March 2010 Scandinavian NGO Funding

Promoting Boycotts, “Lawfare,” and the Rhetoric of Conflict

NGO MONITOR Gerald M. Steinberg, Editor NGO Monitor Monograph Series NGO Monitor Monograph Series: Experts or Ideologues? A Systematic Analysis of ’s Focus on Israel (September 2009) Trojan Horse: The Impact of European Government Funding for Israeli NGOs (Hebrew, September 2009) The NGO Front in the : The Durban Strategy Continues (February 2009) NGO “Lawfare”: Exploitation of Courts in the Arab-Israeli Conflict (September 2008) Europe’s Hidden Hand (April 2008; revised 2nd edition, March 2009)

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Promoting Boycotts, “Lawfare,” and the Rhetoric of Conflict

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Table of Contents Table ofContents Appendices Finland Denmark Sweden Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, andtheNetherlands NGO Development Center: Introduction pedx2 lhbtclSmayo Gsi hsRpr 74 82 61 73 69 Appendix 3:Correspondence on Officials withNorwegian ThisReport ofNGOsin Appendix 2:AlphabeticalSummary This Report Appendix 1:ScandinavianGovernment Funding forPoliticized NGOs 30 Finnish Funding forNGOs:Political Warfare underthe “Peace” Façade 19 49 Government Analysis Funding andSupport 8 Danish Funds forBoycotts, Divestment, (BDS)Campaigns andPoliticized andSanctions NGOs: NGOFunding:Norwegian Peace andCoexistence, Rhetoric? orBoycotts andApartheid Diakonia: Conflict intheArab-Israeli AnAnalysisofActivities SwedishA CloudedEUPresidency: Funding forNGORejectionism Promoting Israel’s Isolation: fundingforNDCandNGOs Scandinavian 6 Introduction

weden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland – the major northern European countries comprising Scandinavia – contribute millions of dollars annually to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that include some of the most radical groups operating in Israel and the Palestinian S Authority. The scope of funding from these countries is extensive compared to NGO support from other European governments.

This NGO Monitor monograph details the levels of Scandinavian funding received by specific NGOs, as well as the specific anti-Israel advocacy and demonization campaigns in which these NGOs engage – often in direct contradiction to the humanitarian, peace, and human- rights agendas they claim to espouse.

As shown, these NGOs receive significant Scandinavian support from multiple – and often overlapping – sources.

A significant channel for Scandinavian funding is the NGO Development Center (NDC), a Ramallah-based Palestinian organization that has distributed $6 million to 25 NGOs on behalf of the governments of Sweden and Denmark, as well as Switzerland and the Netherlands. In some cases, the same organizations also receive direct funding from these countries and from the European Commission.

As this report shows, many NDC recipients employ “apartheid” and “ethnic cleansing” rhetoric regarding Israel; promote “war crimes” cases and “lawfare” against Israeli government officials; and actively support the anti-Israel boycotts, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign. NDC is responsible for facilitating the “Palestinian NGO Code of Conduct,” a document that demands Palestinian groups reject “any normalization activities with the occupier, neither at the political- security nor the cultural or developmental levels.”

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), Sweden’s foreign aid body, provided SEK 455 million (approximately $59 million) in 2008 to NGOs in the West Bank and Gaza. This aid is channeled through 14 Swedish “framework organizations” including Diakonia, a large Christian humanitarian NGO that uses its government funding to promote the Palestinian narrative and delegitimize Israel’s right to self-defense. Introduction Norway provides tens of millions of kroner annually to As this monograph details, the flow of money from politicized NGOs that operate in the Palestinian Authority Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland supports NGOs and Gaza. According to a 2009 review of Norwegian aid that pursue Palestinian political goals under the guise to , commissioned by the Norwegian Agency of “human rights” and “international law.” Demonizing for Development Cooperation (NORAD), the Palestinian Israel and fueling the conflict with the false rhetoric of Authority is “the second largest recipient of aid from the “apartheid,” “ethnic cleansing,” and “massacres,” these Norwegian Government, after .” NGOs fail to meet the Scandinavian governments’ stated goals for the region. Some of the NGOs supported by Norwegian funds are involved in anti-Israel boycott campaigns and the Stop the Wall Campaign in Norway. NORAD revealed that several of the grantees stated their preference for Norwegian aid, “as most other donors have stricter and more time consuming procedures for changes of projects, and are 7 also less prone to finance projects that can be politically sensitive.” This provides additional evidence that Norway is funding politicized groups rather than the “humanitarian aid and emergency support” organizations for which the » page aid money was designated.

Denmark also is a major NGO donor. Its Foreign Ministry and Embassy in Israel have provided direct funds to NGOs with overtly political agendas. DanChurchAid (DCA), a large humanitarian NGO, channels funds from the Danish government to highly politicized NGOs in Israel and the Palestinian Authority. In 2008, the Danish government provided DKK 213.9 million (approximately $41 million) to DCA. Scandinavian NGO Funding NGO Funding Scandinavian

Finland’s Foreign Ministry provides relatively smaller amounts for such NGOs, and NGO Monitor research indicates that this amount has been decreasing. However, Finland continues to support groups including HaMoked and the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI). Finnish funding also goes to the Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights (JCSER) and the Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA), whose “apartheid” rhetoric and anti-Israel agendas are inconsistent with the Finnish government’s stated goals for the Middle East. NGO Development Center: Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, and the Netherlands

Promoting Israel’s Isolation: Scandinavian Funding for NDC and NGOs

• The NGO Development Center (NDC) has distributed $6 million to 25 NGOs on behalf of the governments of Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. In some cases, NDC support is in addition to other funding from these governments to the same organizations.

• The grantees include some of the most radical groups operating in Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

• Many of the recipients employ “apartheid” rhetoric: Al Mezan, Al Haq, Arab Thought Forum, Badil, Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, Jerusalem Center for Women, Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights 8 Center, Women’s Affairs Technical Committee, and Women for Life.

• NDC provides funds to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, Al » page Haq, Al Mezan, Al-Dameer, Musawa, and Women’s Affairs Center, which promote “war crimes” cases and lawfare against Israeli officials.

• Eleven recipients of these taxpayer funds provided via the NDC are signatories to the Palestinian boycotts, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign: Addameer, Al Dameer, Arab Thought Forum, Al Mezan, Defense for Children International-Palestine Section, Jerusalem Center for Women, Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center, The Palestinian Working Women Society for Development, Ramallah Center for Human Rights Studies, Women’s Center for Legal Aid and Counseling, and Women’s Affairs Technical Committee. Scandinavian NGO Funding NGO Funding Scandinavian

• Although the NDC guidelines state that “[p]riority will also be extended to local organizations working to promote gender equality and rights of women,” only six of the 25 grantees focus on these issues. Most link their work on women’s rights with anti-Israel activism.

• NDC “facilitated” and funded the “Palestinian NGO Code of Conduct” which demands that Palestinian groups reject “any normalization activities with the occupier, neither at the political-security nor the cultural or developmental levels.”

• NGO Monitor contacted the four donor governments asking for information and comments before writing this report. All refused to reply. The NGO Development Center (NDC) is an independent Denmark, and managed by Copenhagen Development Palestinian organization based in Ramallah that works Consulting (CDC). As would be repeated in the NDC- with NGOs and local groups to “provid[e] … the skills, stage of the secretariat, Mu’assasat supported a number of tools and funds they require to address social needs and NGOs whose campaigns deviate substantially from their promote self-reliance.”1 In addition to the countries listed human rights claims and in reality exacerbate the conflict. above, the NDC receives funds for various projects from Mu’assasat’s director, Khalil Nakhleh, reflected this the French government as well as the EU.2 In July 2008, politicized agenda, accusing Israel of “ethnic cleansing” NDC began managing pooled funds from the governments and a “system of apartheid and an ideology of exclusion,” of Switzerland, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Denmark, and rejecting the “2-state solution.”5 In July 2007, the CDC and recommending “more strategic and enlightened declared bankruptcy, effectually dissolving the secretariat. funding decisions.”3 On their behalf, NDC distributed $6 million to 25 NGOs, including some of the most radical In 2008, the new coalition led by Switzerland, with Sweden, groups operating in Israel and the Palestinian Authority. the Netherlands, and Denmark, coalesced under the NDC Many of the recipients employ demonizing rhetoric such heading. The $6 million in grants covers the period of July as “apartheid,” endorse the boycotts, divestment, and 2008–December 2009. A review was scheduled for mid- sanctions (BDS) movement, and promote “war crimes” 2009, but any findings have not been made public. cases against Israeli officials. The NGO recipients 9 Similarly, NDC’s mission statements, projects, and “NGO Twenty-five Palestinian and Israeli NGOs were chosen code of conduct” promote the Palestinian narrative, under the Human Rights and Good Governance Program and advance the Durban strategy of isolating Israel (HR/GG),6 which claims to support7 NGOs “which internationally and related campaigns. As opposed to peace promote, support, protect, and monitor the observance of » page and cooperation, this European-funded “code of conduct” human rights and good governance in the oPt.”8 The funds rejects “normalization” with Israel and demands the “right were divided in varying increments, ranging from $30,000 of return” (see below for a more detailed analysis). (Jerusalem Center for Women) to $500,000 (HaMoked, Al Mezan, and Al-Haq). The selection process was conducted Background by NDC and approved by a steering committee from the According to reports from the Danish government, four donor countries. in 2005, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, and Switzerland formed the original multi-donor secretariat, in order to NDC funds can account for a very significant portion “harmonize their assistance to NGOs working to promote of an NGO’s budget. “Large NGOs” (annual budget over human rights and good governance in Gaza/West Bank.”4 $250,000) are eligible to receive 50 percent of their budgets, This project, entitled Mu’assasat, was coordinated by while “small NGOs” (annual budget over $100,000) can NGO Funding Scandinavian receive 60 percent.9

1 NDC, “Palestinians Helping Palestinians.” Available at: http://ndc.ps/main.php?id=1. 2 See http://ndc.ps/main.php?id=9 and http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/what/human-rights/documents/eidhr_compendium_en.pdf, p. 87. 3 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, “Multi-Donor Secretariat for support to NGOs within human rights and good governance,” April 2009. Available at: http://www.um.dk/NR/rdonlyres/C2454AE2-DE5D-4458-9815-48BB22F48B2C/0/05Palaes tinaMultidonorsekretariat.doc. 4 Ibid. 5 We Are Wide Awake, Nov. 21, 2006. Available at: http://www.wearewideawake.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view& id=313&Itemid=1 6 NDC, Human Rights and Good Governance Program (HR/GG), http://www.ndc.ps/main.php?id=44. 7 Ibid. 8 OPT ― Occupied Palestinian Territory ― is a political, not a legal, term used by many NGOs. 9 NDC, Guidelines for Submission, “Human Rights and Good Governance (HR/GG).” Available at: http://www.ndc.ps/uploads/ File/Guidelines%20for%20submission%20HRGG%20%20.pdf. Although Denmark’s project description claims that Similarly, NDC “facilitated” and funded the “Palestinian “[p]riority will also be extended to local organizations NGO Code of Conduct,” describing the “ethical and working to promote gender equality and rights of work behavioral patterns within the framework of the women,”10 only six of the 25 grantees focus on these functioning of NGOs.” In the code, NDC demands that issues. Additionally, most of these groups link their work Palestinian groups reject “any normalization activities on women’s rights with anti-Israel activism (see below), with the occupier, neither at the political-security nor suggesting that the political positions on the Arab-Israeli the cultural or developmental levels.” Furthermore, conflict, not gender equality, guided NDC’s grant-making. “[n]o endeavor would be carried out if it undermines the inalienable Palestinian rights of establishing statehood See below for a full list of NGO grantees and an analysis and the return of the refugees to their original homes, of their activities. (Although it is not listed as a grantee by according to Security Council Resolution 194.”14 (The NDC, Israeli NGO Gisha indicates the NDC as a donor misleading reference to a UN Security Council resolution on its website, thanking the four donor countries for is a distortion. No Security Council resolution endorses the support “channeled through the NGO Development the Palestinian “right of return.” There is a General Center (NDC)-HR/GG secretariat.”11 For information on Assembly Resolution 194 that generally addresses the Gisha, see Appendix II. refugee situation following the 1948 War, but it is not legally binding.) NDC: Advancing the Durban Strategy 10 NDC was apparently chosen to run the program due to its These elements are expressly opposed to the peace “good and transparent reputation in the donor community” process and the regional goals of the donor countries, – thereby minimizing the “risk of mismanagement”– and which state that “dialogue with Israel at different levels is

» page is considered by the secretariat to be “a key provider of central” (Sweden);15 “promoting popular support among technical and managerial capacity building to the [NGO] Palestinians for a peaceful settlement of the conflict with sector.”12 However, notwithstanding NDC’s potential Israel” is an “overarching political goal” (the Netherlands);16 technical benefits, its extreme political orientation is “[t]he vision behind [Swiss Agency for Development and counterproductive to the goals of the program. Cooperation] … aims to improve the prospects for peace” (Switzerland);17 and “Palestinian institutions are expected For instance, NDC’s vision is “[t]o see our people achieve to respect high standards of human rights, tolerance, [and] all our national goals, foremost of which is the right of equality” (Denmark).18 Moreover, all of these governments return and establishment of a national, independent, support a Jewish State and a Palestinian State existing side democratic state, with Jerusalem as its capital.”13 Peace, by side. This goal is incompatible with NDC’s calls for a cooperation, and coexistence are not on its agenda. “right of return.” Scandinavian NGO Funding NGO Funding Scandinavian

