29 December 2005:
NGO Monitor News Alert:
Background Information on Al-Mezan
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According to news reports, Kate Burton was working for the
extremist Palestinian NGO known as al-Mezan, based in Gaza,
when she was kidnapped with her parents by gunmen on December
28.
NGO
Monitor's profile of al-Mezan provides the following information:
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Located in Jabalia Refugee Camp, near Rafah
in Gaza
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Claimed mission: "To protect, respect
and promote the internationally accepted standards of human
rights...and to encourage the adoption of Palestinian laws
in harmony with these international standards... To promote
the democracy building process, ...the rule of law, ...accountability
and the role of NGOs in the Palestinian society."
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Actual activities
reflect centrality of radical anti-Israel agenda, including
promoting claims of "Israeli war crimes"; inflammatory
pictures, and incitement justifying terrorism.
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In these activities, Al Mezan erases Palestinian
terrorism, including missile attacks launched from densely
populated civilian centers in Gaza; also ignores Palestinian
corruption, and internal violence.
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NGO Monitor Links:
- NGOs
Target Israel at UNCHR Meeting, May 5, 2005
- Rafah Debate Anguished,
Bruising Council Delays Sister City Vote After Panel's OK,
Judith Davidoff, Capital Times, July 7, 2004
- Correspondence,
July 2004: Special Edition: Al Mezan (Madison/Rafah"Sister
City" Proposal)
- Special Edition:
04 July 2004 Al Mezan (Madison/Rafah "Sister City" Proposal)
- Madison
debates linkage to Rafah (Al Mazen), Leon Cohen Wisconsin
Jewish Chronicle, June 9 2004
- The Ford Foundation's
NGO-Related Middle East Activities (Vol. 1, No.10)
- Congressional Investigation
against Ford (Vol. 2, No.4)
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