The United States and Canada are not immune to the negative consequences of NGO funding. While not as extensive as the problems in Europe, some American funding does support pro-BDS groups.
The Jewish Voice for Peace and theQuakers American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) will launch the BDS Summer Initiative, a five-dayindoctrination session in NY to train college students to stage divisive and discriminatory BDS events on campus as part of political warfare against Israel.
Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) is a U.S.-based organization, which views itself as the Jewish wing of the Palestinian solidarity movement and seeks to create a wedge within the American Jewish community over support for Israel.
Funding for NGOs from USAID, National Endowment for Democracy, and other sources has a negative impact on the peace process and lacks the independent oversight necessary to prevent abuses.
NGO Monitors analysis shows that Advocacy Project has a strong emphasis on promoting the Palestinian narrative through cooperation with radical partners.
NIF and its grantees are featured prominently at the J Street conference. So are leading BDS and lawfare advocates, including Rebecca Vilkomerson (JVP), Mustafa Barghouti (PMRS), and Michael Sfard (Yesh Din).
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