10 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, “Multi-Donor Secretariat for support to NGOs within human rights and good governance,” April 2009. Available at: http://www.um.dk/NR/rdonlyres/C2454AE2-DE5D-4458-9815-48BB22F48B2C/0/05Palaes tinaMultidonorsekretariat.doc. 11 Gisha, “Institutional Donors.” Available at: http://gisha.org/index.php?intLanguage=2&intSiteSN=141&OldMenu=137&intItemI d=125. 12 Ibid. 13 Available at: http://www.ndc.ps/main.php?id=2. 14 NDC, “Palestinian Code of Coduct,” 2008. Available at: http://www.ndc.ps/main.php?id=22. 15 Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden, “Strategy for development cooperation with the West Bank and Gaza,” Dec. 21, 2006. Available at: http://www.sweden.gov.se/content/1/c6/04/67/07/3c171310.pdf. 16 Netherlands Representative Office, “Development Cooperation Programme for the occupied (oPT).” Available at: http://www.holland-pal.org/dev_coop.html. 17 Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, “Gaza and Westbank.” Available at: http://www.sdc.admin.ch/en/Home/ Countries/Near_and_Middle_East/Gaza_and_Westbank. 18 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, “Multi-Donor Secretariat for support to NGOs within human rights and good governance,” April 2009. Available at: http://www.um.dk/NR/rdonlyres/C2454AE2-DE5D-4458. NDC’s guidelines for small grants specify “HR more details, see NGO Monitor reports: “Danish Funds organizations that monitor, document and report on for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Campaigns violations by the Israeli military occupation of Palestinian and Politicized NGOs: Government Funding & Support human rights” as a criterion for funding. “Eligible Analysis,”22 “A Clouded EU Presidency: Swedish Funding activities” include lobbying against Israel internationally: for NGO Rejectionism,”23 and “Norwegian NGO Funding: “Launch[ing] an ad-hoc, previously unplanned, Peace and Coexistence, or Boycotts and Apartheid international advocacy campaign to influence and change Rhetoric?”24 Israeli occupation policy in order to prevent, or stop, emerging HR violations.”19 Addameer (NDC grant $250,000) Addameer refers to the Israeli army as the “Israeli Additionally, the “eligibility requirements” in the NDC Occupying Forces,” and accuses Israel of “collective “Guidelines for Submission” call for NGOs that engage in punishment” and a “policy of using Palestinian prisoners as “legal representations and litigation related to individual pawns to achieve political and military gains.”25 Addameer cases of human rights violations.”20 Indeed, NDC grantees endorsed a UN submission alleging that Israeli “war crimes Al-Haq, PCHR, and Al Mezan are spearheading the … include wilful killing and the extensive destruction of “lawfare” strategy of exploiting universal jurisdiction houses and other civilian property.”26 In oral testimony statutes to harass Israeli officials with “war crimes” to the UN, Addameer claimed that “[t]he main purpose cases.21 of these policies of the imprisonment was to broke [sic] 11 the soul of the resistance in the Palestinian people against The NGOs Receiving NDC Funds the occupation.”27 Addameer also alleged that “since the Many of these NGOs also receive government funds Israeli occupation … began, 700,000 Palestinians have directly from the donor governments, via NGOs funneling been imprisoned by the Israeli military.”28 No source is » page government funds, and from various EU mechanisms provided for this dubious figure.29 (which are supported by these same governments). For

19 Available at: http://www.ndc.ps/uploads/File/Guidlines for the Small Grant Facility.doc. 20 NDC, “Human Rights and Good Governance (HR/GG) Guidelines for Submission,” July 2008. Available at: http://www.ndc.ps/ uploads/File/Guidelines%20for%20submission%20HRGG%20%20.pdf. 21 See Anne Herzberg, “NGO ‘Lawfare’: The Exploitation of International Law in the Arab-Israeli Conflict,” NGO Monitor Monograph Series (September 2008). Available at: http://www.ngo-monitor.org/data/images/File/lawfare-monograph.pdf. 22 NGO Monitor, Oct. 27, 2009. Available at: http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/denmark_update_october_. See p. 66 in this monograph. Scandinavian NGO Funding NGO Funding Scandinavian 23 NGO Monitor, June 29, 2009. Available at: http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/a_clouded_eu_presidency_swedish_funding_for_ radical_ngos. See p. 19 in this monograph. 24 NGO Monitor, March 12, 2009. Available at: http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/norwegian_ngo_funding_boycotts_and_ apartheid_rhetoric_instead_of_peace_and_coexistence. See p. 49 in this monograph. 25 Addameer, “Adameer Condemns IOF’s Abduction of 10 Political Leaders,” March 19, 2009. Available at: http://addameer. info/?p=934. 26 United Nations, Written statement submitted by Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, Adalah-The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Al-Haq and The Arab Association for Human Rights (HRA), non- governmental organizations in special consultative status, Jan. 7, 2009. Available at: http://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/ D5B4483B6D667C018525753D006EE179. 27 NGO Monitor, “The Goldstone ‘Fact Finding’ Mission and the Role of Political NGOs,” Sept. 7, 2009. Available at: http://www. ngo-monitor.org/article/the_goldstone_gaza_fact_finding_committee_and_the_lund_london_guidelines_. 28 Addameer, “Addameer Prisoner’s Support and Human Rights Organization (Addameer) Submission to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review of Israel,” July 2008. Available at: http://lib.ohchr.org/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/Session3/IL/ APSHRA_ISR_UPR_S3_2008_AddameerPrisonersSupportandHumanRightsAssociation_uprsubmission.pdf. 29 If Addameer’s claim of 700,000 imprisoned Palestinians is to be believed, since 1967, 17,500 new prisoners would have to be detained by Israel annually. Even at the height of the Palestinian terror campaign in 2002, the number of Palestinian prisoners averaged around 5,000 at any one time. Moreover, given that many of these prisoners were sentenced to multiple-year terms or were repeat offenders, the same individuals are included in the figures for each year. Addameer’s statement must therefore be dismissed as nothing more than pure propaganda. Al-Dameer ($200,000) ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Al-Dameer released a statement calling for the (PFLP) terror group.33 Al-Haq assisted the Bil’in Village “prosecut[ion] [of] the Israeli war criminals”.30 After the Council in bringing a case in Quebec against Canadian release of the Goldstone “fact-finding” report on the Gaza corporations, claiming that they were “aiding, abetting, conflict, Al-Dameer called “[t]o prosecute the military assisting and conspiring with Israel, the Occupying commanders and Israeli civilians before the national Power.”34 This NGO was also behind the September 2009 courts of criminal jurisdiction, to effectuate the principle attempt to arrest Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak in of international criminal jurisdiction of national courts.”31 the UK.35 This organization has never issued calls to prosecute Palestinians, including , for their perpetration of Al Mezan ($500,000) war crimes against and direct targeting of Israeli civilians, Al Mezan’s activities reflect a radical anti-Israel agenda, in particular, children. including promoting claims of “Israeli war crimes,”36 “apartheid,”37 “ethnic cleansing,”38 “criminal aggression Al-Haq ($500,000) against civilians,” “Israeli massacres,”39 and “slaughtering Al-Haq lists boycotts among its goals and objectives,32 and civilians.”40 The organization also offensively employs Nazi is a leader of the “lawfare” movement to interfere in the and Holocaust rhetoric referring to Israeli “incit[ement]” diplomatic relations between Israel and countries such as to “holocaust (genocide).”41 Al Mezan has also joined the the UK by bringing lawsuits against UK officials to block “lawfare” movement, partnering with Al-Haq to attempt to 12 trade with Israel. General Director has arrest Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak in the UK.42 been denied travel visas by Israel and Jordan for his alleged » page

30 Al-Dameer, “Al Dameer Urges UN Human Rights Council Members to Endorse All Recommendations of the Fact-Finding Mission’s Report at its Current Session in Geneva to Restore Justice to the Victims of Israel’s Offensive Attack,” Sept. 28, 2009. Available at: http://www.aldameer.org/en/index.php?pagess=main&id=84. 31 Al-Dameer, “The Outcome of the IOF Offensive on the Gaza Strip: 2011 Civilian and Cultural Premises were Destroyed completely or partially...Al Dameer Issues a Special Report Entitled...,” May 5, 2009. Available at: http://www.aldameer.org/en/ index.php?pagess=main&id=58. 32 Available at: http://www.alhaq.org/etemplate.php?id=51. 33 “Shawan Rateb Abdullah Jabarin versus The Commander of IDF Forces in the West Bank,” July 3, 2008. Available at: http:// www.alhaq.org/pdfs/HCJ%20Shawan%20Jabarin%20v%20IDF.pdf. 34 NGO Monitor, “Al-Haq Supported Lawfare in Canada,” June 11, 2009. Available at: http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/al_haq_ supported_lawfare_in_canada.

Scandinavian NGO Funding NGO Funding Scandinavian 35 Al-Haq, “Al Mezan and Al-Haq Regret London Magistrates’ Court Decision Not to Issue Arrest Warrant against Israeli Defence Minister for Alleged War Crimes in Gaza,” Oct. 1, 2009. Available at: http://www.alhaq.org/etemplate.php?id=478. 36 Al Mezan, “Following the Goldstone Report: Adalah, Al Mezan and Al Haq Submit New Complaints and Demands to Israel for Criminal Investigations into Suspected War Crimes in Gaza,” Nov. 25, 2009. Available at: http://www.mezan.org/en/details. php?id=9283&ddname=crimes&id_dept=31&p=center. 37 Al Mezan, “On 9th Anniversary of 2nd Intifada: Al Mezan Condemns Forced Entry of Israeli Settlers and Police into Al Aqsa Mosque; Calls for International Protection,” Sept. 28, 2009. Available at: http://www.mezan.org/en/details. php?id=9059&ddname=ESC%20rights&id_dept=9&p=center. 38 Al Mezan, “During the commemoration of Al Nakba, the IOF continue the displacement of Palestinians,” May 15, 2006. Available at: http://www.mezan.org/en/a.php?id=1951. 39 Al Mezan, “Israeli Massacres in Gaza Continue: 284 Killed; Including 32 Children, and 755 Injured; Gaza’s Service Systems Paralyzed under Severe Lack of Medicine, Food and Power,” Dec. 29, 2008. Available at: http://www.mezan.org/en/details. php?id=1522&ddname=gaza%20destruction&id_dept=9&id2=9&p=center. 40 Al Mezan, “IOF Targets a 3rd UNRWA Shelter and Continues its massacres in the Gaza Strip - The Int’l Community Must End Slaughtering Civilians Immediately,” Jan. 17, 2009. Available at: http://www.mezan.org/en/details.php?id=1498&ddname=gaza%20 destruction&id_dept=9&id2=9&p=center. 41 Al Mezan, “Al Mezan Condemns the Assassination of As-Smiri and the Killing of an Infant; Calls for International Intervention,” March 5, 2008. Available at: http://www.mezan.org/en/a.php?id=1628. 42 NGO Monitor, “European Govts Fund NGO ‘Lawfare’ vs. Minister Barak,” Sept. 30, 2009. Available at: http://www.ngo- monitor.org/article/european_govts_fund_ngo_lawfare_vs_minister_barak. Arab Thought Forum (ATF-Multaqa) ($80,000) “root causes of the…displacement and dispossession of ATF consistently uses the language of demonization, the Palestinian people.”52 employing terms such as “apartheid,”43 “ethnic cleansing,”44 “genocide,”45 and “collective punishment,”46 Bimkom ($150,000) while promoting the (BDS) campaign. ATF claims that Bimkom claims to focus on “the right to equality and “the Zionist notion carries racist principles that keep social justice in matters of planning, development, and producing Apartheid forms.”47 This NGO refers to “so the allocation of land resources.”53 But Bimkom regularly called ‘Palestinian Terrorism.’” Until 2009, this NGO opposes the Israeli government’s policy regarding topics partnered with the Institute for Historical Justice and completely unrelated to planning rights, including the Reconciliation, whose executive committee is chaired by Gaza war. During the Gaza war, Bimkom, along with other Richard Goldstone.48 Israeli NGOs, accused Israel of “making wanton use of lethal force which has to date caused the death of hundreds Badil ($100,000) of uninvolved civilians” and “forc[ing]” Palestinians to Badil’s claimed focus is the “right of return.” Badil calls “live in fear and terror.”54 for a “targeted campaign to expose the lies of AIPAC and the Anti-Defamation League and to expose the Jewish B’Tselem ($450,000) and Zionist community’s double standards regarding This NGO “acts primarily to change Israeli policy Nakba & Occupation.”49 Badil also refers to “Israel’s in the Occupied Territories,”55 a political objective. 13 colonial apartheid regime,” “state-sponsored racism,”50 While widely considered Israel’s premier human-rights and “systematic ethnic cleansing,”51 and alleges that organization, B’Tselem has faced serious criticism for “[i]nstitutionalized racism and discrimination” are the its misrepresentations of international law,56 inaccurate » page

