New Israel Fund (NIF) Has Crossed the Line
NGO Monitors ad, "NIF Has Crossed the Line," appeared in the Jerusalem Post, Friday, May 14, 2010. Click here to see the advertisement and for more information on NIF-funded delegitimization.
Jerusalem Post, Friday, May 14, 2010. Click here to see the advertisement and for more information on NIF-funded delegitimization."/>Jerusalem Post, Friday, May 14, 2010. Click here to see the advertisement and for more information on NIF-funded delegitimization.">
Skip to contentNGO Monitors ad, "NIF Has Crossed the Line," appeared in the Jerusalem Post, Friday, May 14, 2010. Click here to see the advertisement and for more information on NIF-funded delegitimization.
Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland contribute millions of dollars annually to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that include some of the most radical groups operating in Israel and the Palestinian Authority. The scope of funding from these countries is extensive compared to NGO support from other European governments. NGO Monitors research details the levels of Scandinavian funding received by specific NGOs, as well as the anti-Israel advocacy and demonization campaigns in which these NGOs engage often in direct contradiction to the humanitarian, peace, and human-rights agendas they claim to espouse.
The exploitation of international legal rhetoric has become a major weapon in the political war to delegitimize Israeli responses to attacks on its civilian population. By couching political attacks in legal terms, NGOs seek to create a veneer of credibility and expertise, thereby increasing international pressure against Israel.
Labeling Israel an apartheid state is closely linked to BDS campaigns and lawfare cases. Many NGOs falsely portray the Arab-Israeli conflict as a dispute motivated by alleged race-hatred of Arabs.
In 2009, the European Commission allocated 2,007,051 through the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) for Israeli and Palestinian NGOs. Highly politicized Israeli NGOs include ICAHD, Machsom Watch, Adalah, ACRI, and Yesh Din. Some grantees use rhetoric that demonizes Israel, including apartheid and war crimes. 2008 EIDHR recipients included BTselem, Breaking the Silence, Gisha, HaMoked, and PHR-I. The EC claims to have evaluations of NGO funding, but these are not made available.