Exchange of Correspondence with Emanuele Giaufret, Head of the Economic and Political Section, Delegation of the European Commission to the State of Israel

Your letter in response to NGO Monitors report "ICAHD - EU funding for one-man NGO promoting extremist anti-Israeli agenda" hopefully marks the first step towards EU transparency with respect to NGO funding. While most of your letter repeated standard EU claims to be supporting peace efforts or discussed unrelated issues, such as Galileo satellites, the substantive response admitted EU funding for Mr. Halpers systematic denunciation of Israeli "apartheid". At the same time...

Daleep Mukharji: Our Enemy is Poverty & NGO Monitor Response

With relations between Christian Aid and supporters of Israel having come under a good deal of strain in recent times, the charitys director, Dr Daleep Mukarji, sets out his organisations position in relation to Israel and the Palestinians...

"NGOs: The Self-Appointed Altruists"

Their arrival portends rising local prices and a culture shock. Many of them live in plush apartments, or five star hotels, drive SUV's, sport $3000 laptops and PDA's. They earn a two figure multiple of the local average wage. They are busybodies, preachers, critics, do-gooders, and professional altruists...

"UN Sec-Gen Annan: No Right to Deliberately Kill or Maim Civilians"

Madrid, Spain, 10 March 2005 - Secretary-General's keynote address to the Closing Plenary of the International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security - "A Global Strategy for Fighting Terrorism."

"UN HRC Chief: Israel Treated Unfairly"

"World Ignores Genocide in Sudan"

When the tsunami swept the shores of Southeast Asia, a seismic wave of grief and generosity swept the world. People and governments around the world opened their hearts and wallets to the survivors and to assist in the rebuilding in the wake of the devastation...

"Israel Helps Sponsor Childrens Post-Tsunami Camp in Thailand"

The first group of 40 young survivors aged 26-23 participated in activities at the one-week camp, including meetings with psychologists, treatment by Israeli "Dream Doctors", hiking, sports and lectures...

"500 Million Christians Urged to Divest"

"State Condemns ICJ Fence Ruling as Biased"

"ADL Dismayed By World Council of Churches Decision to Pursue Divestment as Means to Punish Israel"

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is deeply dismayed by a recommendation adopted by the World Council of Churches (WCC) Central Committee encouraging its member churches to consider divesting from companies doing business in Israel...