43 Arab Thought Forum, “War Crimes or War against Humanity,” March 2006. Available at: http://www.multaqa.org/etemplate. php?id=905. 44 Arab Thought Forum, “The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine.” Available at: http://www.multaqa.org/etemplate.php?id=1018. 45 Arab Thought Forum, “Gaza exposes the world order,” Jan. 10, 2009. Available at: http://www.multaqa.org/etemplate. php?id=1120. 46 Arab Thought Forum, “2008 Annual Report.” Available at: http://www.multaqa.org/pdfs/Annual%20Report.new.2008.pdf. 47 Arab Thought Forum, “War Crimes or War against Humanity,” March 2006. Available at: http://www.multaqa.org/etemplate. php?id=905. NGO Funding Scandinavian 48 NGO Monitor, “Goldstone’s NGO partner: The Arab Thought Forum – E.U. funding to Promote Demonization,” Nov. 3, 2009. Available at: http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/goldstone_s_ngo_partner_the_arab_thought_forum_e_u_funding_to_promote_ demonization. 49 See “Badil Releases Blueprint for 2007-08 Durban Strategy Campaign,” NGO Monitor, May 30, 2007. Available at: http://www. ngo-monitor.org/digest_info.php?id=1434#9. 50 Badil, “A Call for New Vision and Strategies,” Summer 2007. Available at: http://www.badil.org/en/al-majdal/item/419-a-call- for-new-vision-and-strategies. 51 Badil’s oral statement at Preparatory Committee second substantive session, Oct. 16, 2008. Available at: http://www.un.org/webcast/unhrc/archive.asp?go=081016. 52 Badil, “Ongoing Forced Displacement of the Palestinian Population on Both Sides of the ‘Green Line’,” Autumn 2008–Winter 2009. Available at: http://www.badil.org/en/al-majdal/item/57-ongoing-forced-displacement-of-the-palestinian-population-on-both- sides-of-the-%E2%80%9Cgreen-line%E2%80%9D. 53 NGO Monitor, “Bimkom,” Feb. 6, 2007. Available at: http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/bimkom. 54 “A Clear and Present Danger an Israeli Call for Urgent Humanitarian Action in Gaza,” Jan. 14, 2009. Available at: http://www. gisha.org/UserFiles/File/Press%20Materials/HR%20Letter%20Gaza%20ENG%20Jan%2014-08.pdf. 55 B’Tselem, “About B’Tselem.” Available at: http://www.btselem.org/English/About_Btselem/Index.asp. 56 NGO Monitor, “The NGO Front in the Gaza War: The Durban Strategy Continues,” NGO Monitor Monograph Series, Feb. 12, 2009. Available at: http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/the_ngo_front_in_the_gaza_war. research,57 skewed statistics (including casualty lists58), civilians.62 In 2006, Israel’s State Prosecutor asserted and selective coverage of violations against Israelis. These that HaMoked’s “self-presentation as ‘a human rights problematic methodologies reinforce the Palestinian organization’ has no basis in reality and is designed to narrative of victimization and portray Israel as the sole mislead.”63 HaMoked called the Gaza war a “punitive impediment to peace. operation” and promoted the unverified claim that “[m]any prisoners … were held in pits in the ground Defense for Children International-Palestine … apparently dug by the army.”64 During the Gaza war, Section (DCI-PS) ($450,000) HaMoked distorted international law to criminalize Israeli DCI-PS regularly exploits the rhetoric of children’s rights, actions, falsely claiming that “phosphorous and cluster manipulates international law, and campaigns against bombs” are “illegal weapons prohibited by International Israel in the UN and other international frameworks. Humanitarian Law.”65 HaMoked has also compared Israel DCI-PS has falsely accused Israel of “deliberate targeting of to “totalitarian countries.”66 civilians” in Lebanon, “terrorizing the civilian population” in Gaza, and “collective punishment.”59 DCI-PS refers to Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions Israeli “racis[m],” and promotes the Palestinian narrative (ICAHD) ($80,000) of “nakba” and the “right [of] return” as “a natural and ICAHD is a radical NGO that utilizes “apartheid” and legal right.”60 DCI-PS referred to the Gaza conflict as “ethnic cleansing”67 rhetoric and supports the BDS Israel’s “illegal act of aggression.”61 movement.68 ICAHD head Jeff Halper regularly refers to 14 the Israeli “matrix of control,”69 claiming that a bi-national HaMoked ($500,000) state is the only remaining option resulting from Israel’s HaMoked accuses Israel of “war crimes” with only a token “futile attempt to impose an apartheid regime.” ICAHD’s

» page reference to Hamas’ “sporadic” rocket fire against Israeli website promotes a “campaign against apartheid,”70 and

57 Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi, JCPA, “An additional example of the importance of criticism of human rights organizations” (Hebrew), June 14, 2009. Available at: http://www.jcpa.org.il/JCPAHeb/Templates/showpage.asp?FID=602&DBID=1&LNGID=2 &TMID=99&IID=22817. 58 Dan Izenberg, “Report slams B’Tselem Cast Lead figures,” Jerusalem Post, Sept. 16, 2009. Available at: http://www.jpost.com/ servlet/Satellite?cid=1251804580143&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull. 59 DCI-PS, “29 September Presentation by DCI to CRC,” Sept. 29, 2006. Available at: http://www.dci-pal.org/english/display. cfm?DocId=554&CategoryId=18. 60 DCI-PS, “61 years after the Nakba: the Israeli army is still enacting the Catastrophe,” May 14, 2009. Available at: http://www. dci-pal.org/english/display.cfm?DocId=1152&CategoryId=1. Scandinavian NGO Funding NGO Funding Scandinavian 61 DCI-PS, “Gaza Under Attack.” Available at: http://dci-pal.org/english/display.cfm?DocId=936&CategoryId=16. 62 “Submission of Human Rights Organizations based in Israel.” Available at: http://www.acri.org.il/pdf/goldstone1.pdf. 63 NGO Monitor, “Israeli State Prosecutor Recognises Bias of Israeli Human Rights NGOs, HaMoked and B’Tselem,” March 23, 2006. Available at: http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/_israeli_state_prosecutor_recognises_bias_of_israeli_human_rights_ngos_ hamoked_and_b_tselem_. 64 NGO Monitor, “The Goldstone ‘Fact Finding’ Mission and the Role of Political NGOs,” Sept. 7, 2009. Available at: http://www. ngo-monitor.org/article/the_goldstone_gaza_fact_finding_committee_and_the_lund_london_guidelines_. 65 HaMoked, “HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual and other human rights organizations turned to the Prime Minister, the Minister of Defence and the Attorney General: Halt the Use of Illegal Weapons Prohibited by International Law,” Jan. 15, 2009. Available at: http://www.hamoked.org.il/news_main_en.asp?id=636. 66 HaMoked, “Machsom Watch’s security violations,” June 14, 2009. Available at: http://www.ngo-monitor.org/digest_info. php?id=2497#machsom. 67 ICAHD, “Don’t Say We Did Not Know,” March 20, 2007. Available at: http://icahd.org/eng/articles.asp?menu=6&submenu=2& article=332. 68 ICAHD, “Manchester Boycott Model.” Available at: http://www.icahd.org/icahdukdev/eng/documents/Manchester%20 Boycott%20Model.htm. 69 Jeff Halper, “Dismantling the Matrix of Control,” Middle East Report Online, Sept. 11, 2009. Available at: http://www.merip.org/ mero/mero091109.html. 70 ICHAD, “Campaign Against Apartheid.” Available at: http://www.icahd.org/eng/campaigns.asp?menu=4&submenu=4. accuses Israel of “state terrorism.”71 Halper has claimed Israel aims to “destroy all manifestations of Palestinian that Israel “wants to enclose [the Palestinians] in a little nationalism and culture.”78 Bantustan-type state.”72 ICAHD refers to the demolition of illegally built houses as “discriminatory discourse” and Musawa ($150,000) “racist measures.”73 While the majority of Musawa’s activities appear to focus on securing “the independence of the Judiciary and the Jerusalem Center for Women (JCW) ($30,000) legal profession,”79 in December 2008 Musawa signed an JCW claims “to stand against to the unjust occupation, NGO statement referring to the “Israeli occupying forces” oppression, war, apartheid, humiliation, and poverty and its “malicious intent to inflict as many casualties as affecting Palestinian women.”74 A “fact sheet” refers to the possible.”80 Musawa’s executive director wrote a letter to “Annexation wall” and “illegal[] evict[ion]” of Palestinian Mahmoud Abbas asking him to support the “prosecution families “so that settlers can take up residency.”75 JCW of Israel’s leaders for war crimes in the international courts” designed posters with provocative slogans, such as “Ethnic to “bring[] Israeli leaders and army officials to justice.”81 Cleansing in East Jerusalem,” “Stop the Apartheid Wall,” and “Stop the Judaization of Jerusalem.” Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) ($240,000) Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center PCATI claims to fight against torture and for prisoner (JLAC-Mossada) ($165,000) rights. While extensively criticizing alleged Israeli abuses, 15 JLAC claims to “[d]efend[] the Palestinian victims of the group has done virtually no campaigning to uphold human rights violations; with accordance to the Palestinian the rights of – held incommunicado by Hamas laws and the international law … via legal aid and legal since June 25, 2006 in flagrant violation of the Geneva representation.”76 JLAC published a report entitled, “Rats Conventions. PCATI often lobbies in international forums » page in the Maze: Freedom of Movement in the OPT,” which to promote its one-sided, politicized agenda. PCATI refers to Israeli “crimes,” “apartheid,” and “collective leaders testified in Geneva in front of the UN’s fact finding punishment.”77 JLAC also wrote a 34-page report calling mission on the Gaza war, where they referred to Israel’s on the US to freeze military aid to Israel claiming that “unacceptable collective punishment” and to Palestinian “martyrs.”82

71 ICAHD, “Don’t Say We Did Not Know,” March 20, 2007. Available at: http://icahd.org/eng/articles.asp?menu=6&submenu=2& article=332.

72 Jeff Halper and Jon Elmer, “Israel and the Empire,” FromOccupiedPalestine.org, Sept. 20, 2003. Available at: http://www. NGO Funding Scandinavian fromoccupiedpalestine.org/node/776. 73 ICAHD, “Three house demolitions in East Jerusalem,” Nov. 11, 2009. Available at: http://www.icahd.org/eng/news. asp?menu=5&submenu=1&item=745. 74 Jerusalem Center for Women, “History.” Available at: http://www.j-c-w.org/history.php. 75 Jerusalem Center for Women, “The Judisation [sic] of Jerusalem.” Available at: http://www.j-c-w.org/factsheets/Judaization%20of%20J%27lem.doc. 76 NDC, “HR/GG Beneficiary List.” Available at: http://www.ndc.ps/uploads/File/Copy%20of%20HRGG%20List%20of%20beneficiary%20NGOs%281%29.pdf. No.19. 77 Aug. 24, 2007. Available at: http://www.mosaada.org/eng/images/PDF_File/restrictions_on_movement.pdf. 78 “Freezing U.S. Military Aid to Israel: Required by U.S. Law,” April 2005. Available at: http://www.mosaada.org/eng/images/ PDF_File/freezing_us_aid.pdf. 79 Musawa, “About Musawa.” Available at: http://www.musawa.ps/page.php?id=1&menu=15. 80 Electronic Intifada, “Rights orgs: Israel’s willful killings a war crime,” Dec. 27, 2008. Available at: http://electronicintifada.net/ v2/article10057.shtml. 81 Available at: http://musawa.ps/etemplate.php?id=144&searchkey=Israel. 82 United Nations, “UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict - Public Hearings First & Second session,” July 7, 2009. Available at: http://www.un.org/webcast/unhrc/archive.asp?go=090707. Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) the population of Gaza” and of “targeting [] medical teams ($400,000) and aid convoys.”89 Dr. Yoram Blachar, president of the PCHR regularly refers to rocket attacks on Israeli civilians World Medical Association, criticized PHR-I as “a radical as “resistance.”83 PCHR frequently employs the “lawfare” political group disguised as a medical organization.”90 strategy of exploiting universal jurisdiction statutes to bring cases against Israeli political and military officials Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO) ($130,000) for “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity.” PCHR During the Gaza war, PNGO alleged that Israel’s goal was to alleged that almost 70 percent of all casualties in the Gaza “eras[e] the memory of resistance and struggle … so Israel war were civilian, including two senior Hamas military would be free to impose its goals, and instill a culture of leaders – an unsubstantiated claim that was repeated in obedience, and compliance with the occupying power.”91 the media and in the Goldstone Report.84 PCHR’s figures PNGO called for a “war tribunal” and “reparations.”92 have been independently disproven by several sources.85 PNGO is a leader of the “National Committee for the BDS Campaign,”93 and participates in “holding conferences,” Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-I) “international advocacy,” and “media advocacy” in support ($125,000) of BDS. In July 2009, PHR-I activists provided first aid training to violent protesters at the security barrier near Bil’in with The Palestinian Working Women Society for the political aim of showing “solidarity with the people Development (PWWSD) ($60,000) 16 who fight against the occupation and the building of the PWWSD “is engaged in resisting the Israeli occupation wall.”86 PHR-I engages in political campaigns including and all other forms of oppression and discrimination.”94 attacks against Israel’s Law of Return87 and the publishing In an article entitled, “Avouch Your Legal and Human

» page of an article equating Israeli “settlers” to “self-exploding Responsibilities Towards Victimized Gaza,” PWWSD terrorists.”88 During the Gaza war PHR-I accused Israel refers to “Israeli aggression” and “war crimes.”95 of using “extreme and disproportionate force … against

