Analysis of Grants to Israeli NGOs, Annual Reports 2012-2014
A full analysis of all of the grants reported annualy by 27 Israeli NGOs in the years 2012-2014.
Political NGOs receive massive amounts of funding from governments, both directly and indirectly via aid foundations. This funding is shrouded in secrecy: donors and recipients alike often fail to report the details of such funding, decision-making processes are hidden from public scrutiny, and governments refuse to release essential documentation.
A full analysis of all of the grants reported annualy by 27 Israeli NGOs in the years 2012-2014.
NGO Monitor provides guidelines for foreign governments to consider before funding NGOs, and calls for greater transparency in the funding process.
With increased attention being given to the issue in the Knesset, NGO Monitor provides analysis on funding for Israeli NGOs from foreign governments.
Transparency regarding government funding for NGOs transcends partisan ideology, and is essential for ensuring the values of democracy and accountability.
Australian international aid is intended to to promote Australias national interests, but some funding goes to political advocacy NGOs that are active in BDS campaigns.
A government donor consortium managed by Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, and the Netherlands, provides millions of dollars to Israeli and Palestinian NGOs that engage in legal and political warfare to demonize Israel.
European governments have been attempting to change Israeli policy on contentious issues relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict by manipulating Israeli democratic processes through secretive, non-transparent means.
Transparency regarding government funding for NGOs transcends partisan ideology, and is essential for ensuring the values of democracy and accountability.
The phrase McCarthy-like, regarding demands for transparency in government funding, is entirely inappropriate. In the Israeli context, it is designed to intimidate, reflects a profound ignorance, and is itself a McCarthyite technique.
The NGO Monitor petition noted that the EU was blocking independent evaluation of its NGO funding decisions, and preventing the public from knowing whether its practices are consistent with due process of law.