Goldstone Report
November-December 2010 Digest (Vol. 9, No. 3-4)
Yesh Din and Ben-Or Consulting get Wikileaked; NGOs collaborate (again) to demonize Israel on Gaza; War on Wants war on Israel
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NGO and Goldstone Casualty Claims Contradicted
Problematic and unsupported NGO casualty statistics were repeated in the media, the Goldstone Report, and other NGO publications. Will they be re-evaluated?
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NGO "Lawfare": Exploitation of Courts in the Israeli-Arab Conflict
An in-depth report, documenting the central roles of groups such as the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), Al Haq, and others in implementing strategies for the prosecution of Israelis.
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New Israel Fund - NIFs Old-New-No Funding Guidelines: Substance or Spin?
On September 19, 2010, NIF published new funding guidelines on its website. For the first time, the organization declared that groups that violate core principles, including working "to deny the right of the Jewish people to sovereign self-determination within Israel." However, since the initial report, a number of NIF officials have made confusing and contradictory public statements, suggesting that the guidelines are not new, and that they will not be implemented to reverse the anti-Israel NGO activities resulting from NIFs funding policies. In addition, no timetable or implementation mechanism have been published.
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August 2010 Digest (Vol. 8, No. 12)
USAID funding for Geneva Initiative ad campaign; Amnesty refuses to dismiss Finland director for calling Israel a scum state