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Free Lunch for Hamas

January 1, 2010 | Justus Reid Weiner, Avi Sutton

As far back as 1996, the NGO Human Rights Watch has been predicting an “imminent humanitarian crisis” in Gaza. Indeed, various NGOs have lodged annual claims that the Jewish state is responsible for the “imminent humanitarian crisis” in the Gaza Strip. Might they have stopped to ask: How has the Gaza Strip been “on the verge” of a humanitarian crisis in excess of 10 years?

The Centrality of NGOs In Promoting Anti-Israel Boycotts And Sanctions

May 7, 2009 | Prof. Gerald M. Steinberg

NGOs (non-governmental organizations) focusing on human rights are powerful actors in international politics in general, and in the Arab-Israeli conflict in particular. The NGO community has advanced anti-Israel agendas in the UN, including in the 2001 Durban conference, which adopted the strategy of boycotts, divestment, and sanctions (BDS). NGO reports, press releases, and political lobbying campaigns constitute an important source of "soft power".

Isi Leibler on Israel and Europe: An Expanding Abyss?

March 1, 2006 | Isi Leibler

Overview of a Troubled Relationship Israel and Europe: An Expanding Abyss? by Manfred Gerstenfeld, JCPA and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 230 pp., 2005 Reviewed by Isi Leibler

The NGOs, Demolition of Illegal Building in Jerusalem, and International Law

March 1, 2005 | Justus Reid Weiner

Monitoring the Political Role of NGOs

June 1, 2003 | Prof. Gerald M. Steinberg

Jewish NGOs, Human Rights, and Public Advocacy: A Comparative Inquiry

October 30, 1999 | Irwin Cotler