[Opinion] Findings, But Few Facts
Anne Herzberg maintains that without professionalization and standardization, NGO fact-finding should be viewed as nothing more than politicized advocacy.
Anne Herzberg maintains that without professionalization and standardization, NGO fact-finding should be viewed as nothing more than politicized advocacy.
Amnesty Internationals report, "Families under the Rubble," is yet another example of the organizations faulty methodology, lack of expertise and anti-Israel bias.
In advance of a Nov. 5 report to be released by Amnesty International, NGO Monitor emphasizes Amnestys lack of professional investigatory methodology and urges journalists to approach all such factual and legal claims with caution.
As with HRWs other statements and publications, its most recent report on African Migrants requires careful examination before being referenced by journalists and policy-makers.
Like most of Oxfams publications on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, its most recent report includes numerous factual errors and promotes a fundamental political bias against Israel.
As with all Amnesty Internationals publications on the Arab-Israeli conflict, its Q&A on the Israel/Gaza conflict, July 2014 contains many methodological flaws, under the faade of legal and military expertise.
As it did following the 2009 Gaza conflict, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-I) is preparing to send a medical fact-finding mission to Gaza.