Save the Children’s Misleading Report on Detention of Palestinians
Save the Children has produced an inaccurate report that presents a very politicized narrative that is clearly designed to demonize Israelis, not to protect minors.
European Union
Analysis of EU Funding to NGOs in 2019: Divisive Politics, Terror links, and Antisemitism
On June 30, 2020, the European Commission updated its Financial Transparency System (FTS) with details about grants to NGOs authorized in 2019.
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[Opinion] What is Europe funding?
Liora Henig-Cohen writes about European funding to the Norwegian Refugee Council.
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EU grants to NGOs in Jerusalem: “Protect the Palestinian identity of the city”
Of the 38,447 grants (as listed on the FTS) funded by the EU worldwide in 2019, the only examples dealing with “religious and cultural heritage properties” in a highly conflictual framework are embedded in the Palestinian context.
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[Opinion] Europe’s failed (and forgotten) Gaza monitors
Professor Gerald M. Steinberg analyzes the failures of the European Union to maintain peace in Gaza.
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NGO Monitor Correspondence with the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs Regarding German Funding to Terror Linked Palestinian NGOs
In June 2020, NGO Monitor sent a letter to the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding German funding to terror linked Palestinian NGOs
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EU Funding to Terror-Linked Palestinian NGOs Since 2011
In 2011-2018, the EU authorized grants of at least €25 million to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with ties to EU-designated terrorist groups.
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NGO-Terror Links Case Study: EU Funding to UAWC in 2011-2017
In 2011-2017, the EU provided €18.3 million to projects involving Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC), a non-governmental organization (NGO) linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
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In a first, EU to investigate if funding went to terror linked NGOs
During a May 19, 2020 meeting of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi stated that he had instructed the heads of EU delegations to Israel and West Bank/ Gaza to “look deep” in to the allegations that some EU funds go to terror-linked or -supporting NGOs, declaring that such funding “will not be tolerated.”
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EU Diplomats Capitulate to Palestinian Pressure on Terror Regulations
On March 30, 2020, the EU Representative Office to the West Bank and Gaza sent a “clarification letter regarding the EU-funded contracts” to Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO) appearing to give in to Palestinian pressure and effectively annul EU regulations that prohibit the transfer of EU funds to terror groups or individuals connected to these groups.