83 PCHR, “6 Palestinians, Including 4 Children, Injured in Gaza Due to Misuse of Weapons,” Dec. 23, 2008. Available at: http:// www.pchrgaza.org/files/weapon/english/2008/report44.html. 84 PCHR, “Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,” Jan. 15–21, 2009. Available at: http://pchrgaza.ps/files/W_report/English/2008/22-01-2009.htm. 85 Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi, JCPA, “Casualties within the Palestinian Security Systems: Myth versus Reality” (Hebrew), Scandinavian NGO Funding NGO Funding Scandinavian May 24, 2009. Available at: http://jcpa.org.il/JCPAHeb/Templates/showpage.asp?FID=594&DBID=1&LNGID=2&TMID=99&II D=22712. 86 Ilana Strauss, “Israeli doctors to train Bil’in protesters in first aid at site of disputed security fence,” Jerusalem Post, July 5, 2009. Available at: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1246443726155&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull. 87 PHR-I, “A Selective Invitation from the State of Israel: To Work – People of all Nations and Religions. To Live – Jews Only.” Available at: http://www.phr.org.il/default.asp?PageID=100&ItemID=121. 88 Dr. Eldad Kisch, “Does an ethical imperative override the law of the land?,” June 2009. Available at: http://www.phr.org.il/ default.asp?PageID=192&ItemID=264. 89 ReliefWeb, “Physicians for Human Rights-Israel Report on the protest, solidarity and aid convoy to the residents of Gaza,” Jan. 16, 2009. Available at: http://ocha-gwapps1.unog.ch/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/CJAL-7NCPWV?OpenDocument. 90 Cnaan Liphshiz, “Top doctor slams group’s first aid course for West Bank protestors,” Haaretz, July 11, 2009. Available at: http:// www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1099324.html. 91 Palestinian Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel, “Palestinian orgs. call for boycott and end of Gaza siege,” Jan. 28, 2009. Available at: http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=913. 92 Ibid. 93 See http://www.pngo.net/default.asp?i=190. 94 PWWSD, “About Us.” Available at: http://www.pwwsd.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=28. 95 Jan. 6, 2009. Available at: http://www.pwwsd.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86&Itemid=40. Ramallah Center for Human Rights Studies Women’s Affairs Technical Committee (WATC) ($70,000) ($100,000) The Center for Human Rights Studies issued a press WATC’s stated ideology is that “the social struggle for the release claiming that the center “[s]trongly condemns full emancipation of all members of the Palestinian society Israel’s massacre of the civilian population” and the … must go hand in hand with the national struggle for the “willful war attacks on academic institutions.”96 The center liberation of Palestine.”100 A WATC newsletter asserts that also published a report referencing Israeli “collective “[t]he Israeli occupation has continued building its wall punishment policy” and “war crimes.”97 of apartheid and segregation.”101 In a letter entitled “Stop Israeli Massacres and the Zionist aggressions on the Gaza Center for Human Rights and Democracy Strip immediately,” WATC falsely labeled the Gaza conflict Participation (SHAMS) ($50,000) “a war of extermination.”102 SHAMS appears to deal solely with internal Palestinian issues and does not make claims about Israeli actions. WCLAC (Women’s Center for Legal Aid and Counseling) ($150,000) Women’s Affairs Center (WAC) ($100,000) WCLAC’s stated vision is to “[e]xpos[e], locally and WAC claims to “promote women’s rights and gender internationally, the practices of Israeli occupation equality within the Palestinian society through violations against women’s rights.”103 WCLAC’s other capacity building, media and communication, video objectives include “development of legislation … which 17 documentation, research and developmental clinic support women and their rights” and to “Eradicate programs.”98 WAC programs focus on “violence against Negative Social Attitudes/Practices Against Women.”104 women,” the “image of Palestinian women in the media,” WCLAC also claims to have taken “280 cases to court” and “[w]omen’s political participation.” In contrast, WAC in 2007. WCLAC’s director wrote that Israel “us[ed] the » page was active in condemning Israel during the Gaza conflict. threadbare pretext of ‘retaliation against rockets propelled In a statement about the Gaza war, WAC claimed that the out of Gaza’ resulting in the illegal and unforgivable “war has affected everything without taking the lives of destruction of civilian life and infrastructure … . The the civilians and their safety into consideration.”99 WAC world prefers to see us as ‘terrorists,’ thus justifying the alleged that it “witnessed the civilians when being killed unjustifiable … .”105 WCLAC alleges that Israel “targeted” by the Israeli army especially the women and children.” “civilians and civilian buildings.”106 WAC calls the war “brutal” and demands “trying Israel in a military court to punish Israel for being war criminal [sic].” Scandinavian NGO Funding NGO Funding Scandinavian

96 RCHRS, “RCHRS strongly condemns Israel’s massacre of the civilian population,” March 2, 2008. Available at: http://www. rchrs.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=57:rchrs-strongly-condemns-israels-massacre-of-the-civilian- population&catid=34:demo-category. 97 Available at: http://www.rchrs.org/Reports/1.pdf. 98 WAC, “Annual Narrative Report,” 2006. Available at: http://wac.org.ps/en/images/stories/pub/reports/finnal%20annual%20 report%2020060.pdf. 99 Available at: http://www.wac.org.ps/en/bayan.php/. 100 WATC, “WATC’s Vision.” Available at: http://www.watcpal.org/english/display.asp?DocID=13. 101 WATC, “Voice of Women 302,” Dec. 4, 2008. Available at: http://www.watcpal.org/english/display.asp?DocID=273. 102 Dec. 31, 2008. Available at: http://www.watcpal.org/english/display.asp?DocID=250. 103 Available at: http://www.wclac.org/english/about/vision.php. 104 WCLAC, “Annual Report 2007.” Available at: http://www.wclac.org/english/reports/report2007e.pdf. 105 Maha Abu-Dayyeh Shamas, “Director’s Message 2009.” Available at: http://www.wclac.org/english/director/director2009.php. 106 WCLAC, “Voices from the Women of Gaza.” Available at: http://www.wclac.org/english/stories/stories.php. Women for Life ($100,000) Women for Life claims to have been “the first popular committee to begin organizing against the Apartheid Wall in Salfit.”107 Fatima Khaldi, the founder and director of this NGO, has referred to the IDF as the “Israeli occupation forces” and condemns American aid for the “illegal and immoral Apartheid Wall.”108 Khaldi also claims to “reject Israeli violence and racism.”109 18 » page Scandinavian NGO Funding NGO Funding Scandinavian

107 Fatima Khaldi, “We will continue our work until our message flies in the sky.” Available at: http://www.iwps.info/en/projects/ wall/organizing_history_salfit.php. 108 Fatima Khaldi, “Women Against the Wall,” Electonic Intifada, July 16, 2004. Available at: http://electronicintifada.net/v2/ article2923.shtml. 109 American Friends Service Committee, “Profiles of Peace-Fatima Khaldi.” Available at: http://www.afsc.org/ht/d/ ContentDetails/i/3596. Swedish Funding forNGORejectionism Clouded EUPresidency: • • • • • • • • with therhetoricwith of “apartheid,” “ethnic cleansing,” and “massacres.” (PMRS),and JerusalemSociety Center for Women demonize Israel (JCW), Women’s Technical Affairs Committee (WATC), Palestinian Relief Medical Other SIDA grantees, including theAlternative Information Center (AIC), “the provocative Israeli occupation.” executionsunlawful and torture.” on blamed isalso Thefighting inGaza and the‘Second Intifada,’” and “disproportionate against civilians, violence IsraelThe Palme accuses Center falsely of “provok[ing] theal-Aqsa rising problems of the1948refugees.” for equality,struggles freedom, and identity, and confront thecontinuing commemorate theNakba [Catastrophe] of 1948,examine thecurrent Sabeel’sSweden funded also Nakba Memory program in2008“to interpretation of international law. promotes Palestinian through goals adistorted political and misleading Sweden fundsDiakonia’s International Humanitarian project, Law which togiven NGOs hasaccomplished any of thestated objectives. study of to adetailed There determine isnoevidence thismoney whether EU’s European Commission. Swedish “framework” NGOs. groups Some funding receive from also the fromdirectly theSIDA aid agency, and from (Ramallah), NDC via Many NGOs Swedish significant receive support from multiple sources: often hidden. rights and humanitarian are Thedetails political. and highly aid isbiased Swedish government funding for of undertheguise NGO human activities efforts. hampered its ability to have on impact apositive Arab-Israeli peace the European Union. Sweden’s funding pro-Palestinian of radical NGOs From July of the presidency 31,2009,Sweden 1to assumed December Sweden

Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 19 Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 20 for questionable this claim. sida.jsp?d=1229&a=885&language=en_US. sida.jsp?d=1229&a=885&language=en_US. jsp?d=109&a=1844&language=en_US. sida.jsp?d=1230&a=18120&language=en_US. 118 117 116 115 114 113 112 111 110 mechanisms: are by funded Swedish the government through three Swedish, Israeli, Palestinian, and international NGOs Funding Mechanisms andEast North [MENA] Africa budget). (SEK) (~$59million, or more than 70percent of Middle the areas2008, these received 455million Swedish krona Palestinians West inthe Bankand Gazasince2000.In Agency (SIDA) providing hasbeen substantial aid to The Swedish InternationalDevelopment Cooperation Background Israel and Palestine.” increase public support solution for apeaceful inboth and Palestinian human rights campaigns to “hashelped SIDA’s website that funding for asserts also joint Israeli clearly Palestinian the taking position process. inthe an negotiationsbe equal peace inthe partner with Israel,” strengthen PLO’s the negotiating structures to enable it to jsp?d=107&a=1836&language=en_US. world were recipient seventh highest the of SIDA funding inthe law.” contribute to ademocratic Palestinian state governed by solutionpeaceful to Israeli-Palestinian the conflict and terms of equality,” and for respect democracy human in rights, especially Throughfunding, this SIDA claims “to promote figures for 2008 are not yet available). SIDA,“WhichcountriesreceivemostsupportfromSida?,”Feb. 20,2009. Available at:http://www2.sida.se/sida/jsp/sida. Listavailableat: http://www2.sida.se/sida/jsp/sida.jsp?d=390&a=1227. SIDA,“WhatdoesSidadointhe MiddleEastandNorth Africa?,” April 18,2007. Available at:http://www2.sida.se/sida/jsp/ Available at:http://www2.sida.se/ngodatabase/. Ibid. SIDA,“The West Bank/Gaza,” April 6,2009. Available at:http://www2.sida.se/sida/jsp/sida.jsp?d=1230&language=en_US. SIDA,“WhatdoesSidadointheMiddleEastandNorth Africa?,” April 18,2007. Available at:http://www2.sida.se/sida/jsp/ SIDA,“HowmuchdoesSwedengiveinODA?,”June19,2008. Available at:http://www2.sida.se/sida/jsp/sida. SIDA,“Developmentcooperationwiththe West Bank/Gazain2008,”Feb.25,2009. Available at:http://www2.sida.se/sida/jsp/ 114 111 Sweden provides also “expert assistance to help (out of SEK 15.4billion worldwide; 113 115 and to “create opportunities for a However, isprovided noevidence 110 In 2007,they 112 complete groups, maintains adatabase on indirect support through Swedish by Swedish the government. Additionally, SIDA while shown below, suggesting alack of responsible oversight isnot schemes Overlap uncommon, these between as anonymously NGO.” as“local implementing“local organisation(s)” issometimes listed material isoften inconsistent missing.or For instance,the information contained SIDA inthe database, but the Additionally, framework the organizations provide the NGOsto local and overseeing project implementation. groupsThese are responsible for transferring SIDA funds (OPC) and Save Children the Sweden Barnen). (Radda (SMR),Council Olof the Palme International Center “Most of [SIDA] the support to MENA the region” through Swedish NGOsGrants channeled comprehensive.be makers, and others, aswell listings asthe below, may not information available to members of parliament, policy- are not included. limited Dueto this transparency, the organizations,” is channeled through 14Swedish “framework 3. 1. 2. countries.” Switzerland, Denmark, and Netherlands; the includes which Center money (NDC), from Sweden, direct funding to “organizations inpartner Grants channeled through Swedish NGOs; a multi-national framework, NGO the Development 116 the NDC project the NDC and direct grants to NGOs local 118 including Diakonia, Swedish the Mission 117

