IfNotNow
IfNotNow was founded during the 2014 Gaza War by young Jews “angered by the overwhelmingly hawkish response of American Jewish institutions” as a way to “demonstrate their resistance through the beauty of Jewish ritual.”
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Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Human Rights Watch is a powerful NGO, with a massive budget, close links to Western governments, and significant influence in international institutions. Its publications reflect the absence of professional standards, research methodologies, and military and legal expertise, as well as a deep-seated ideological bias against Israel.
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Middle East Children's Alliance (MECA)
MECA rhetoric includes accusations of “genocide,” “apartheid,” “ethnic cleansing,” and “collective punishment,” as well as supporting a Palestinian “right of return.”
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Al-Shabaka-The Palestinian Policy Network
While claiming to be a “think tank without borders,” Al Shabaka promotes BDS campaigns, a Palestinian “right of return” and features writers on its website who accuse Israel of “apartheid” and “ethnic cleansing,” without featuring alternative views.
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Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP)
Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) is a coalition of 27 national church denominations and organizations that “engages in directly [sic] advocacy and education with the U.S. Congress. The CMEP board and staff communicate with Senate and House offices on a regular basis to further the policy positions of the CMEP coalition.”
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Tides Network
Since 1976, Tides has “scaled more than 1400 social ventures, fueled social change in 120+ countries, and mobilized over $3 billion for impact.” A number of these social ventures demonize Israel, promote antisemitic rhetoric, and lead BDS campaigns.
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Palestine Legal
Palestine Legal is highly active in BDS campaigns, particularly on college and university campuses throughout the United States.
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American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
AFSC actively promotes boycotts, divestments and sanctions (BDS) campaigns against Israel and supports efforts to encourage Israeli youth to dodge the draft.
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American Muslims for Palestine (AMP)
AMP provides “advocacy training” including instruction on how to lobby politicians, and produces media and activism guidebooks, such as campus activism resources including fact-sheets, anti-normalization material, and Power Point presentations that parrot the Hamas narrative of the 2014 Israeli-Hamas conflict in Gaza, claiming that “Palestinian resistance was born out of the occupation and the siege, plain and simple.”
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Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP)
Foundation for Middle East Peace’s (FMEP) rhetoric includes accusation of “apartheid,” “collective punishment,” and “war crimes.”
