The NGO Front in the Gaza War: Amnesty International

Since December 27, 2008, Amnesty International and its worldwide branches have released numerous statements on Gaza. These are primarily critical of Israel and use the rhetoric of international humanitarian law in a consistently biased manner. Amnesty accuses Israel of "unlawful," "disproportionate," and "indiscriminate" attacks against Palestinian civilians. Amnesty largely ignores the well-documented commandeering of civilian infrastructure and widespread use of human shields by Hamas. These accusations are similar to Amnestys false claims against Israel made during the Second Lebanon War.

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• 2009 Gaza War
• Demonization
• Hamas
• IDF
• Lawfare
• War crimes

Highlighting NGO (in)credibility on the Gaza conflict

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• 2009 Gaza War
• Demonization
• Lawfare
• white phosphorus

Gisha Engages in Legal Acrobatics to Support its Gaza Position

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• Distortions of International Law
• Lawfare

Durban Review Update: NGOs lobby governments on participation in DRC; Palestinian NGOs endorse "Lawfare"

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• 2009 Durban Review Conference
• Demonization
• Lawfare
• Racism
• United Nations

Lawfare November 2008 update: PCHR and Al Haq

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• Demonization
• Lawfare
• War crimes

NGO Lawfare

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• Demonization
• Durban Strategy
• Lawfare
• NGO Forum of the UN
• War crimes

NGO "Lawfare": New monograph from NGO Monitor

On October 7, 2008, NGO Monitor held a press conference to introduce the research monograph entitled "NGO Lawfare: The Exploitation of Courts in the Arab-Israeli Conflict." This publication is a detailed analysis of the role of NGOs in the abuse of European and US courts for political "lawfare" the use of legal methods to achieve military goals. In parallel to their other political campaigns, these groups have initiated criminal and civil cases against Israeli officials using false claims of "war crimes."

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• Demonization
• Lawfare
• Political Warfare

Watching the Watchers: The Politics and Credibility of Non-Governmental Organizations in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

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• 2006 Lebanon War
• Antisemitism
• Apartheid Rhetoric
• BDS
• Demonization
• Durban

• Halo Effect
• Human Rights NGOs
• Lawfare
• NGO Forum of the UN
• Racism

HRW/FIDH/OMCT statement on NGO official linked to PFLP

On May 2 2007, three major NGOs -- Human Rights Watch, FIDHand the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) -- published a joint press release calling on Israel to lift the travel ban placed on Shawan Jabarin, the General Director of Al-Haq. The statement alleges that Jabarin was barred by Israel from attending the annual Congress of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) in Lisbon on April 19, 2007, and that "Israeli authorities have not explained why the restrictions are in place". NGO Monitors analysis of this statement shows these NGOs entirely erase Jarabins links to the PFLP and the legitimate security concerns. The result is a selective research and ideologically biased analysis, similar to others analyzed in previous NGO Monitor reports.

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• Demonization
• Durban
• Lawfare
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
• Shawan Jabarin
• Terrorism