100 million annually to Diakonia, In 2008and 2009,SIDA allocated more than SEK 1. Diakonia funding for NGOs noted. otherwise isfromData section SIDA the inthis database, unless 128 127 126 125 124 123 122 121 120 119 aic_profile. voids-the-substance-of-the-international-legal-system.html. Dec. 10,2008. Available at:http://www.alternativenews.org/english/1752-shame-on-europe-the-upgrade-in-eu-israel-relations- resistance.html. Available at:http://www.alternativenews.org/english/1836-israels-ethnic-cleansing-policy-and-land-day-palestinian-uprising-and michael-warschawski/1628-sanctions-now--upgrading-hell-no.html. alternativenews.org/nassar-ibrahim/986-the-case-against-palestinian-normalization-with-israel.html. diakonia.se/documents/public/WHERE_WE_WORK/Middle_East/Diakonia_Middle_East_Newsletter_2.pdf. (IHL) (SEK 46.4million from 2006–2009)programs. 2008–2010) and International the Humanitarian Law Organizationson Civil Society (SEK 13.5million from bulk of Diakonia’s funding from SIDA, however, isspent 2009), appear genuine to be humanitarian projects. The Rehabilitationthe Program (SEK 25million from 2008– Literature Program (SEK 18million from 2005–2007)and to negligence of graspthe Palestinian the Government occupation and lack in Palestine, of peace it isnot difficult for failings the of Palestinian the Authority: “[due to] the attitude toward Palestinian responsibility, blaming Israel Diakonia perpetuates conflict the through apaternalistic primarily disseminates Palestinian the narrative. corporations doing business with Israel. This project goals, such as“lawfare” against Israeli officials and foreign of international law that promotes Palestinian political and presents adistorted and misleading interpretation The IHL program wascreated influenceto public opinion, “Israel/Palestine.” humanitarian NGO. Diakonia oversees four projects in “Christian development organization” and Sweden’s largest SeeSIDA NGODatabaseforlistofgroups. Available at:http://www2.sida.se/sida/jsp/sida.jsp?d=390&a=1073. See AIC Profile,NGOMonitor, June4,2009. Available at:http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/alternative_information_center_ Sergio Yahni, “ShameonEurope: The UpgradeinEU-IsraelRelations Voids theSubstanceofInternational LegalSystem,” Ahmad Jaradat,“Israel’s EthnicCleansingPolicyandLandDay:PalestinianUprisingResistance,”March30,2009. Michael Warschawski, “SanctionsNow–Upgrading,HellNo!,”Dec.2,2008. Available at:http://www.alternativenews.org/ NassarIbrahim,“TheCaseagainstPalestinianNormalizationwith Israel,”Sept.4,2007. Available at:http://www. AIC, “AICMissionStatement.” Available at:http://www.alternativenews.org/about.html. Diakonia,“Palestine-RehabilitationProgram,”Diakoniainthe Middle EastNewsletter, Oct.2007. Available at:http://www. FiguresprovidedbyDiakonia. Diakonia,“OccupiedPalestinian Territory (oPt).” Available at:http://www.diakonia.se/sa/node.asp?node=2229. 120 Two of its programs, Children’s the 119 a self-described aself-described 121

Israeli “colonial conflict.” AIC refers to “Israeli the occupation-regime” and Arab- the (SEK 295,650in2008) Alternative Information Center (AIC), 2004–2008 Arab-Israeli Conflict, 30). p. analysis, Diakonia: see AnAnalysis of Activities inthe and, at times,even antisemitic rhetoric. (For adetailed erasing context the of terror, and employing inflammatory others –are among mostextreme the anti-Israel NGOs, Al-Haq, Alternative the Information Center, Sabeel,and Many of Diakonia’s organizations partner –AlMezan, endorsed.”been to implement law the of Disability eight years after has it NDC) ofpart Diakonia’s IHLprogram; by funded also Al-Haq 2006–2010,as (SEK between 3.2million to Nazis. have compared also Israeli and military political officials rights and of peace.” definitely enemyan the of people,Palestinian of human unacceptable, and morally disgusting. Shimon Peres is NGO with Israeli the Peres Center for Peace politically “is with Israel, claiming that collaboration the of aPalestinian Nations frameworks; have Israel accused of “genocide,” a “policy of cleansing,” ethnic Al-Haq of isaleader “lawfare” the movement, initiating

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Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 21 Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 22 137 136 135 134 133 132 131 130 129 2006–2008 Sabeel, PLO/PNA on IHL-related diplomacy,” board of Humanadvisory Rights Watch, has“advised the Shamas of isamember Middle the East-North Africa of Palestine (PFLP)terror group. Co-founder Charles of hisalleged tiesto Popular the Front for Liberation the deniedexit by visas has been Israel and Jordan on account Israel bilateral relations. Director General Shawan Jabarin objectives, and lobbied EUto the annul upgrade the of EU- foreign courts. Al-Haq listsboycotts among its goals and files” case to-be-used for against use Israeli officials in lawsuits inCanada and UK,and the preparing “ready- www2.sida.se/sida/jsp/sida.jsp?d=390&a=40059&pm. data/images/File/sabeel_conference_101107.pdf. ecumenical_facade_. jsp?d=390&a=42140&pm. www.crimesofwar.org/expert/me-shamas.html. 7PYM36?OpenDocument. covering Palestinian’s medicalcareinIsrael,”March9,2009. Available at:http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/CJAL- against process that peace the Swedish the government supports Palestinian rejection of compromise, and works classsecond citizenship for Palestinians.” work proactively inside Israel …on situation …the of informed and concerned about Nakba the and will who Nakba (Catastrophe)”; and “create astronger civil society better understanding of of Palestinian 1948,the history the continuingthe problems of 1948refugees”; the “create a forstruggles freedom, equality, and identity, and confront commemorate Nakba the of 1948,examine current the and Beyond,” SIDA used funding (SEK 540,000)“to project,One 2008Sabeel “The Nakba Memory, Reality to “apartheid”policy and “genocide.” helabels “resistance”which and publicly compares Israeli international humanitarian law Palestinian to erase terror, in ” or regimes, genocidal and distorts humanitarian law,” just asin“rogue states” like “apartheid as“inseparablepolicy from violations of international WATC, “WATC’s Vision.” Available at:http://www.watcpal.org/english/display.asp?DocID=13. ReliefWeb, “PhysiciansforHuman Rights-Israelandhumanrightsorganizations inajointpositionpaperonthedecisiontosto SIDA NGODatabase,“PHR2007-2009 The OccupiedPalestinian Territory, Prisoners&Detainees.” Available at:http:// Sabeel,“AboutUs.” Available at:http://www.sabeel.org/etemplate.php?id=2. NGOMonitor, “SabeelConferences:Fuellingthe Arab-Israeli Conflict,”Oct.8,2007. Available at:http://www.ngo-monitor.org/ NGOMonitor, “Sabeel’s Ecumenical Facade,”July10,2005. Available at:http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/_sabeel_s_ SIDA NGODatabase,“TheNakbaMemory, RealityandBeyond2008-2009.” Available at:http://www2.sida.se/sida/jsp/sida. CharlesShamas,“IsraelandthePalestinians: What Laws Were Broken?Expert Analysis,” May8,2002. Avaialable at:http:// HRW, “BoardofDirectors.” Available at:http://www.hrw.org/en/node/76172#_Middle_East_North.

130 129 describes Israeli describes 131 Thisrhetoric lobbying against upgrade the of EU-Israel relations. 2008 Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-I), 2004– his “Palestinian Liberation Theology.” antisemitic and themes imagery campaign, divestment claims to of support. isaleader church the Sabeel its wallof apartheid and segregation.” In aletter entitled that “[t]heIsraeliasserts occupation hascontinued building for liberation the of Palestine.” …mustsociety go hand inhand with national the struggle for emancipation full the of allmembers of Palestinian the WATC’s plainly stated isthat ideology “the struggle social 2004–2008 (SEK 113,959in2008) Women’s Affairs Committee (WATC),Technical patients inIsraeli hospitals. for PA’s the decision payments to suspend for Palestinian Palestinianin the Authority, and that Israel isresponsible Israel isrequired to provide “free accessto services” health PHR-I campaigns include unsupported the claim that goods andgoods conducting and local international advocacy.” of Palestinian patients, medic [and] Protect[] freedom of movement (accessto health) medical premises andoccupiedthe staff in territories, Territories: Protect[] medicalneutrality and safety the of “Protect right the to health of Palestinians Occupied inthe Palestinian Territory, Prisoners &Detainees” claiming to 2009 to atwo-year PHR-I project entitledOccupied “The SIDA contributed SEK 462,281in2008and SEK 457,200in

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in 2006–2010) Occupied Palestinian Territory” (SEK 2.8million Research (HPCR), Conflict “IHL in Israel and the Harvard’s Program on Humanitarian Policy and Gaza conflict war“a extermination.”of Gaza Strip immediately,” WATC irresponsibly labeled the “Stop Israeli Massacres and aggressions Zionist the on the 145 144 143 142 141 140 139 138 episode-9/en/#more-257. php?id=281&searchkey=massacre. Occupied Palestinian Territory,” Jan.2004–present. Available at:http://www.hpcrresearch.org/projects/opt.php. Center for Counseling and Education). Apartheid Wall on Pales[tinians]” (implemented by Arab and “Research Study Mental Health Effects theof Campaign” (implemented by Health Work Committees) and AlMezan below), (see “Anti-Apartheid the Wall NGOsOther by funded SIDA-Diakonia include: B’Tselem Gaza remains “occupied” afterthe disengagement. forum amajor isalso promoter of argument false the that conclude that Israel isviolating international law. of Arab-Israeli the on aspects certain conflict, yet invariably portal” contains “policy briefs” that claim to “analyze” IHL distortion and manipulation of international law. Its “web Palestinian agenda an on behind academicfaçade, a based framework.” context of Israeli-Palestinian the conflict theand Roadmap integrationthe of legaland humanitarian analysis inthe balanced information on international law and to promote consultation” with UN,and the aims “to improve accessto Public Health. TheIHLcomponent“in wasdeveloped conjunction with Harvard University’s of School Humanitarian Policy &Law Forum, operated in SIDA, viaDiakonia, HPCRInternational’s funds PalmeCenter, “AboutthePalmeCenter,” April 15,2009. Available at:http://www.palmecenter.se/en/About-us/. PMRS,“TheRighttoHealth.” Available at:http://www.pmrs.ps/last/printnews.php?id=161. PMRS,“Youth Program.” Available at:http://www.pmrs.ps/last/etemplate.php?id=29. ShababFM,“TheNakba60thanniversary (Episode9),”May14,2008. Available at:http://shababfm.org/2008/the-real-shabab- PMRS,“PMRS West BankteamarrivesinGaza,”Jan.27,2009. Available at:http://www.pmrs.ps/last/etemplate. Available at:http://opt.ihlresearch.org/. ProgramonHumanitarianPolicyandConflictResearch,Harvard University, “InternationalHumanitarian LawinIsraelandthe Dec.31,2008. Available at:http://www.watcpal.org/english/display.asp?DocID=250. 139 In reality, program this promotes the

138 140 The on “the provocative Israeli occupation” alone. ignored and accepted. Thefightingblamed inGazaisalso thousands of rocket attacks and internal violence, is attacks” are mentioned; Palestinian violence, including civilians, unlawful executions and torture.” Only “Israeli disengagement, and “disproportionate violence against to achaotic situation” security inGazafollowing the al-Aqsa rising and “Second the Intifada,” “contribut[ing] Palme Center absurdly Israel accuses of “provok[ing] the Palestinianoverwhelmingly narrative of conflict. the The Social Democratic PartySocial and tradeunions, CenterThe Palme funding for NGOs 3. Olof Palme International Center (OPC) massacre,” Barghouthi, referred to Gazaconflict the asa“horrendous The perpetuate distrust. president the PMRS,Dr. of Mustafa loadedlanguagePMRS uses to delegitimize Israel and 97,461 in2008) (PMRS)(SEKPalestinian ReliefSociety Medical NGOs for (SMR) funding2. Swedish Mission Council the foundationsthe of compromise and peace. in support of Palestinian the position are inconsistent with barrier asthe “apartheidsecurity Wall,” rhetoric on aradioprogram. punishment” on Palestinians. the Israel employs a“racist and inflicts ideology” “collective 141 and terms used like “ghetto” and “apartheid” , established in1992by Swedish the 142 144 PMRSrefers to the Allof activities these 143 and claimed that that claimed and 145 promotes an an promotes

Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 23 Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 24 “right of return” as“a natural and legalright.” promoting Palestinian the narrative of “nakba” and the 155 154 153 152 151 150 149 148 147 146 2004–2009 (DCI-PS), Section Defense for International-Palestine Children (SCS) funding for NGOs Barnen Sweden-Radda 4. Save theChildren affecting Palestinian women.” oppression, war, apartheid, humiliation, and poverty JCW claims “to stand against to unjust the occupation, (more than SEK 690,000in2008–2009) Jerusalem Center for Women 2006–2009 (JCW), dci-pal.org/english/display.cfm?DocId=1152&CategoryId=1. Small%20Grant%20Facility.pdf. uploads/File/Copy%20of%20HRGG%20List%20of%20beneficiary%20NGOs%281%29.pdf. english/display.cfm?DocId=430&CategoryId=1. info/?p=934. english/display.cfm?DocId=430&CategoryId=1. cfm?DocId=554&CategoryId=18. of%20J%27lem.doc. and constitutes amajor obstacleto peace. government funding for activities conflict the these fuels for BDSagainst Israel, “collective punishment.” “terrorizing civilian the population” inGaza,and Israel for “deliberate targeting of civilians” inLebanon, condemnedof Child(September the 29,2007)DCI/PS example, inastatement to Committee the on Rights the Israel UNand inthe other international frameworks. For manipulates international law, and campaigns against regularlyDCI-PS exploits rhetoric the of children’s rights, Judaization of Jerusalem.” Jerusalem,” “Stop Apartheid the Wall,” and “Stop the provocative slogans, such as“Ethnic Cleansing inEast the “Annexation wall.” “so that settlers can up take residency,” and refers to to Israeli evict[io “illegal[] NDC,“GuidelinesfortheSmall GrantFacility.” Available at:http://www.ndc.ps/uploads/File/Guidlines%20for%20the%20 Forlistandgrantamountssee:NDC, “HumanRights/GoodGovernanceBeneficiaryList.” Available at:http://www.ndc.ps/ DCI-PS,“CallsforBoycott,Divestment andSanctionsagainstIsrael,”July9,2005. Available at:http://www.dci-pal.org/ Addameer, “AdameerCondemns IOF’s Abduction of10PoliticalLeaders,”March19,2009. Available at:http://addameer. DCI-PS,“61yearsaftertheNakba:Israeliarmyisstillenacting theCatastrophe,”May14,2009. Available at:http://www DCI-PS,“CallsforBoycott,DivestmentandSanctionsagainstIsrael,” July9,2005. Available at: http://www.dci-pal.org/ DCI-PS,“29SeptemberPresentationbyDCItoCRC,”Sept.29, 2006. Available at:http://www.dci-pal.org/english/display. Seehttp://www.j-c-w.org/annualReports/2004AnnualReport.pdf. JerusalemCenterfor Women, “TheJudisationofJerusalem.” Available at:http://www.j-c-w.org/factsheets/Judaization%20 JerusalemCenterfor Women, “History.” Available at:http://www.j-c-w.org/history.php. 150 147 149 and refers to Israeli “racis[m],” 148 JCWdesignedposters with DCI-PS endorsed call the DCI-PS n]” of Palestinian families 146

