BADIL - Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights

At the Durban Review Conference PrepCom (October 6-17), BADIL accused Israel of "systematic ethnic cleansing" and "institutionalized racism and discrimination" which "constitutes a root cause of consequence of the ongoing internal forcible displacement and dispossession of the Palestinian people." These statements are part of its campaign for the "right of return of the Palestinian people," and in pursuit of the "Durban strategy" of demonization. BADIL is funded by Trocaire (Ireland), Norway, Switzerland, Oxfam, and others.

Topics

• Antisemitism
• BDS
• Durban
• Lawfare

Ford Foundation

The Ford Foundation was among the main funders for extremist NGOs involved in the 2001 UN sponsored Durban conference, which crystallized the strategy of delegitimizing Israel as “an apartheid regime” through international isolation.

Topics

• 2001 Durban Conference
• Airbnb
• Arms Embargo
• BDS
• Betty McCollum

• Labeling
• Lawfare
• New Israel Fund
• No Way to Treat a Child
• Omar Shakir

• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
• Shawan Jabarin
• Trading Away Peace

Palestine Expo 2019's Promotion of BDS and Hatred

On July 6-7 2019, the Palestine Expo conference and exhibition was held at the London Olympia convention center in the United Kingdom. The event served as a platform for organizers and participants to espouse anti-Israel rhetoric, antisemitism, and promote BDS (boycott, divestment, and sanctions) as well as demonization and delegitimization campaigns

Topics

• Antisemitism
• Balfour Declaration
• BDS
• Hamas
• Holocaust Rhetoric

• Interpal
• Lawfare
• Lobbying
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
• United Kingdom

The Trials of Richard Goldstone

Professor Gerald M. Steinberg reviews Daniel Terris' book on Richard Goldstone and lawfare.

Topics

• 2009 Goldstone Report
• Hamas
• International Criminal Court (ICC)
• Lawfare
• Richard Goldstone
• UNHRC

Human Rights Defenders Fund (HRDF)

HRDF has funded “legal aid and defense to HRDs who face different forms of legal persecution” including “Israeli and Palestinian HRDs who participate in nonviolent protests against the Israeli occupation in the West-Bank; HRDs fighting for the rights of indigenous Bedouins in the Negev/Naqab desert in Israel; HRDs fighting for LGBTQ rights; Israelis of Ethiopian origin faced with police brutality and racism; and many more.”

Topics

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

Switzerland

The Swiss government funds numerous Israeli and Palestinian NGOs through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC/EDA), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), and representative offices in Tel Aviv and Ramallah. Switzerland indirectly funds NGOs by outsourcing to church groups and aid organizations such as HEKS, Diakonia, and Oxfam GB.

Topics

• Apartheid Rhetoric
• BDS
• Lawfare
• Manal Tamimi
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
• Terrorism

European Union

The European Union (EU) provides substantial funding to highly politicized NGOs active in the Arab-Israeli conflict through various funding mechanisms. Due to the highly complex and poorly coordinated nature of EU aid and to the lack of a consolidated database differentiating between NGOs and other types of organizations, it is impossible to determine the exact amount or proportions of EU funding to civil society organizations.

Topics

• BDS
• ECHO
• EIDHR (European Instrument of Democracy and Human Rights)
• Lack of Transparency

• Lawfare
• Manal Tamimi
• Partnership for Peace (PfP)
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

Germany Declares: BDS is Antisemitic

On May 17, 2019, the German Bundestag passed a landmark resolution defining BDS (boycott, divestment, and sanctions) campaigns against Israel as antisemitic.

Topics

• Antisemitism
• BDS
• Demonization
• Germany

• IHRA
• Kairos Palestine Document
• Lawfare
• One state solution

MISEREOR

Misereor is the official aid framework of the Catholic Church in Germany - since 1962, the German government is obligated under German law to provide financial support for the development work of church-aid organizations.

Topics

• BDS
• Catholic
• Church
• Lack of Transparency

• Lawfare
• Political Warfare
• Right of Return

Swiss Funding for NGOs Engaged in Lawfare Campaigns Against Israel

Contracts related to these grants detail activities previously carried out or planned by the NGOs include campaigning for the release of convicted murderers, international and legal attacks against Israel, and promoting incitement that makes the stated objective of “lasting peace” less attainable.

Topics

• European Funding
• Foreign Government Funding
• Lawfare
• Transparency