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1999 Secret EU Document Highlights Political Manipulation via Israeli NGO Funding

June 5, 2016

The European Union allocates millions of Euros annually to a select group of Israeli, Palestinian and other political NGOs under a number of different frameworks. While the names and amounts of the grantees are, for the most part, made public, the decision making processes remain highly classified “state secrets,” in violation of basic democratic transparency.… » read more

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Global Europe, EU and Israel

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The Dangers of Subcontracting EU Foreign Policy to Fringe NGOs

May 27, 2016

In 1995, the European Union’s Barcelona Conference launched the grand-sounding Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, a massive effort encompassing the countries of North Africa, Israel, Syria and Jordan. The main objective was to establish economic and political frameworks to stabilize the Arab regimes; the second goal was to compete with the US in Arab-Israeli peace making after Oslo.… » read more

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Global Europe, EU and Israel, EurActiv.com

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Can Mogherini Repair EU-Israel Relations?

January 17, 2015

Political relations between the European Union and Israel are in bad shape, to greatly understate the case. The diplomatic airwaves are filled with mutual criticism and recrimination, often overwhelming the many shared concerns and perspectives. The EU’s policies towards Israel appear to focus almost exclusively on the unresolved conflict with the Palestinians. For its part,… » read more

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Future EU, Global Europe, Regional Policy

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Addresses the realities of European human rights and soft power claims, particularly involving funding for nongovernmental organizations that undermine these moral values. http://www.ngo-monitor.org/

Prof. Gerald Steinberg is president of NGO Monitor, a Jerusalem-based research institute, and professor of Political Studies at Bar Ilan University. His research interests include international relations, Middle East diplomacy and security, the politics of human rights and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Israeli politics and arms control.

NGO Monitor was founded following the 2001 UN World Conference Against Racism in Durban South Africa, where powerful NGOs, claiming to promote human rights, hijacked the principles of morality and international law.  Funding for this infamous forum was provided by the EU, Canada and the US-based Ford Foundation.

In order to provide independent research with checks and balances, NGO Monitor provides information and analysis, promotes accountability, and supports discussion on the reports and activities of NGOs claiming to advance human rights and humanitarian agendas.

In 2013, Professor Steinberg and NGO Monitor were awarded the prestigious Menachem Begin Prize for: Efforts Exposing the Political Agenda and Ideological Basis of Humanitarian Organizations that Exploit the Discourse of Human Rights.

He works with a number of international organizations (NATO, UN University, OSCE, SIPRI); participates in track-two workshops and in the Inter-parliamentary Coalition for Combating Antisemitism ICCA; and is the founder of the Program on Conflict Management and Negotiation at Bar Ilan University.

Recent academic publications include “NGOs, Human Rights, and Political Warfare in the Arab-Israel Conflict”; “Europe's Failed Middle East Policies”; “The UN, the ICJ and the Separation Barrier: War by Other Means” (Israel Law Review); and Best Practices for Human Rights and Humanitarian NGOs, (co-author), Nijhoff, Leiden, 2012. He is also completing research examining the credibility of human rights organizations during the 2006 Lebanon war, under the auspices of the Israel Science Foundation.

His op-ed columns have been published in Wall St. Journal (Europe), Financial Times, Ha’aretz, International Herald Tribune, Jerusalem Post, and other publications. He has appeared as a commentator on the BBC, CBC. CNN, and NPR.


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