UNICEF
Terre des Hommes
Terre des Hommes is a member of UNICEF’s “Working Group on Grave Violations against Children” aimed at undertaking “consolidated efforts to monitor and report on grave violations against children in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt).”
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B'Tselem
B'Tselem is an Israeli NGO that actively pursues its political agenda in the Israeli courts and the Knesset.
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Breaking the Silence (Shovrim Shtika)
Breaking the Silence makes sweeping accusations based on anecdotal, anonymous, and unverifiable accounts of often low-ranked soldiers. These “testimonies” lack context, are politically biased, and erase the complicated reality in the West Bank. In addition, they reflect a distorted interpretation of the conflict in order to advance the political agenda of Breaking the Silence activists, thereby fueling the international campaigns against Israel.
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UN Adopts Invented NGO Claims on Palestinian Minors to Threaten Israel with Blacklist
On July 11, the UN Secretary-General released his annual report on Children in Armed Conflict (CAAC), dealing with the violation of children's rights in conflict zones in 2021. This year, the UN again presents misleading statistics and adopts invented standards in order to advance a narrative that the IDF violates the rights of Palestinian minors
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Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)
MAP is a UK-based charity that promotes distorted and false narratives under the guise of medical expertise and scientific fact.
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Canada
The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is "Canada's lead agency for development assistance."
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Trócaire
Trócaire claims to work "in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) and Israel." Its description of the region claims a population of 4.1 million (see below). The population of the West Bank and Gaza is appoximately 4 million, while that of Israel is over 8 million. Trócaire thus seems to serve only the population in the West Bank and Gaza, although it claims to work in Israel as well.
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Variations in Reporting on Children and Armed Conflict
UNICEF extensively relies on local NGOs as implementing partners to monitor and report on the situation of children in armed conflict. However, this reliance may not be in the best interest of children and can result in one-sided political advocacy.
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Europe Funds Fraudulent Child Rights Campaign to Sanction Israel
Palestinian and international NGOs – funded by European governments and working in tandem with UNICEF’s West Bank and Gaza branch – have built an extensive campaign, using false charges of abuse of Palestinian children in the effort to trigger sanctions against Israel.
