NGO Monitor at the 40th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
NGO Monitor is participating in the 40th Session of the UN Human Rights Council by presenting submissions, giving oral statements, and hosting side events.
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Episode 17: Col Richard Kemp on Gaza Border Riots
The former commander of British forces in Afghanistan, Colonel Richard Kemp, joins the podcast to discuss the UN's Commission of Inquiry into the 2018 Gaza border riots. He explains how commanders formulate rules of engagement, prepare their forces to take on terrorists embedded among civilians, and incorporate international law into their planning..
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Episode 16: Military Justice in the West Bank
The IDF's former Director of the Military Prosecution in the West Bank, Lt. Col (res.) Maurice Hirsch, walks us through the Israeli military justice system, explaining how Palestinian prisoners are treated, what legal frameworks apply, and how Israel balances the principles of due process with security needs.
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Analysis: B’Tselem Hires Radical American Campaigner
On March 5, 2019, the Israeli NGO B'Tselem announced the hiring of Simone Zimmerman to lead the group's US political operations.
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Letter to CUNYLaw Regarding its Joint UN Submission with Defense for Children International - Palestine (DCI-P)
NGO Monitor President Professor Gerald Steinberg writes a letter to CUNYLaw regarding its join UN submission with Defense for Children International - Palestine (DCI-P), an NGO closely linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
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Episode 15: NGO Monitor in Serbia
NGO Monitor's Vice President Olga Deutsch discusses her recent appearance in the Serbian parliament in Belgrade, and that country's relationship with civil society and foreign government support for local NGOs.
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Episode 14: Development Aid and Corrupt Regimes
Yona Schiffmiller interviews NGO Monitor researcher, Jamie Berk, regarding the ways in which development aid can support corrupt regimes.
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Episode 13: Hen Mazzig: What makes BDS activists tick?
How does BDS market itself in different settings around the world? NGO Monitor's Director of Research Yona Schiffmiller sits down with Israel activist Hen Mazzig to take a closer look at the ideologies, emotions, and misinformation driving anti-Israel activism at the grassroots level.
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Episode 12: Disrupting Terror Funding
This week, the Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs published a report echoing NGO Monitor's concerns regarding the affiliations and close connections between prominent Palestinian NGOs and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). In recent years, based on NGO Monitor’s findings, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Switzerland developed clear guidelines preventing funding for these NGOs. These countries also dismantled a joint funding framework that was a key source of capital for the network of PFLP-linked groups.
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Episode 11: Amnesty International's Campaign Denying Jewish History
This week Amnesty International published a new report targeting tourism to holy and historic sites in Israel and the West Bank. Amnesty's BDS campaign attacks the Western Wall, City of David, and the Cave of the Patriarchs, alleging that visitors to the sites and companies that advertise them are complicit in committing war crimes. On our latest episode, NGO Monitor exposes the antisemitism behind this campaign.