A“fact sheet” refers 151 Swedish Swedish to individual of cases human rights violations.” for “lawfare” –“legalrepresentations and litigation related occupation of Palestinian human rights” and potential the document and report on violations by Israeli the military inherently biased criteria of “organizations that monitor, Palestinian NGOs, inturn, distributed to 25Israeli funds NDC, these and Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, and Netherlands. the receivedRamallah) $6million from governments the of In July NGO 2008,the Development Center (NDC- funding for5. NDC NGOs endorsed callfor the BDSagainst Israel, pawns to achieve political and gains.” military punishment” and a“policy of using Palestinian prisoners as Occupying Forces,” Israel and accuses of “collective Addameer refers to Israeli the army “Israeli asthe Association), 2009 Addameer (Prisoner Support and Human Rights of soft-power warfare. Durban strategy of anti-Israel demonization and use the inamannerto apartheidconsistent South Africa, with the Arab lands and dismantling Wall,” the and compares Israel “[e]nding [Israel’]s occupation and colonization of all of Conduct,” adocument that rejects “any normalization “facilitated”NDC and “Palestinian the funded NGO Code and other the donor countries could found. be information on level the of oversight (ifany) by Sweden 154 using tax money using to support tax the 153 which callsfor 152 Addameer 155 No No . as “resistance.” PCHR regularly refers to rocket attacks on Israeli civilians ($400,000) Palestinian Center for Human (PCHR) Rights funding recipientsNDC include: of refugees the to original their homes.” Palestinian rights of establishing and statehood return the would out carried be ifit inalienable the undermines nor cultural the or developmental levels. No endeavor activities with theoccupier, neither at thepolitical-security 165 164 163 162 161 160 159 158 157 156 http://www.mezan.org/en/details.php?id=1519&ddname=gaza%20destruction&id_dept=9&id2=9&p=center. People -NumberofCasualtiesin GazaRisesto337People,Including43Childrenand15 Women,” Jan.1,2009. Available at: php?id=1522&ddname=gaza%20destruction&id_dept=9&id2=9&p=center. Paralyzed underSevereLackof Medicine, FoodandPower,” Dec.29,2008. Available at:http://www.mezan.org/en/details. destruction&id_dept=9&id2=9&p=center. Slaughtering CiviliansImmediately,” Jan.17,2009. Available at:http://www.mezan.org/en/details.php?id=1498&ddname=gaza%20 English/2008/06-05-2009.html. Donor ComplicityinIsraeli Violations ofInternationalLaw,” May4,2009. Available at:http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/PressR/ English/2008/124-2008.html. of ShamefulSilencetheInternationalCommunity,” Dec.31,2008. Available at:http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/PressR/ http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/PressR/English/2008/12-2008.html. www.pchrgaza.org/files/weapon/english/2008/report44.html. destruction ofdestruction allthePalestinian institutions and civilian and “indiscriminate killing and continued systematic published accusations of Israeli “collective punishment” “crimes against humanity.” Gazawar, During the NGO this Israeli political and officials military for “warcrimes” and in democratic countries inorder to bring against cases strategy of exploiting universal the jurisdiction statutes inside house.” the [sic] through planting abooby-trapped explosive device resistance groups,” and suggested that “IOF are involving storage of explosives inresidential areas by Palestinian explosive NGO the condemned device) “the danger of in a“work accident” (during preparation the of an Al Mezan,“IsraelConductsNew War CrimesinGaza: Air Raid Targets DenseBlockinJabaliaKillingNizar Rayyanand7 Al Mezan,“IsraeliMassacresinGazaContinue:284Killed;Including 32Children,and755Injured;Gaza’s ServiceSystems Al Mezan,“IOF Targets a3rdUNRWA ShelterandContinuesitsmassacresintheGazaStrip- The Int’lCommunityMustEnd Al Mezan,“MissionStatement.” Available at:http://www.mezan.org/en/messege.php?view=messageen. PCHR,“AnnualReport2008.” Available at:http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/Reports/English/pdf_annual/annual2008-E.pdf. PCHR,“AnnualReport2007.” Available at:http://pchrgaza.org/files/Reports/English/pdf_annual/Ann-Rep-07-Eng.pdf. PCHR,“PalestinianandIsraeliHumanRightsOrganisations ReleaseJointFactSheetCallingforan EndtoInternational PCHR,“IsraeliMilitaryRaidsonGazaCivilianPopulationContinues,andHumanitarianCrisisExacerbatesintheMidst PCHR,“PCHR& Al-Mezan CallforInvestigatingtheExplosioninEl-BureijRefugeeCamp,”Feb.18,2008. Available at: PCHR,“6Palestinians,Including4Children,InjuredinGazaDuetoMisuseof Weapons,” Dec.23,2008. Available at:http:// 156 157 Following deaths the of five children PCHR is also a leader in the “lawfare” inthe aleader PCHRisalso Al Mezan promotes allegations of “Israeli massacres,” Palestinian terror, and delegitimizing Israeli self-defense. Israelthe Occupation Forces (IOF), erasing context the of rights. AlMezan consistently refers to Israeli the army as against Israel, rather than on promoting universal human activities are on focused political campaigns directed its activities and reports indicate that NGO‘s this main Al Mezan ($500,000) Al-Haq ($500,000) benefitsthe resultingfrom funds the provided PCHR. to of any assessment by Swedish the government regarding itwhen support. received NDC facilities GazaStrip,” inthe attacks against Israeli civilians. condemn Hamas’ of use human shieldsand illegalrocket and “despicable disregard to civilian life,” “slaughtering civilians,” “scandalous war crimes,” and cultural (ESC)rights inparticular... .” violations of human rights ingeneral and economic, social Al Mezan claims “to promote, protect and prevent In 2007,PCHRlisted SIDA asafunder, of “complicity inIsraeli violations of international law.” donor” community for “bankrolling occupation” the and ; see above,; see p. 21.

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Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 25 Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 26 the Unitedthe States to aid freeze to military Israel. punishment.” JLAC wrote also a34-page report calling on referswhich to Israeli “crimes,” “apartheid,” and “collective and “systematic cleansing,” ethnic colonial apartheid regime,” “state-sponsored racism,” “Rats Maze: inthe Freedom of Movement OPT,” inthe 175 174 173 172 171 170 169 168 167 166 representation.” laws and international the law …vialegalaid and legal human rights violations; with accordance to Palestinian the JLAC claims to “[d]efend[] Palestinian the of victims (JLAC-Mossada) ($165,000) AidandJerusalem Human Legal Center Rights sanctions (BDS)campaign against Israel, isaleading actorBadil boycotts, inthe divestment, and ($100,000) Badil or=All~exportType=0~scoId=12041269. ActivityView.do~iso3=QZA~donor=10100~archive=0~page=2~order=name~orderDirection=asc~sourcePage=donorCountry~sect http://www2.sida.se/shared/jsp/download.jsp?f=Webb_Sida_2007_annual_report.pdf&a=36113. PDF_File/freezing_us_aid.pdf. http://www.ndc.ps/uploads/File/Copy%20of%20HRGG%20List%20of%20beneficiary%20NGOs%281%29.pdf. No.19. sides-of-the-%E2%80%9Cgreen-line%E2%80%9D. 2009. Available at:http://www.badil.org/en/al-majdal/item/57-ongoing-forced-displacement-of-the-palestinian-population-on-both Available at:http://www.un.org/webcast/unhrc/archive.asp?go=081016. for-new-vision-and-strategies. ngo-monitor.org/digest_info.php?id=1434#9. & Occupation.” community’sZionist double standards regarding Nakba Anti-Defamationthe Jewish and the and to League expose for a“targeted campaign liesof the to AIPAC expose and the Palestinianthe people.” “root causes of the…displacement and of dispossession “[i]nstitutionalized racismand discrimination” are the Accessible InformationonDevelopment Activities, “FIDH2006-2008.” Available at:http://aida.developmentgateway.org/aida/ SIDA,“AnnualReport2007,”p. 42. Available at: “FreezingU.S.Military Aid toIsrael:RequiredbyU.S.Law,” April 2005. Available at:http://www.mosaada.org/eng/images/ Aug. 24,2007. Available at:http://www.mosaada.org/eng/images/PDF_File/restrictions_on_movement.pdf. NDC,“HR/GGBeneficiaryList.” Available at: Badil,“OngoingForcedDisplacementofthePalestinianPopulation onBothSidesofthe‘GreenLine’,” Autumn 2008 Winter Badil’s OralstatementatDurbanReviewConferencePreparatoryCommitteeSecondsubstantive session, Oct.16,2008. Badil,“A CallforNew Vision andStrategies,”Summer2007. Available at:http://www.badil.org/en/al-majdal/item/419-a-call- See“BadilReleasesBlueprintfor2007-08DurbanStrategyCampaign,”NGOMonitor, May30,2007. Available at:http://www. Badil,“In2007theOccupationturns40In2008al-Nakba60.” Accessed onMarch10,2009. 171 167 JLAC published areport entitled, Badil has also referred hasalso Badil to “Israel’s 170

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Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 27 Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 28 184 183 182 181 humanitarian projects, phenomenon this increases the government oversight infunding processes. For genuine to Israeli-Palestinian the conflict,” raisesthis questions of goals of “creat[ing] opportunities for solution apeaceful politicized NGOs that contravene claimed the Swedish differentframeworks withinthe Swedish government. For In 2008and 2009,many NGOs received from funds Swedish NGO funding different for frameworks between Overlap refers tothefunding viaSMRoraseparategrant. sida/jsp/sida.jsp?d=1230&language=en_US. No details onyearsoramountsareavailable onthiswebpage.Itisunclear whetherth “Sidasupportsthehealthprogramme runbythePalestinianMedicalReliefService(PMRS).” Available at:http://www2.sida.se/ SIDA islistedasadonor(http://www.stoptorture.org.il/en/donors); nodetailsonyearsoramountsareavailable. GrantsharedwithInternational Bureau forChildren’s Rights;breakdown notprovided. Grantsharedwithseveralother NGOs; breakdownnotprovided. G ietGvtSD NGO Development Gov’t/SIDA Direct NGO Society (PMRS) Society Relief Medical Palestinian Israel (PCATI) Against Torture in Committee Public (WATC) Committee Technical Women’s Affairs Israel (PHR-I) Human Rights- Physicians for B‘Tselem Al-Mezan Al-Haq Addameer (DCI-PS) Palestinian Section International- Children Defense for for Women (JCW) Jerusalem Center $100,000 $125,000 $500,000 $500,000 $250,000 $450,000 $30,000 SIDA website PCATI Website 184 183 Center (NDC) SEK 97,461(2008)viaSMR website) $240,000 (and PCATI $450,000 funding inyet an additional way. above),see meansfrom which that benefit they Swedish members ofalso Palestinian the NGO Network (PNGO – It isnoteworthy that Palestinian the NGOs listed here are required of allpublicly NGOs. funded it. Efficiency, accountability, and transparency shouldbe reach organizations the and sufferingpeoplewho need bureaucratic overhead and that waste so not aid does NGO SIDA Swedish via (2 separate grants) SEK 740,000(2008)viaSCS SCS SEK 1,144,000(2009)via via Diakonia SEK 4.4million (2006–8) Diakonia SEK 113,959(2008)via Diakonia SEK 462,281(2008)via Diakonia SEK 457,200(2009)via via Diakonia SEK 1.1million (2007–9) (p. 10)(2008)viaDiakonia $158,000 SCS185 SEK 2,161,000(2009)via SCS SEK 2,161,000(2009)via OPC (2separate grants) SEK 374,373(2008)via SEK 31,296(2009)viaOPC 182 181 (from database) is the concernsthe of to parties allthe conflict. the negotiationspeace on compromise, based and addressing to play amore central and constructive role inpromoting consistent with efforts the the EU by and memberstates emphasis. In addition, NGO are funding policies these not at accountability atimewhen isreceiving increasing asshownfunds, analysis, inthis troubling isespecially The lack independentof oversight thetaxpayer use in of goals of promoting democracy, peace, and development. NGOs conflict, the rather fuels than advancingthe stated Sweden’s role infunding numerous highly politicized Europeanthe Union. As report detailed indicates, this On July 1,2009Sweden presidency assumedthe of Conclusion 185 on adraftofthis report. As ofpublication,NGOMonitorwasstillawaitingSIDA’s response. The SwedishEmbassyin Tel Aviv electednottocomment must change. conflict, Sweden’s fundingNGO practices and priorities constructivethe change to Arab-Israeli endthe necessary to play apositive role asaEuropean inassisting leader contradicts Sweden’s stated goals for region. the In order biased anti-Israel activities, delegitimization the of Israel exclusively promote aPalestinian agenda and engage in EU,the stems which from inpart support for NGOs that addition to compounding Israeli of mistrust role the of of “apartheid,” “ethnic cleansing,” and “massacres.” In law,” and demonize Israel with inflammatory the rhetoric ofgoals guise underthe “human rights” and “international government NGOs funds that pursue Palestinian political As NGO Monitor’s analysis reveals, Swedish the 185

Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 29 Diakonia: An Analysis of Activities in the Arab-Israeli Conflict “Diakonia is more a lobby group with a clear political agenda for the Middle East than a Christian aid organization … . In one single month, October 2008, Diakonia sponsored 10 articles in the Swedish media, nine of which dealt with the world’s only Jewish country.” (Ilya Meyer, “Equal value of all human life?,” Jerusalem Post, December 6, 2008)186

• Diakonia is Sweden’s largest humanitarian NGO, founded in 1966 by five Swedish churches. It receives most of its budget from the Swedish government via SIDA (SEK 332 million, ~$47.2 million).

