Dr. Gerald M. Steinberg is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Bar Ilan University and founder of NGO Monitor.
Gerald M. Steinberg
By Gerald M. Steinberg
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Community Why Is Amnesty International Providing Excuses For Hamas?
For many years, Amnesty International has been a leader in the intense political war to demonize Israel using the façade of international law and human rights. Using the organization’s vast resources, officials have issued a torrent of statements, “reports,” and social media posts in this assault, including calls for war crimes investigations by the International…
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Community Palestinian Children Are The Child Soldiers No One Is Talking About
For a month, Israel-focused media and NGOs have been fixated on the case of Ahed Tamimi, a Palestinian teen whose family scripts physical confrontations with Israeli soldiers. The resulting videos are distributed as either heroic resistance, in the Palestinian version, or cheap media manipulation to demonize Israel. In an awkward attempt to respond to this…
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Opinion Peace Now Was Wrong To Exclude Einat Wilf
Peace Now members call for an Israel-Hamas ceasefire on January 10, 2009. / Getty Images Former Knesset member Dr. Einat Wilf was recently invited and then uninvited by the influential Israeli NGO Peace Now to participate in its annual “Conference of the Left” meeting. In attempting to justify the abrupt reversal, Yariv Oppenheimer, the organization’s…
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Opinion Human Rights NGOs Need a Monitor
Most people prefer giving, rather than receiving, criticism. Leaders of powerful non-governmental organizations are no exception. Human rights NGOs have long benefited from a “halo effect” that has protected them from scrutiny; reporters quote their research widely, assuming it is accurate. But in recent years, the protective coating has worn thin, and the heads of…
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