On October 7, 2023 (which was the Sabbath and a Jewish holiday), thousands of Palestinian terrorists poured across the border from Gaza into Israel, slaughtering 1200 people, torturing and maiming thousands, and kidnapping more than 200. Gaza Palestinians also engaged in public desecration of victims’ bodies. In parallel, thousands of rockets were fired at Israeli population centers, sending millions rushing to shelters.
Every one of these attacks constitutes a blatant violation of international humanitarian and human rights laws.
On July 3, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese will present a report to the UN Human Rights Council alleging that global companies across a range of industries “sustain[] Israel’s illegal occupation and ongoing genocidal campaign.”
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.
The International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) is active in anti-Israel “lawfare” campaigns, exploiting courts in democratic countries in order to harass Israeli officials with civil lawsuits and criminal investigations.
On June 2, 2025, The Toronto Star reported that Canadian law enforcement has been “investigating potential war crimes related to the Israel-Hamas conflict” since early 2024.
On May 13-16, 2025, the UK High Court held a hearing on a challenge to the government’s refusal to suspend export licenses for F-35 components produced in the UK as part of a global program that includes Israel. The case against the British government was brought by two NGOs and supported by others.
Finland provides direct and indirect financial support for Israeli and Palestinian political advocacy NGOs via various national frameworks.
Within days of the Hamas-orchestrated atrocities, major Spanish NGO recipients of government funding joined the concerted campaign promoting the antisemitic “genocide” libel against Israel.
NGOs have taken a leading role in Nakba Day events calling for the dismantlement of Zionism and Israel, as well as full arms embargoes against the Jewish state.
In this research paper, NGO Monitor documents and analyzes the extensive links between a number of Harvard University frameworks and central non-governmental organizations (NGOs) exploiting human rights to demonize Israel.
Al-Haq, a Palestinian NGO linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) – an internationally designated terrorist organization – has pursued a strategy seeking to eliminate Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people and to legitimize violent attacks against its citizens.
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