Dutch Protestant Aid Group leaves NGO coalition over bias against Israel
Dutch development NGO, Kerkinactie, left the "United Civilians for Peace" (UCP) coalition on December 22, over UCP’s bias against Israel. UCP was founded in 2001 and other members include Oxfam-Novib and Pax Christi. Kerkinactie stated that the UCP paid “too little attention . . . to the necessity of security for all peoples in the region, including Israel itself,” and due to its "reputation of being ‘one-sidedly pro-Palestinian’" UCP could no longer “be sufficiently effective in its advocacy and lobbying work."