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The Negative Impact of U.S. Government Funding for Mideast Political NGOs
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.
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Report: U.S. Government Funding for Mideast Political NGOs Undermines U.S. Policy
A report presented to Members of Congress today by NGO Monitor shows that U.S. Government funding of several political NGOs in the Palestinian Authority and Israel contradicts U.S. policy, has a negative impact on the peace process, and lacks the independent oversight necessary to prevent abuses.
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[Opinion] Responding to the NGOs Durban Strategy: between engagement and confrontation
Prof. Gerald Steinberg analyzes the implications of the British Board of Deputies' partnership with Oxfam Great Britain, and predicts that future Oxfam statements attacking Israel will trigger a very divisive conflict within the Jewish community.
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[Opinion] Exposing legitimate criticism
Marking Israel's Independence Day, Prof. Gerald Steinberg discusses the intense political and ideological attacks against Israel, in parallel to the military conflict, with the objective of isolating and delegitimizing the Jewish state.
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Memo: Ending Secrecy in European Union Funding to Political Advocacy NGOs Operating in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
This memo documents the lack of transparency in European Commission processes and provides several detailed examples in which the EC denied, without justification, freedom of information requests.
