Counter-terror and soft power: NGO claims to military and legal expertise and Israeli responses

For many years, the network of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) claiming a human rights agenda has consistently sought to delegitimise Israel’s counterterrorism strategy. This phenomenon was prominent during the 2008–2009 and 2014 Gaza wars, when these groups issued hundreds of statements condemning Israel, and in campaigns calling for UN commissions of inquiry (e.g. the Goldstone and Schabas/Davis investigations) into Israeli ‘war crimes’.

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• BDS
• Commission of Inquiry
• Fact finding missions
• Goldstone Report
• Lawfare
• Schabas-Davis Report

Background on Members of UNHRC Commission of Inquiry into Gaza Riots

On July 25, 2018, the UN Human Rights Council appointed three individuals to serve as members of a Commission of Inquiry (COI) into what has been predetermined to be Israel’s “military assaults on the large-scale civilian protests” along the Gaza border.

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• Commission of Inquiry
• International Criminal Court (ICC)
• United Nations

Parliamentary Questions Related to NGO Monitor Research

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• 2014 Gaza War
• Adalah’s “Discriminatory Laws in Israel” database
• Commission of Inquiry
• EIDHR (European Instrument of Democracy and Human Rights)
• European Funding

• European Neighborhood Policy
• European Parliament
• Hamas
• NGO Monitor
• Parliamentary Question

• Partnership for Peace (PfP)
• UN Human Rights Council (HRC)
• United Nations
• William Schabas

[Opinion] How the UN Report Shot Itself and Human Rights in the Foot

Gerald Steinberg claims that the latest UNHRC report overwhelmingly relies on unreliable sources of information, including politicized NGOs and individuals who support terrorism.

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• 2014 Gaza War
• Commission of Inquiry
• Dr. Mads Gilbert
• Schabas-Davis Report
• UN Human Rights Council (HRC)
• United Nations

[Opinion] Mads Gilbert and the Theater of the Absurd

THE UNHRCs latest report includes a list of four experts, among whom is Dr. Mads Gilbert, a full-time propagandist from Norway who exploits medicine to promote hate.

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• Commission of Inquiry
• Dr. Mads Gilbert
• Schabas-Davis Report
• Terrorism

• The Lancet
• UN Human Rights Council (HRC)
• United Nations

[Opinion] Analysis: Another Outrageously Flawed Gaza Report

Gerlad Steinberg claims that the COI report on the 2014 Gaza War is written with the harsh ideological accusations of William Schabas, interspersed with the more reasonable caution of Mary McGowan Davis, as well as heavy reliance on biased and politicized NGOs with faades of expertise.

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• Commission of Inquiry
• Durban Strategy
• Hamas
• International Criminal Court (ICC)

• Schabas-Davis Report
• Terrorism
• UN Human Rights Council (HRC)
• United Nations

UN Report on Gaza: Improvement over Goldstone, but NGO Reliance Hurts Credibility

Commissions lack of military expertise and limited fact-finding also evident

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• 2009 Goldstone Report
• 2014 Gaza War
• Commission of Inquiry
• Filling in the Blanks
• Pseudo-research

• Schabas-Davis Report
• UN Human Rights Council (HRC)
• UN Watch
• UNOCHA
• UNRWA

Report Fills Gaps in UNs Investigation of Gaza Conflict

In parallel to the forthcoming report of the UN Human Rights Council's Commission of Inquiry on Gaza, NGO Monitor and UN Watch have prepared an independent, fully-sourced, systematic, and detailed book on issues related to the 2014 Israel-Hamas conflict.

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• 2014 Gaza War
• Asymmetrical Warfare
• Commission of Inquiry
• Distortions of International Law

• Filling in the Blanks
• Pseudo-research
• Schabas-Davis Report
• UN Human Rights Council (HRC)

[Opinion] Schabas Keeps Demonizing Israel, Despite Ethics Violations

Gerald Steinberg claims that in order to divert attention from his ethical violations, Schabas primary response is to dress himself in the clothes of the victim of an Israeli-led conspiracy.

Topics

• 2014 Gaza War
• Commission of Inquiry
• UN Human Rights Council (HRC)
• United Nations
• War crimes
• William Schabas

[Opinion] Swan Song for Schabas

Gerald Steinberg claims that with so much evidence of failure, any continuation of the UN pseudo-investigation would only serve to highlight the immoral exploitation of human rights and international law as a weapon to target Israel.

Topics

• 2014 Gaza War
• Commission of Inquiry
• Demonization
• Schabas-Davis Report

• Shawan Jabarin
• UN Human Rights Council (HRC)
• United Nations
• William Schabas