University of Southampton's Symposium on Israel's Right to Exist: Speaker Profiles and NGO Connections
The vast majority of the speakers listed on the program are virulent anti-Israel ideologues who demonize Israel.
The vast majority of the speakers listed on the program are virulent anti-Israel ideologues who demonize Israel.
On October 13, 2014, the British Parliament will hold a symbolic, non-binding vote on whether the UK should recognize the State of Palestine, even in the absence of a negotiated peace agreement with Israel. 363 Israeli public figures, many connected to the New Israel Fund (NIF), have signed a letter to the Members of the British Parliament, calling upon them to vote in favor of British recognition of a Palestinian State.
German funding to political NGOs active in the Arab-Israeli conflict often supports radical organizations that oppose peace, promote demonization, political warfare, and in some cases, blatant antisemitism.
Yitzhak Santis maintains that members of the Presbyterian Church (USA) have a profound choice to make: to be peacemakers in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, or to become participants in the dispute.
Palestinian NGO Badil promotes the Palestinian right of return, the one-state framework, anti-peace initiatives, BDS campaigns and has engaged in blatant antisemitic activities.
Gerald Steinberg asserts that the recognition of pro-Israel status is an issue of substance and the designation must be earned and displayed with pride.
Several Israeli NGOs, funded directly or indirectly by European governments, seek to prevent Israeli citizens from celebrating the next Independence Day.
Gerald Steinberg maintains that Israeli democracy is strong enough to tolerate fringe voices that demonize Zionism, but there is no excuse for the European governments that provide funds used to amplify their destructive agendas.
In advance of Israeli Independence Day, NGO Monitor has examined the roles of three Israeli NGOs that actively promote a "one-state" framework, which would mean the eradication of Israel as a Jewish state.
Zochrot, an Israeli NGO established with the aim of "rais[ing] public awareness of the Palestinian Nakba and "recognizing and materializing the right of return," actively supports the "one state solution," or a "de-Zionized Palestine."