Israel is criminalizing Palestinian human rights defenders. American Jews must push the US to intervene
Israel's raid on seven Palestinian human rights NGOs is not a sign of a healthy democracy
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Fast Forward EU Gave Nearly $5.7 Million To NGOs That Promote Israel Boycotts
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The European Union gave nearly $5.7 million to organizations that promote boycotts against Israel in 2017 and 2018, a new Israeli government report found. The money has gone to at least 10 nongovernmental organizations, including one based in Gaza, according to the report titled “The Money Trail: 2nd Edition,” released Wednesday by the…
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Community The Top 6 Peace Obstructing Perceptions in Israeli Society
Most of Israeli society is not fully prepared for the possibility of peace between Israel and the neighboring Palestinian and other Arab nations. Although the vision and occasional programs of peace are being advocated by political organizations, peace movements and the international community, they fail to gain sustainable public acceptance. Israeli media channels constantly cover…
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Letters We Need NGOs To Secure Our Civil Rights
In 1951, thirteen parents from Topeka, Kansas filed a class action lawsuit to allow their children to attend public schools closest to their homes. The result was a landmark Supreme Court case we now know as Brown vs. Board of Education, which overturned the doctrine of “separate but equal” – a principle of American law…
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Opinion Lessons from the Israeli Left: Civil Society Is No Substitute for Smart Electoral Politics
In the wake of Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election, many Americans disappointed by the results of the election are looking to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as a panacea to combat hate and preserve the values they hold dear. The ADL has benefitted from a marked uptick in donations. Writing in Ha’aretz on “How to…
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Fast Forward Israel Says No Charges Over Video Attack On NGO Rights Groups
JERUSALEM – Israeli authorities said on Sunday they decided against opening a criminal investigation of an ultranationalist group behind a video that accused the heads of four of Israel’s leading human rights organizations of being “foreign agents.” Activists had demanded the attorney general look into the the 68-second video by Zionist group Im Tirtzu, saying…
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Fast Forward B’Tselem Blaze Was Accident — Not Arson
A fire that destroyed the Jerusalem offices of one of Israel’s leading human rights groups was probably caused by a short circuit, not by arson, an Israeli fire brigade official said on Monday. The fire broke out late on Sunday at the offices of B’Tselem, an Israeli NGO that monitors human rights in occupied Palestinian…
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Opinion The Hypocrisy of Claiming That Foreign-Funded NGOs Hurt Israeli Democracy
If you haven’t heard of SSuDEMOP, now is a good time to get acquainted. The odd-looking initials stand for South Sudan Democratic Engagement Monitoring and Observation Programme. South Sudan, which won independence from Islamist-ruled Sudan in 2011, is the world’s newest nation and its most dysfunctional. It ranks No. 1 on ForeignPolicy.com’s Failed States Index….
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