World Health Organization and NGOs Misrepresent State of Gaza Health

On February 13, 2018, Human Rights Watch (HRW), along with Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, Amnesty International, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-I), issued a joint statement condemning Israel’s procedures for granting access for Gaza residents to Israel for medical treatment. The groups cite a December 2017 World Health Organization (WHO) document that claims that 54 Gazans died while awaiting approval to travel to seek medical attention in Israel or in the West Bank. The WHO paper does not provide a source for this figure.

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• Gaza
• Hamas
• Palestinian Authority
• Palestinian Ministry of Health

• Terrorism
• United Nations
• World Health Organization

Factually Inaccurate and Legally Flawed: HRW’s 2017 Report

Human Rights Watch is a powerful NGO, with a massive budget, close links to Western governments, and significant influence in international institutions. Its publications reflect the absence of professional standards, research methodologies, and military and legal expertise, as well as a deep-seated ideological bias against Israel. HRW’s review of “Israel and Palestine: Events of 2017,” reflects these same methodological flaws, resulting in a highly skewed representation of Israeli domestic and international law.

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• Fatah
• Glorification of terrorism
• Hamas
• Human Rights NGOs

• NGO Funding
• Palestinian Authority
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
• Terrorism

Parliamentary Questions Related to NGO Monitor Research

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• 2014 Gaza War
• Adalah’s “Discriminatory Laws in Israel” database
• Commission of Inquiry
• EIDHR (European Instrument of Democracy and Human Rights)
• European Funding

• European Neighborhood Policy
• European Parliament
• Hamas
• NGO Monitor
• Parliamentary Question

• Partnership for Peace (PfP)
• UN Human Rights Council (HRC)
• United Nations
• William Schabas

Watchlist: Human Rights Watch Leads Effort to Promote Impunity for Palestinian Terrorists

HRW was one of a number of NGOs that set the agenda for a Policy Note published by Watchlist, urging the UN Secretary General to add Israel to the list of "parties known to commit grave violations against children." The publication lacks methodology and evidence, and promotes impunity for Palestinian terror groups.

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• Hamas
• Human Rights Watch
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
• United Nations
• Watchlist

[Opinion] The black hole of Gaza aid

Josh Bacon describes the issue of aid diversion to terrorist groups and calls for more safeguards and oversight on the work of aid groups in Gaza.

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• Aid diversion
• Hamas

Switzerland and Hamas – the NGO Angle

The Swiss government is again reportedly directly involved in reconciliation efforts between Fatah and Hamas. This is not the sole example of the Swiss government partnering with anti-Israel NGOs to legitimize Hamas.

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• Fatah
• Hamas
• Kairos Palestine Document
• Terrorism

World Vision's Problems Go Beyond the Gaza Corruption Trial

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• Aid diversion
• Hamas
• World Vision

Questions for World Vision

A number of important questions remain for World Vision to answer following the arrest of one of its workers.

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• Aid diversion
• Hamas
• World Vision

[Opinion] World Vision and Gaza: Failure of Due Diligence and Worse

Gerald Steinberg explains that without greater oversight, aid to Gaza is ripe for misdirection to terrorist groups.

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• Aid diversion
• Hamas
• Terrorism

"Human Rights" NGOs Ignore October 9 Shooting Attack in Jerusalem

As is routinely the case, many NGOs that are quick to condemn Israeli security forces when they kill Palestinians have remained silent regarding a terrorist attack in Jerusalem.

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• Hamas
• Terrorism