European governments directly and indirectly provide upwards of $125 million annually to political advocacy NGOs active in the Arab-Israeli conflict. In turn, these NGOs inform EU policy, to the detriment of European policy-making. Many of the funding processes are secretive, lacking transparency and accountability.
Al-Haq Human Rights Organisation Europe (Al-Haq Europe) – a spinoff of Al-Haq based in Ramallah, which is sanctioned by the US and terror designated by Israel – is changing its name to Rights Matter.
Dutch Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Sjoerd Sjoerdsma responded to two sets of parliamentary questions, submitted by MP Rajkowski (VVD) and MPs Markuszower and Lammers (Markuszower Group), respectively. Both sets of questions related to the findings of NGO Monitor’s reports.
Hamas documents from 2018–2022 expose systematic control, coercion, and manipulation of international NGOs operating in Gaza, including members of the Dutch Relief Alliance such as Norwegian Refugee Council, Handicap International, Save the Children, Oxfam Novib, War Child, and World Vision, demonstrating Hamas’ infiltration of aid frameworks, interference in project implementation and data collection, exploitation of medical facilities, and manipulation of cash-assistance mechanisms, while highlighting patterns of NGO acquiescence that facilitated the entrenchment of a terror-controlled regime.
Captured Hamas documents analyzed by NGO Monitor indicate that German-funded NGOs in Gaza operated within a system tightly controlled by Hamas, which infiltrated NGO structures, dictated beneficiaries, and diverted humanitarian aid. This raises serious concerns about German taxpayer money supporting these activities.
On October 25, 2025, during a presentation at the terror-linked “Gaza Tribunal” in Istanbul, the US representative for the Hezbollah-linked Hind Rajab Foundation stated they had been working closely with Europol.
The Gaza Tribunal, which claims “to awaken civil society to its responsibility and opportunity to stop Israel’s genocide in Gaza,” is organized by anti-Israel NGOs and activists. A mock judicial body without any legal authority, the Tribunal and its “Jury of Conscience” – also comprising anti-Israel activists – claim to collect evidence, hear testimonies, and issue findings and legal opinions.
A consortium of Dutch, Dutch-funded, and terror-linked Palestinian NGOs filed a lawsuit against the Netherlands, alleging that it is abetting Israeli violations of international law.
Since seizing control of Gaza in 2007, Hamas has employed a number of methods to divert international humanitarian aid to expand its military infrastructure, pay salaries, and cement its rule.
For a decade, Irish NGOs have been advocating for the “Occupied Territories Bill,” which would criminalize economic ties with Israel, alongside other intense demonization and BDS initiatives.
Many of the activities and projects undertaken by Swisspeace are highly politicized, reflecting ideological preferences, prejudices and biases that can interfere with the organization’s stated objectives. In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the biases are highly visible.
