Manipulating Israeli Justice: An Analysis of Yesh Din's EU-Funded Lawfare Report
Israeli NGO Yesh Din publishes a report, funded by the European Union, calling on the adoption of legislation to criminalize war crimes in Israeli law.
Israeli NGO Yesh Din publishes a report, funded by the European Union, calling on the adoption of legislation to criminalize war crimes in Israeli law.
The EU and European governments must openly and honestly explain to the Israeli public and their own taxpayers what motivates funding to highly politicized NGOs.
Prof. Steinberg describes the role of Norwegian-funded Palestinian Center for Human Rights in leading the campaign to to demonize Israel and label Israelis as war criminals at the International Criminal Court.
The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court decides that it does not have jurisdiction to begin an investigation over cases related to the 2008-09 Gaza War, rejecting NGO lobbying and echoing NGO Monitor's legal brief.
As part of a wider lawfare strategy of pressing war crimes cases against Israeli officials in foreign courts and in the International Criminal Court (ICC), foreign funded Yesh Din attempts to portray Israel and its security forces as unaccountable to the rule of law.
Gerald Steinberg and Anne Herzberg examine the use of the UN for a broad campaign of political initiatives targeting Israel, including the Durban Conference, international courts, and human rights frameworks.
NGOs have developed a strategy to discredit the Israeli justice system and to falsely paint Israel as an anti-democratic state. The strategy has encompassed specifically targeting the Israeli Supreme Court.
The NGO campaigns highlighted in this report launched ostensibly to uphold the rule of law and due process, are manufactured as part of a coordinated strategy to internationally isolate Israel and weaken its ability to protect its citizens from asymmetrical war.