NGO Monitor’s weekly podcast series, Human Rights and Hot Coffee hosts interesting guests, discussing a wide variety of NGO-related issues. The podcast is hosted by NGO Monitor Director of Research Yona Schiffmiller. In addition to our website, it is available on Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Facebook, and Twitter, with new episodes released every Thursday at 4 PM IST.
Who is supplying information to the ICC, as it seeks to investigate American, British, and Israeli officials? How should these countries respond? Tune into this week's episode with Col. Richard Kemp, Anne Herzberg, and Prof. Gerald Steinberg as they discuss the ICC's targeting of democracies.
Even during a global pandemic, blind criticism of Israel continues to be the strategy of choice for many NGOs. NGO Monitor is maintaining a running digest of absurd NGO statements regarding COVID-19, including comparing Israeli policy to the virus. Join our host Yona Schiffmiller and Managing Editor Becca Wertman as they discuss how far these NGOs have gone to push their message.
In December 2019, the International Criminal Court's prosecutor announced that she had sufficient evidence to begin a formal investigation of war crimes committed in the West Bank and Gaza. This week NGO Monitor and our partners submitted an amicus to the court highlighting the inaccuracies and shortcomings of her arguments. Join our host Yona Schiffmiller and NGO Monitor Legal Advisor Anne Herzberg as they discuss this issue.
A recent news article uncovered a massive conflict of interest at Human Rights Watch. Director Ken Roth solicited money from a human rights violating Saudi businessman. One of the funding conditions was that the funds would not be used to promote gay rights. Listen along as our President Prof. Gerald Steinberg and host Yona Schiffmiller discuss the long list of HRW scandals from Qaddaffi to tainted Saudi money.
On February 12, the UN published its discriminatory blacklist of companies doing business with Israel. How were the companies on the list chosen? How will this list effect Israeli and Palestinians? Join our host Yona Schiffmiller and UN Expert and Legal Adviser Anne Herzberg as they discuss these questions.
Last week, President Trump released the Deal of the Century, his peace plan between the Israelis and Palestinians. Is it a realistic plan? What does Israel's treaty with Egypt teach us about negotiations with the Palestinians? How have NGOs framed the conflict and initiatives to solve it? Tune in to this week's episode with our host Yona Shiffmiller and NGO Monitor President Prof. Gerald Steinberg.
The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court recently announced that she intends to investigate alleged war crimes in the “State of Palestine.” Does she have jurisdiction over alleged crimes in the West Bank and Gaza? How is she defining the territory of a Palestinian state? Join our host Yona Schiffmiller and Legal Advisor Anne Herzberg as they answer these questions.
After years of NGO Monitor work, the EU added a new funding clause stating that no European money can be given to terrorists and their allies. Palestinian NGOs are not happy. Tune in to this week's episode where our host Yona Schiffmiller and Naftali Balanson talk about this new clause and the Palestinian response.
In the last few months we have seen an uptick in antisemitic attacks. What is driving antisemitism in 2020? How is the international community responding? Why are human rights groups silent in the face of these threats? Tune in this week as US Special Envoy Elan Carr discusses these issues at NGO Monitor's Annual Conference and our host Yona Schiffmiller and Rena Young delve into the issue.
What links the murder of Rina Schnerb in a terrorist bombing to the threat of war crimes prosecution against Israeli officials? Which European governments are trying to drag Israel to The Hague? Find out in this week's episode as our host Yona Schiffmiller and Senior Researcher Shaun Sacks connect the dots on these seemingly separate issues.
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