NGO Monitor letter to Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty Int'l

August 26, 2010

In July 2010, Salil Shetty became the Secretary General of Amnesty International. His appointment follows a major decline in Amnesty's moral reputation and influence. NGO Monitor wrote to Shetty, asking him about the Gita Sahgal incident, Amnesty's bias in the Arab-Israeli conflict, the calls for an arms embargo against Israel, and the blog post of Amnesty-Finland's executive director referring to Israel as a "scum state."  more »

June-July 2010 Digest (Vol. 8, No. 10-11)

August 11, 2010

NGOs at ICC review conference; HRW, Amnesty ignore Iran’s incitement to genocide; Alternatives (Canada) funding cuts; NGOs silent on attempted rape coverup; BDS failures; New EU NGO projects; MSF’s medicine and politics; Al-Mezan UN status  more »

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Ittijah

On May 6, 2010, Ittijah’s head Amir Makhoul was arrested for allegedly spying on behalf of Hezbollah. Ittijah played a prominent role in the NGO Forum of the 2001 Durban Conference. The organization supports anti-Israel boycotts and advocates for the Palestinian "right of return."  more »

Prof. Gerald Steinberg on BBC: The Gaza Flotilla and the Abuse of Moral Rhetoric

BBC World Service, May 31, 2010

"Groups that use humanitarian frameworks and say that they are bringing medical aid in order to be part of that military confrontation...[act in a way that] is fundamentally immoral."

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