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Press Release: Amnesty International attacks Democracy before Oppression in Middle East
(Jerusalem) Jerusalem-based watchdog NGO Monitor today released its review of Amnesty International's 2007 activities, ahead of the scheduled publication of Amnesty's own 2007 Annual Report.
Press Release: Groundbreaking Report on NGO Funding Exposes Grave EU Failings
Jerusalem-based watchdog NGO Monitor this week released groundbreaking research examining European Union (EU) funding of political NGOs in the Arab-Israeli conflict. The fifty-page report, 'Europe's Hidden Hand' reveals for the first time that between 2005 and 2007, the EU provided tens of millions of Euros from public money to NGOs whose activities directly contradict EU policy. The report also details the severe lack of transparency and accountability in EU funding of NGOs.
Press Release: State Department too reliant on NGOs in Israel human rights country report
Jerusalem based watchdog NGO Monitor today criticized the reliance on biased human rights NGOs in the US State Department 2007 Annual Report on Human Rights, Israel and the occupied territories country report.
NGO Monitor: NGOs Use False Claims on Humanitarian Conditions in Gaza
Jerusalem based watchdog NGO Monitor today called on UK based human rights groups and NGOs to end their political use of international law as the violence in the Gaza region continues. The joint report on March 6 released by eight UK based NGOs, including Amnesty International, Oxfam, Christian Aid and Trocaire not only manipulates legal rhetoric, but also includes many false, misleading or unsubstantiated factual claims.
NGO Monitor: NGO Rhetoric on Gaza Conflict Undermines Human Rights
Jerusalem based watchdog NGO Monitor today called on human rights groups and NGOs to end their political use of international law as the violence in the Gaza region continues.
Winograd Report: NGOs Use Human Rights in Propaganda War
The Winograd Commission was appointed by the Israeli government to investigate and draw lessons from the 2006 Second Lebanon War. Its members included Professor Ruth Gavison, a widely respected expert on international law and human rights. In the final report, issued on January 30, 2008, Chapter 14 (pp.480-500) focuses on the issues related to international law during the war, concluding that the IDF did not commit violations or war crimes, as alleged repeatedly by Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and other NGOs.
Press Release: NGO Monitor Reveals Human Rights Watchs Exclusive Condemnation of Israel over Collective Punishment
(Jerusalem) Jerusalem-based watchdog NGO Monitor this week released its report on the 2007 activities of Human Rights Watch (HRW). The report provides a detailed analysis of HRWs publications and statements in 2007, revealing that, while there is some improvement from 2006, there remains a clear, identifiable political bias in both the quality and quantity of HRWs coverage of Israel.
Press Release: Ford Foundation continues support for radical NGOs ahead of Durban II
(Jerusalem) A report issued today by Jerusalem-based watchdog NGO Monitor provides worrying evidence that despite previous pledges, the Ford Foundation is continuing its support of radical and politicized NGOs ahead of the Durban II review conference in 2009.
NGO Monitor: Machsom Watch's Demonization funded by NIF and EU
In a detailed report released this week, Jerusalem based watchdog NGO Monitor exposes how Machsom Watch a radical NGO that uses the language of human rights - squanders substantial funds from both the EU and the New Israel Fund. Behind the faade of protecting Palestinian rights at Israeli roadblocks and checkpoints, Machsom Watch uses these funds to promote often inaccurate or unverifiable allegations, which ignore and reject any Israeli security concerns in order to demonize Israel.