BADIL - Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights

At the Durban Review Conference PrepCom (October 6-17), BADIL accused Israel of "systematic ethnic cleansing" and "institutionalized racism and discrimination" which "constitutes a root cause of consequence of the ongoing internal forcible displacement and dispossession of the Palestinian people." These statements are part of its campaign for the "right of return of the Palestinian people," and in pursuit of the "Durban strategy" of demonization. BADIL is funded by Trocaire (Ireland), Norway, Switzerland, Oxfam, and others.

Topics

• Antisemitism
• BDS
• Durban
• Lawfare

Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)

CCR is an American NGO that is active in lawfare suits against Israel and Israeli officials, promotes anti-Israel BDS campaigns, and urges the U.S. government to stop providing military aid to Israel.

Topics

• 2014 Gaza War
• 2018 Gaza Border Violence
• BDS
• Betty McCollum
• International Criminal Court (ICC)
• Lawfare

• No Way to Treat a Child
• Omar Shakir
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
• UN BDS Blacklist
• War crimes

Rights Forum

Rights Forum is a Dutch organization, established by former Dutch Prime Minister Andreas van Agt, which describes itself as a “knowledge center on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and as a network of previous ministers and jurists that are committed to a solution of the conflict based on international law.” Claims that it was created in response to alleged “unwavering” Dutch support for alleged Israeli violations of international law. It lobbies the Dutch government and the EU to promote the Palestinian agenda.

Topics

• 2018 Gaza Border Violence
• BDS
• FIFA
• IHRA
• International Criminal Court (ICC)

• Lawfare
• Michael Lynk
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
• Terrorism
• Water

Society of St. Yves

St. Yves petitions Israeli courts and represents defendants in cases relating to “Jerusalem Residency,” “Freedom of Movement,” “House Demolitions,” “Land Confiscation,” and “Family Unification.” St. Yves accuses Israel of “discriminatory policies” and “breach[ing] international law,” and claims that “[Palestinian] land [is] swallowed up by the Israeli armed forces.”

Topics

• BDS
• Demonization
• Kairos Palestine
• Lawfare
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

HaMoked - Center for the Defense of the Individual

Hamoked is an Israeli NGO that regularly petitions the High Court of Justice and makes inaccurate and inflammatory allegations of Israeli “apartheid,” “deportations,” “torture,” and “forcible transfers.”

Topics

• Demonization
• Goldstone Report
• Lawfare

Europe-Funded Al Mezan Cooperates with Hamas in Lawfare Campaigns

On March 18, 2023, a board member of the Gaza-based NGO Al Mezan participated in a “lawfare” event, organized by a Hamas-affiliated organization and featuring several Hamas leaders. 

Topics

• Hamas
• International Court of Justice (ICJ)
• International Criminal Court (ICC)
• Lawfare
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
• Terrorism

Human Rights Defenders Fund (HRDF)

HRDF has funded “legal aid and defense to HRDs who face different forms of legal persecution” including “Israeli and Palestinian HRDs who participate in nonviolent protests against the Israeli occupation in the West-Bank; HRDs fighting for the rights of indigenous Bedouins in the Negev/Naqab desert in Israel; HRDs fighting for LGBTQ rights; Israelis of Ethiopian origin faced with police brutality and racism; and many more.”

Topics

• BDS
• Demonization
• Lawfare
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

Ta'ayush

Topics

• BDS
• Lawfare

Palestinian Vision (PalVision, or "Ruya")

Regularly accuses Israel of “Judaization”; refers to Israel as “1948 areas” or “Palestine 1948” and to cities in Israel as “1948 occupied cities”; labels the security barrier as the “Apartheid Wall.”

Topics

• Apartheid Rhetoric
• BDS
• Lawfare

Association of International Development Agencies (AIDA)

AIDA engages in international advocacy by acting as “a collective voice of its members and representing their interests to key decision makers.” As a result, policy makers often rely on AIDA’s inaccurate and unverifiable claims without consulting a variety of sources or Israeli perspectives.

Topics

• BDS
• Demonization
• Gaza
• Lawfare