heinous Offenses
On July 31, 2018, the UK House of Common’s International Development Committee published its investigative report on sexual exploitation and abuse in the aid sector. The report was commissioned in February in response to highly disturbing allegations against employees of Oxfam International and “misconduct by staff involved in its humanitarian response in Haiti.”