• By promoting a “right to resist” and delegitimizing Israel’s right to self- defense, the Civil Society and International Humanitarian Law (IHL) programs exploit and misrepresent international law.

• The IHL Program’s International Advisory Council is populated almost entirely with PLO advisors, Palestinians, and anti-Zionist Jewish activists.

• While some of the organization’s programs appear to be genuine 30 humanitarian projects, the vast majority of resources are devoted to political campaigns, including a submission to the Goldstone Commission vilifying Israel and delegitimizing its right to defend itself against rocket » page attacks.

• Diakonia’s repetition of the Palestinian position refers to the “continuing of the occupation,” the “building of the Wall,” and “the fragmentation of the Palestinian territory” as “structural problems” behind the conflict. The pre-1967 history of terror, war, and rejection of Israel’s right to exist are erased.

• Tendentious international law activities, including the Humanitarian Policy & Law Forum at Harvard University, receive more funding than any other program related to the region, and represent the only such political Scandinavian NGO Funding NGO Funding Scandinavian example in Diakonia’s worldwide activities.

• Many of Diakonia’s partners (Alternative Information Center, Sabeel, Al- Haq, Al Mezan) are among the most extreme anti-Israel NGOs operating the region, employing inflammatory and, at times, antisemitic rhetoric.

• Enactment of NGO Monitor’s recommendations (listed below) will provide more balanced coverage of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Diakonia will also better serve the interests of the Palestinians, who deserve real help, not radical posturing.

• This report was sent to officials in Diakonia and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). Diakonia responded that it would provide no comment; SIDA did not reply.

186 Available at: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1227702450461. Background budget, while spending in Asia is 25 percent, and 30 Diakonia (“care and service” in Greek), Sweden’s largest percent in Africa. Advocacy work (primarily political humanitarian NGO, was founded in 1966 by five Swedish lobbying in Sweden) uses about 3 percent of Diakonia’s churches: the Alliance Mission, the Baptist Union, InterAct, budget. the Methodist Church, and the Mission Covenant Church. It describes itself as a “Christian development organisation International Development Associations working together with local partners for a sustainable Diakonia is a member of two large international change for the most vulnerable people of the world.” development agency frameworks – the Association The organization works with more than 400 partners in of International Development Agencies (AIDA) and 30 countries, claiming to promote “fair and sustainable AidWatch. development in which living standards for the most vulnerable people are improved, and democracy, human AIDA is a “co-ordination facility for international rights and equality are respected. The starting point for development agencies operating in the West Bank and this is the gospel with Jesus as the role model.”187 Gaza”191 including Oxfam, Trocaire, Christian Aid, and the Mennonite Central Committee. The organization Diakonia’s work centers around five “core values”: “Human collaborates on events and press releases, including many rights,” “Democratisation,” “Gender equality,” “Social that condemn Israeli policy while stripping the context and economic justice,” and “Peace and reconciliation.”188 of asymmetrical war. AIDA is a co-sponsor of Diakonia’s 31 To further these values, Diakonia states that it “does not IHL forums held at Al Quds University (see below). implement projects on its own, but instead co-operates with and supports local organisations. We often give AidWatch is “a pan-European lobby and campaigns institutional support, instead of support directed to initiative monitoring and advocating on the quality and » page isolated projects.”189 the quantity of aid provided by EU member states (EU MS) and the European Commission (EC)”192 under the Funding auspices of the EU-supported Concord – a confederation In 2008, Diakonia’s revenue exceeded SEK 367 million of European NGOs active in relief and development work. (~$47.2 million), of which SEK 332 million came from In 2009, AidWatch issued a report, “Lighten the Load,”193 the Swedish government’s International Development which examines EU funding to humanitarian NGOs. One Cooperation Agency (SIDA), SEK 10.5 million from the of the problems the report identifies regarding European EU, and SEK 5 million from the Norwegian government.190 aid is that it is “increasingly being used as a political Activities in the Middle East, Central America, and South tool, and not aimed at poverty reduction” (emphasis America each comprise about 14 percent of Diakonia’s added).194 Scandinavian NGO Funding NGO Funding Scandinavian

187 Diakonia, “About Us,” Oct. 26, 2009. Available at: http://www.diakonia.se/about. 188 Diakonia, “Our Core Values,” Oct. 26, 2009. Available at: http://www.diakonia.se/values. 189 Diakonia, “Where Diakonia Works,” Nov. 2, 2009. Available at: http://www.diakonia.se/sa/node.asp?node=515. 190 Diakonia, “Annual Report 2008.” Available at: http://www.diakonia.se/documents/public/Annual_Reports/Annual_report_2008. pdf. 191 ReliefWeb, “(CLOSED) Humanitarian Facilitator to AIDA (Association of International Development Agencies),” March 22, 2002. Available at: http://reliefweb.int/rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-68JLXT?OpenDocument. 192 AidWatch. Available at: http://www.concordeurope.org/Public/Page.php?ID=25053. 193 Available at: http://www.concordeurope.org/Files/media/internetdocumentsENG/3_Topics/Topics/Aidwatch/AidWatch- report-2009_light.pdf. 194 Diakonia, “AidWatch report on EU development aid: Lighten the Load,” May 15, 2009. Available at: http://www.diakonia.se/sa/ node.asp?node=3070. Debate in Sweden over Efficacy of International state solution” and to “not take side with any of the parties Aid and Funding Conflicts in the conflict.” The organization claims to want “an honest In September 2008, Swedish journalist Bengt Nilsson analysis of the causes of the current humanitarian crisis published a book, Sweden Finances Wars in Africa.195 and we need an understanding of the structural problems Nilsson claimed that Swedish aid was used to provide a behind them.” “lucrative market for astute political leaders and guerilla movements.” The book sparked an intense debate in the In contrast to this stated goal, Diakonia’s paper uses Swedish press and aid community over the efficacy of the language of the Palestinian narrative, including development and humanitarian aid activities.196 Diakonia “continuing of the occupation,” the “building of the Wall,” claims to have been impacted by this debate “politically and “the fragmentation of the Palestinian territory.” The and externally.”197 Nilsson’s conclusions, that humanitarian authors further claim that “these facts all constitute formal aid can have unintended consequences, and can even fuel violation of international law.”199 Diakonia does not discuss conflicts, without proper oversight, are consistent with Palestinian terror, Arab rejectionism, the inculcation of NGO Monitor’s research into the impact of funding for antisemitism and violence among Palestinian children, “human rights” NGOs active in the Israeli-Arab conflict – corruption in the Palestinian Authority, restrictions on in particular Diakonia and its partner organizations. women’s rights, or Palestinian in-fighting as “structural problems” that impact the conflict. When some of these Diakonia & the Middle East problems are mentioned, they are attributed to the effects 32 Diakonia has been operating in the Middle East since the of “the occupation,” even though they all predate the 1967 1960s, and opened its first office in the region in 1989. It war. runs programs in , Kurdish , Lebanon, Israel,

» page and “Palestine.” Diakonia’s goals for the region are to Diakonia’s paper includes vilifying rhetoric such as “concentrate[] on addressing the lack of peace and security, referring to the “structures of apartheid,”200 and argues increasing respect of human rights and eradicating the that Israel “strangles” the Palestinian economy and multidimensional aspects of poverty.” “continuously violate[s] the laws of warfare.” Additionally, the organization, in recognizing a so-called “right to Diakonia’s Position Paper on Israel/Palestine resist,” invents international law by claiming “IHL “Israel/Palestine” is a “priority area” for Diakonia – one relates to resistance movements as a fact that needs to be of only two country-specific priority areas (the other is taken into account,” and that because the international “Congo-Kinshasa”). In conjunction with its work, Diakonia community does not recognize the annexation of East has issued a “Position Paper on Israel & Palestine.”198 This Jerusalem, Israel is “in violation of international law.” In policy paper appears to be the only country-specific paper this discussion, Diakonia also denies the Jewish people’s Scandinavian NGO Funding NGO Funding Scandinavian issued by Diakonia, and presents a vision for a “viable two historical and religious connection to Jerusalem.

195 Moussa Awuonda, New African, “Sweden’s African wars,” Jan. 2009. Available at: http://www.ethnopress.se/NewAfrican_ Nilsson.pdf. 196 Bo Forsberg, “Development cooperation contributes to democracy and poverty reduction,” June 29, 2007. Available at: http:// translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=sv&u=http://boforsberg.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html&ei=uWk_SoT6B4uysA a8opGBAQ&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Bengt%2BNillson%2522%2B%252B%2B Diakonia%26hl%3Den%26client%3Df. 197 Diakonia, “Annual Report 2008.” Available at: http://www.diakonia.se/documents/public/Annual_Reports/Annual_report_2008. pdf. 198 Diakonia, “Diakonia position paper on Israel/Palestine.” Available at: http://www.diakonia.se/documents/public/IN_FOCUS/ Israel_Palestine/Diakonia_Position_IPT_060517.pdf. 199 There is no provision in any IHL convention or in customary law that states “occupation” is a violation of international law. Rather, if there is a situation of occupation, international law prescribes the actions of the occupying power. In addition, it is unclear what constitutes a “formal violation” of international law. 200 For the inapplicability of the term “apartheid,” see Anthony Julius & Simon Schama, “John Berger is Wrong”, Comment is Free, The Guardian UK, Dec. 22, 2006, available at http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2006/dec/22/bergerboycott (“The Palestinian cause, still less the cause of peace, is not served by promoting discrimination against Jews. It is indecent to call for the shunning of the Jewish state [such as using the inapplicable and immoral analogy of “apartheid”].”). The views expressed in this policy document contribute to It is also unclear how these two programs, particularly and reflect the one-sided activities of the organization. the IHL program that receives the bulk of Diakonia’s funding in this region, contribute to Diakonia’s goals of Diakonia’s Activities in the Arab-Israeli eradicating the “multidimensional aspects of poverty.” Conflict The overwhelmingly one-sided political content is As with its work in other regions, Diakonia’s approach inconsistent with Diakonia’s own critique of EU funding to the Arab-Israeli conflict centers around five themes: for humanitarian aid that it is “increasingly being used as “gender, democracy, human rights, social and economic a political tool, and not aimed at poverty reduction” (see justice and peace and conflict transformation.” These above, p. 31). themes are promoted through four sub-programs: The Rehabilitation Programme (2008–2009 budget: • The Rehabilitation Programme; SEK 24,780,000)201 • The Children’s Literature Programme; Diakonia established its Rehabilitation Programme in • Supporting Civil Society Organisations in the early 1990s, in conjunction with the Norwegian Palestine programme supporting local civil Association of the Disabled. Funded by SIDA and the society actors in their work in democracy and Norwegian government (NORAD), it aims to promote for human rights; and the disabled the “right to inclusion within their families, • The International Humanitarian Law society and the state,” and provides and coordinates Programme. 33 “treatment plans.”202 The objectives and activities of this While the Rehabilitation and Children’s Literature program appear to be in keeping with Diakonia’s aims as programs appear to be genuine and important a humanitarian organization, though the organization humanitarian projects, the Civil Society and International claims that due to “the occupation and lack of peace in » page Humanitarian Law (IHL) programs are highly problematic, Palestine, it is not difficult to grasp the negligence of the as this report demonstrates. Both attribute sole blame for Palestinian Government to implement the law of Disability the conflict to Israel, minimize the impact of terrorism eight years after it has been endorsed.”203 and the context of asymmetrical war, and overtly promote the Palestinian narrative through political activities. The Children’s Literature Programme (2005–2007 budget: SEK 18,000,000) Many of Diakonia’s partner organizations for these Diakonia started its children’s literature program in 1992 projects – including Al Mezan, Al-Haq, the Alternative due to a “general dissatisfaction with the reading habits Information Center, and Sabeel – are among the most of Palestinian children.”204 The program distributes extreme anti-Israel NGOs operating the region, employing Arabic translations of Swedish books and books written inflammatory and at times, antisemitic and “Nazi” rhetoric. by local authors; trains teachers and writers to improve NGO Funding Scandinavian Other partners, such as B’Tselem, HaMoked, and PHR-I, the understanding and quality of books “in the Palestinian have been widely criticized for their one-sided reporting market”; and operates in partnership with the Palestinian and credibility problems. This aspect of Diakonia’s Authority’s Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Education activities works against peace and normalization in the and 13 NGOs.205 This program appears to be a positive region, further entrenching the conflict. endeavor without overtly engaging in the demonization

