A correspondence between NGO Monitor and the Board of Deputies of British Jews, about its hosting of Prof. Walden, Board Member of Physicians For Human Rights- Israel.
The U.N. Human Rights Council, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch have degraded rights norms to the extant that they have lost both their universal character and moral authority by targeting "hotspots" such as Israel, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
As a political organization, RCHRS consistently calls for pressure on the Israeli Government" to "deter it from violating the international law, and has stated that all world countries should adhere to their ethical and political responsibilities in putting an end for the Israeli racial aggression. Such rhetoric clearly reflects an extreme pro-Palestinian political position, which ignores RCHRS' mandate to promote "a culture of tolerance and respect for human rights," and does not contribute to mutual understanding and conflict resolution.
By using Gisha, Adalah, BTselem, Machsom Watch and other NGOs to pepper the Israeli courts on behalf of perennial Palestinian victims (Bashis agenda ignores Israeli victims of terror); by publicizing reports and holding conferences with these themes, the donors share the responsibility for this moral travesty.
UN Watch sends letter to UN High Commissioner for HR (Jan. 28, 2008), requesting she "clarify Endorsement of Arab Charter with Anti-Semitic Provisions', and stance on Durban Review Conference.
When even Israels far-left Rabbis for Human Rights warn that the 2009 UN Conference on Racism could turn into an anti-Israel hate fest like the 2001 Durban affair, then all of us should worry.
Alwyn Knight of CPT writes to Ardie Geldman, following a visit by CPT to Geldman's Efrat home. Knight writes "on behalf of the group" and repeats claims made by "a spokesperson for the Israeli Committee against House Demolitions," that "sewerage works for Efrat, is being built we understand on land confiscated from local Palestinian farmers." Geldman refutes this claim, and many others: "the pipes you describe are not sewerage pipes. They are rainwater and irrigation water drainage pipes The land in question was filled in by the army, and to prevent flooding these drainage pipes were installed. So, contrary to what you were told and what you did see with your own eyes, the land you visited is not owned by Palestinian farmers, the pipes you saw are not sewerage pipes, and the city of Efrat has nothing to do with this project."
In December 2007, NGO Monitor sent its draft report on the Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT), to the NGO for a response. CPT responded that it "does not agree with the views that you express in your report about our work. You .ignored other articles we published such as ones about our visit to Sderot and about the Israeli armys provision of water to Palestinian residents of Wadi Ghroos." However CPT failed to provide these reports to NGO Monitor when requested. The following is the email correspondence with CPT.
Your letter in the Boston Jewish Advocate (December 27, in response to Charles Jacobs) included a welcome condemnation of the hijacking of human rights that took place at the NGO Forum of the 2001 UN-sponsored Durban Conference, in which Amnesty was an active participant.
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