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Correspondence with Gadi Baltiansky of Geneva Initiative on ad campaign
In advance of U.S.-sponsored Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations in September, the U.S. government, via USAID, helped finance a $250,000 ad campaign run by a non-governmental organization (NGO) known as the Geneva Initiative. The campaign includes billboards, newspaper ads, and video clips of various Palestinian officials stressing the current window of opportunity to reach a peace deal. NGO Monitor wrote to the Geneva Initiative, asking for more details about the campaign, but Gadi Baltiansky, Geneva Initiative's general director, declined to answer substantively.
Questions about USAID funding for ad campaign
Letter to USAID, requesting information about funding for an ad campaign run by Geneva Initiative.
NGO Monitor letter to Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty Int'l
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."
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