Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI)
PCATI regularly circulates unverifiable allegations of Israeli torture, using them as the basis for campaigns in international forums and Israeli courts.
Goldstone Report
Diakonia
Diakonia’s “International Humanitarian Law” (IHL) program, which has its own online “Resource Center,” exploits international law, demonizes Israel, and promotes anti-Israel lawfare campaigns and a narrative based solely on Palestinian victimization. The IHL program focuses exclusively on Israel, and Diakonia does not conduct similar types of programs in terms of content or resources involving any other conflict region in the world.
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[Opinion] Missing in action: Antisemitism and human rights
Professor Gerald M Steinberg discusses antisemitsm and human rights.
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Counter-terror and soft power: NGO claims to military and legal expertise and Israeli responses
For many years, the network of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) claiming a human rights agenda has consistently sought to delegitimise Israel’s counterterrorism strategy. This phenomenon was prominent during the 2008–2009 and 2014 Gaza wars, when these groups issued hundreds of statements condemning Israel, and in campaigns calling for UN commissions of inquiry (e.g. the Goldstone and Schabas/Davis investigations) into Israeli ‘war crimes’.
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[Opinion] The Return of the Gaza Numbers Game
Naftali Balanson examines the casualty statistics emerging from Gaza during the riots.
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European Governments Funding NGO "Documentation" for Lawfare Attacks
On August 2, 2014, a funding consortium comprised of the governments of the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, and Denmark announced emergency funding to nine NGOs for use in documenting political warfare charges against Israel.
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Exploiting Human Rights and Political Warfare: Lessons from Goldstone
NGO Monitor presented a new report on NGO efforts to promote another "Goldstone" pseudo-investigation at a special event held July 24, featuring a keynote address by Col. Richard Kemp CBE.
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NGO Statements to UNHRC Session Creating Another Goldstone
The vast majority of NGOs that appeared before the UN Human Rights Council session on July 23 condemned alleged Israeli war crimes and called for a Goldstone-like investigation into the current conflict.
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Israeli NGOs Behind "Goldstone 2"
As with the Goldstone process, a network of highly politicized NGOs have been repeating unsupported allegations of Israeli war crimes and campaigning for a UN investigation into the current conflict.
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The Holes in Brian Lurie's Defense of NIF-Funded Political NGOs
NGO Monitor deconstructs the claims of the president of the New Israel Fund, who defends Israeli human rights organizations and their recent statements condemning IDF responses to terror attacks from Gaza.