Jewish Voice for Peace Seeks to Split Jews on Israel

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• 2011 Gaza flotilla
• Adalah-NY
• American Muslims for Palestine
• BDS

• Code Pink
• Lack of Transparency
• U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation

Amnesty International: The High Cost of Human Rights Activism And Charity

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• Gita Sahgal
• Lack of Transparency
• Moazzam Begg

The Negative Impact of U.S. Government Funding for Mideast Political NGOs

Funding for NGOs from USAID, National Endowment for Democracy, and other sources has a negative impact on the peace process and lacks the independent oversight necessary to prevent abuses.

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• BDS
• Demonization
• Lack of Transparency

False Witness? EU-Funded NGOs and Policymaking in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

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• Demonization
• European Funding
• Jerusalem
• Lack of Transparency
• Policymaking
• Political Warfare

Memo: Ending Secrecy in European Union Funding to Political Advocacy NGOs Operating in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

This memo documents the lack of transparency in European Commission processes and provides several detailed examples in which the EC denied, without justification, freedom of information requests.

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• BDS
• EIDHR (European Instrument of Democracy and Human Rights)
• Lack of Transparency
• Lawfare
• One state solution

Disgraceful Diplomacy: EU Leaks and Secret NGO Processes

According to a news story in the Jerusalem Post, the Israeli NGO Breaking the Silence was responsible for leaking the latest internal EU document condemning Israeli policy. This highly irregular EU practice stands in stark contrast to good governance standards.

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• echo chamber
• Foreign Government Funding
• Freedom of Information
• Lack of Transparency
• Leaked internal document

[Opinion] Israeli political NGOs and the transparency law

Naftali Balanson discusses the impact of NGO Monitor's report on the Israeli NGO Transparency Law, and the angry and uncivil backlash of some political advocacy NGOs.

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• Foreign Government Funding
• Israeli Registrar of Non-profits
• Lack of Transparency
• NGO Transparency Law

NGO Transparency Law update: NGO reports to Israeli Registrar of Non-Profits in 2012

Transparency regarding government funding for NGOs transcends partisan ideology, and is essential for ensuring the values of democracy and accountability.

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• Lack of Transparency

Media Impact on EU Court Case

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• European Commission
• European Court of Justice
• Freedom of Information
• Lack of Transparency

[Opinion] Who's afraid of a little transparency?

Naftali Balanson notes that instead of engaging critics, many members of the powerful NGO network demonize and censor them. The commitment of these same human rights NGOs to the principles of democracy and transparency in government disappears.

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• Censorship
• European Funding
• Foreign Government Funding
• Freedom of Information
• Lack of Transparency
• Michael Sfard