Amnesty Silences Human Rights, Extends Hate Campaign

Amnesty International-UK’s Human Rights Centre in London was originally scheduled to host a debate on January 24, between Hillel Neuer of UN Watch and Fred Carver of the UN Association, moderated by human rights attorney and Yahad board member Danny Friedman. A few days before the event (January 24), however, Amnesty-UK abruptly cancelled the event on the grounds that the organization was “currently campaigning for all governments around the world to ban the import of goods produced in the illegal Israeli settlements.

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• Amnesty-UK’s Human Rights Action Centre
• Antisemitism
• BDS
• Demonization
• Human Rights

• Labour Friends of Palestine
• Settlements
• UN Association
• UN Watch
• United Nations

Joint funding from Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, and the Netherlands ends, cutting $20 million over 4 years

In December 2017, the Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Secretariat ceased support and funding for NGOs.

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• Antisemitism
• BDS
• PFLP
• Secretariat

French Funding to anti-French and anti-Israel Propaganda by UJFP

In October 2017, Union Juive Française pour la Paix (UJFP) released a series of ten video clips “Paroles juives contre le racisme” (“Jewish words against racism”). The videos feature highly incendiary remarks against the State of Israel, Zionism, and France. UJFP is active in discriminatory and illegal (according to the Court of Cassation) anti-Israel BDS (boycotts, divestment, and sanctions) campaigns in France and is a member of the Platform of the French NGOs for Palestine.

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• Antisemitism
• BDS
• Demonization
• European Funding
• Foreign Government Funding

Submission to Human Rights Council on Swedish Funding for Antisemitism, BDS, Rejectionism, and Terror Affiliates

The Amuta for NGO Responsibility submitted a written statement to the UN Human Rights Council on Swedish funding to NGOs that promote antisemitism, BDS, and rejectionism; and have ties to terror.

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• Antisemitism
• BDS
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

NGO Monitor Response to DanChurchAid’s Defense

DanChurchAid's defensive and misleading response to criticism reflects a lack of due diligence in its funding of and partnerships with NGOs.

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• Antisemitism
• BDS
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
• Shawan Jabarin

[Opinion] The Swiss Parliament Pulls the Plug on BDS

Gerald Steinberg describes the important milestone reached in the passing of a Swiss motion that would cease governmental funding of NGOs that support BDS and antisemitism.

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• Antisemitism
• BDS

Christ at the Checkpoint

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• Antisemitism
• Church

IHRA Adopts New Working Definition of Antisemitism

The IHRA has adopted a new working definition of antisemitism.

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• Antisemitism

Unprecedented Increase in EU Funding to Leading Anti-Israel French NGO with Ties to the PFLP Terrorist Organization

The International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) is a French NGO that pursues a “lawfare” strategy against Israel, accuses Israel of "war crimes" and "apartheid measures," and considers anti-Israel BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) activists “human rights defenders.” Some FIDH officials have alleged ties to the PFLP terror group.

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• Antisemitism
• BDS
• Lawfare

[Opinion] The Rockefeller BDS empire, the New Israel Fund, and campus anti-Semitism

Yona Schiffmiller outlines the context of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund's grant to the NIF to conduct research on anti-semitism on campus.

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• Antisemitism
• BDS
• Campuses