201 Figures provided by Diakonia. 202 Diakonia’s Rehabilitation Programme brochure, June 2008. 203 Diakonia, “Rehabilitation Programme,” Aug. 15, 2008. Available at: http://www.diakonia.se/sa/node.asp?node=2230. 204 Diakonia, “Children’s Literature Programme,” Aug. 15, 2008. Available at: http://www.diakonia.se/sa/node.asp?node=2231. 205 See http://www.children-literature.edu.ps/English/index.html. or delegitimization of Israel. However, one of Diakonia’s among Palestinian youth, particularly young Palestinian program partners, the Tamer Institute, is a signatory206 women. to several calls207 by the Palestinian Grassroots Anti- Apartheid Wall Campaign for “a comprehensive academic The International Humanitarian Law Programme boycott of Apartheid Israel” and one of the organization’s (2006–2009 budget: SEK 46,400,000) publications is entitled, “Apartheid, Annexation or The IHL program (fully funded by SIDA) receives the Separation.”208 (NGO Monitor was unable to evaluate all majority of Diakonia’s funding for the region and is of the books in the program.) widely promoted by the organization. The program has its own website with a link on Diakonia’s homepage and Supporting Civil Society Organisations in Palestine separate promotional materials.209 The program “aims Programme (2008–2010 budget: SEK 13,500,000) at increasing respect for and further implement[ation Under this program, Diakonia provides funding to local of] international humanitarian law in Israel/Palestine, NGOs to ostensibly promote “social empowerment and as a means to improve the humanitarian situation, and capacity building” to “change the unfair structures in the create a possibility for peace in the region.” The program society from within.” Diakonia’s NGO partners under is comprised of several components, including the IHL this program are AIC, PHR-I, Al Nayzak for Scientific “Easy Guide” website, seminars, and events; sponsoring Innovation, Al-Sarayah Center for Community Services, IHL web portals; and “monitoring breaches” of IHL.210 Palestinian Counseling Center, Sabeel, Tamer Institute To carry out this project, Diakonia partners with several 34 for Community Education, Wi’am, and Women’s Affairs organizations: Al-Haq, B’Tselem, HaMoked, Mossawa, Al Technical Committee. Mezan, ACRI, the Harvard School of Public Health, and the Al Quds University Human Rights and IHL clinic211

» page Aspects of the program nobly target youth to promote (detailed profiles below). “non-violent conflict resolution, the dangers of dropping out of school and early marriage,” and seek to “empower The IHL program directed against Israel appears to be young women.” However, several partners funded by this unique in Diakonia’s framework. A review by NGO program, such as Sabeel and AIC, are among the most Monitor could not find a similar type of program in terms radical pro-Palestinian NGOs operating in the region and of content or resources involving any other conflict region at times engage in antisemitic or “Nazi” rhetoric. Other in the world. The importance of this program is linked to partners, such as PHR-I, suffer from lack of credibility in the exploitation of international law as a key strategy in the their reporting and a biased ideological agenda. There is political war against Israel.212 The results of this program no rationale for funding for Sabeel, AIC, or PHR-I under and its one-sided content should raise serious concerns the auspices of a program claiming to promote “non- among policy officials and the Swedish public as to how Scandinavian NGO Funding NGO Funding Scandinavian violent conflict resolution, the dangers of dropping out this type of program serves humanitarian objectives, and of school and early marriage,” or “personal development” why it is being supported by the Swedish government and ultimately, Swedish taxpayers.

206 Al Awda-The Palestinian Right to Return Coalition, “Palestinian Popular Movements and Civil Society Re-Assert Call for Comprehensive Academic Boycott of Apartheid Israel.” Available at: http://www.al-awda.org/academicboycott.html. 207 Boycott Israeli Apartheid Campaign, “Palestinian Civil Society Calls for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Against Israel,” July 9, 2005. Available at: http://www.boycottisraeliapartheid.org/node/7. 208 Tamer Institute for Community Education, November 2008. Available at: http://www.tamerinst.org/news_file/VOICES%20 on%20the%20Wall.pdf. 209 See http://www.diakonia.se/sa/site.asp?site=777. 210 Diakonia, “Monitoring Breaches of International Law,” Oct. 2, 2008. Available at: http://www.diakonia.se/sa/node. asp?node=932. 211 Diakonia, “Our Partners,” Nov. 2, 2009. Available at: http://www.diakonia.se/sa/node.asp?node=928. 212 See Gerald M. Steinberg, “Can Israel win the ‘soft power’ war in Gaza?,” Jerusalem Post, Dec. 28, 2009. Available at: http:// www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456503807&pagename=JPArticle/ShowFull. IHL International Advisory Council Occupying Power’s unlawful and predatory abuses of its The content of the IHL program reflects the political control over that population and their habitat.”217 leanings of the members of its “International Advisory Council”213 that overwhelmingly consists of Palestinian Michael Bothe represented the League of Arab States in advocates, consultants to the PA, and anti-Zionist Jewish the ICJ Advisory Opinion hearings on the Separation activists.214 Only one of the members, Anita Brodén, a barrier.218 member of the Swedish Parliament, appears not to have this type of background: Fritz Froehlich is the coordinator of “UNWRA at 60”219 and was an early proponent of the Durban strategy. In 1994, at Charles Shamas is a co-founder of Al-Haq and a senior a conference organized by PASSIA, Froelich advised that partner of the Ramallah-based Mattin Group. He is also “projects emphasizing Jerusalem as Palestinian city should a member of Human Rights Watch’s Middle East-North be implemented, NGOs should fight against demographic, Africa advisory board. He has “advised the PLO/PNA on physical, geographical and political deformation of IHL-related diplomacy”; and led the lobbying effort of Jerusalem and do their best to restore Arab presence and the EU “into reversing their de facto acceptance of Israel‘s reconsider their activities.”220 administrative annexation of the occupied Palestinian and Syrian territories.”215 Shamas describes Israeli Göran Gunner is a board member of Friends of Sabeel policy as “inseparable from violations of international Scandinavia and was a speaker at Sabeel’s Fifth International 35 humanitarian law,” just as in “rogue states” like “apartheid Conference, “Challenging Christian Zionism: Theology, in South Africa” or genocidal regimes,216 and distorts Politics, and the Palestine-Israel Conflict.”221 The website IHL statements to erase Palestinian terror (what he labels www.christianzionism.org was an outgrowth of the “resistance”). He also excuses the immorality of terrorism, Conference, and perpetuates anti-Israel demonization and » page by describing Palestinian mass violence as “an uprising the delegitimization of Zionism using theological themes. of large elements of a civilian population against an On the website, Sabeel advocates its stance for a “one state” solution.222

213 See http://www.diakonia.se/sa/node.asp?node=935. 214

Analysts have noted the attempt to legitimize anti-Israel and anti-Zionist positions by highlighting agreement from individual NGO Funding Scandinavian Jews, including Israelis, who profess these positions. See “‘Progressive’ Jewish Thought and the New Anti-Semitism,” by Alvin H. Rosenfeld, American Jewish Committee, 2007, http://www.ajc.org/atf/cf/%7B42D75369-D582-4380-8395-D25925B85EAF%7D/ PROGRESSIVE_JEWISH_THOUGHT.PDF. 215 Charles Shamas, Panelist, “The Intersection of Law and Dimplomacy: A Case Study of the EU-Israel Association Agreement.” Available at: http://209.85.129.132/search?q=cache:0FHNqpbh1XsJ:asp.alhaq.org/zalhaq/site/eDocs/Expert%2520Seminar/Bios/ bio_cs.htm+mattin+group&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=il. 216 Charles Shamas, “Israel and the Palestinians: What Laws Were Broken? Expert Analysis,” May 8, 2002. Avaialable at: http:// www.crimesofwar.org/expert/me-shamas.html. 217 Mark Dennis, “Arab-Israeli Conflict and the Laws of War,” interview with Charles Shamas, Crimes of War Project, American University. Available at: http://www.crimesofwar.org/expert/arabisrael-print.html#shamas. 218 International Court of Justice The Hague, 2004. Available at: http://unispal.un.org/unispal.nsf/a39191b210be1d6085256da90053 dee5/94e8ed18cfa868c585256e4a00582d91?OpenDocument. 219 United Nations, “International Media Seminar on Middle East Peace Holds Panels on New Regional Dimensions, Future for Peace Process,” Dec. 2, 2008. Available at: http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2008/pal2107.doc.htm. 220 “The Role of NGOs in the Transition to Palestinian Statehood,” June 17–19, 1994. Available at: http://www.passia.org/ conferences/94/c19.htm. 221 April 14–18, 2004. Available at: http://www.nonviolenceworks.com/snv/anti_warcal/afsc.htm. 222 Challenging Christian Zionism, “Conference Statement: Challenging Christian Zionism,” April 2004. Available at: http://www. christianzionism.org/conferencesN.asp. Vinodh Jaichand is deputy director of the Irish Centre Iain Scobbie is active in advancing pro-Palestinian legal for Human Rights. In a December 2005 speech, Jaichand arguments and delegitimizing Israel’s right to fight against compared Israel to an “apartheid state” and examined asymmetrical warfare.228 During the Gaza war, he was a ways the “State of Israel is likely to be prosecuted for the signatory to a letter claiming that Hamas rocket attacks crime against humanity of apartheid.”223 do not “amount to an armed attack entitling Israel to rely on self-defence,” and claimed that the war was an act of Helena Johansson, department head for the Swedish “aggression” by Israel.229 Scobbie was also a “principal Confederation of Professional Employees, writes on her contributor” to the Dugard apartheid study and is an blog that Israel must be held responsible and prosecuted advisor to the PA’s Negotiation Affairs Department. for the “completely disproportionate bombing of Gaza’s densely populated areas and attacks against UN buildings Lea Tsemel, a Jewish, anti-Zionist activist, was a leading and hospitals,” and repeats false claims that “there was a member of the Trotskyite anti-Zionist Revolutionary truce between Hamas and Israel, but Israel did not commit Communist League Matzpen party and founder of to the conditions of the agreement sponsored by Egypt the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel.230 and continue their attacks and closure.”224 She is married to Michael Warshawski, founder of the Alternative Information Center (see below). Her writings Gilbert Marcus SC, delegate to , level spurious accusations against Israel, including “ethnic claims Israel’s security barrier is “disproportionate,”225 was cleansing.”231 36 a signatory to a letter condemning Israel’s Gaza operation as “inhumane,”226 and served as a consultant to a pseudo- Marcelo Weksler is a board member of the Alternative academic study organized by the former UN Rapporteur Information Center. His article, “Israeli Attacks on Gaza:

» page John Dugard and Al-Haq claiming Israel is an “apartheid” Before Words Will Not Help,”232 (and posted on B’Tselem’s state.227 Facebook page233) uses such phrases as “the bestiality of Israeli society,” “the evil of the Israeli regime,” and that to the “clowns [mainstream Israeli society] … [h]umanity is

223 Vinodh Jaichand, Speech, “The Crime of Apartheid,” Dec. 15–16, 2005. Available at: http://209.85.129.132/ search?q=cache:GvDVGxQnRjwJ:www.asf.be/publications/formations_isr_pal_presentation_Vinodh_Jaichand_dec2005_EN.pdf+ Vinodh+Jaichand,+israel&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&client=safari. 224 See http://www.utredarna.nu/helenajohansson. Scandinavian NGO Funding NGO Funding Scandinavian 225 Voice of America, “Amnesty Blasts Israel for Damage to Palestinian Economy,” Sept. 8, 2003. Available at: http://www1. voanews.com/english/news/a-13-a-2003-09-08-29-Amnesty-66862092.html?CFTOKEN=74062843&renderforprint=1&textonly=1 &TEXTMODE=1&jsessionid=883036bd61f3f4aa1511246368577d3d2567&CFID=240282316. 226 Mail & Guardian, “Top SA Jews slam Gaza attack,” Feb. 1, 2009. Available at: http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-02-01-top-sa- jews-slam-gaza-attack. 227 Human Sciences Research Council, “Occupation, Colonialism, Apartheid?,” May 2009. Available at: http://www. electronicintifada.net/downloads/pdf/090608-hsrc.pdf. 228 School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, “Law, Human Rights and Peace Building in the Middle East,” Feb. 11, 2009. Available at: http://www.soas.ac.uk/lawpeacemideast/. 229 Times Online, “Israel’s bombardment of Gaza is not self-defence – it’s a war crime,” Jan. 11, 2009. Available at: http://www. timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/letters/article5488380.ece. 230 Israeli Left Archive, “Matzpen – The Israeli Socialist Organization.” Available at: “http://israeli-left-archive.org/cgi-bin/library?s ite=localhost&a=p&p=about&c=matzpen&l=en&w=utf-8. 231 Elaine Kelley, “PNA Officials Study U.S. Government Press Relations In USIA-Sponsored Project for Palestine,” Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, August/September 1997. Available at: http://www.wrmea.com/backissues/0897/9708092.htm. 232 Marcello Weksler, AIC, “Israeli Attacks on Gaza: Before Words Will Not Help,” Jan. 15, 2009. Available at: http://www. alternativenews.org/english/1693-israeli-attacks-on-gaza-before-words-will-not-help.html. 233 See: http://209.85.135.132/search?q=cache:EA77nf_8A1AJ:www.facebook.com/board.php%3Fuid%3D4493763539+%22Israel i+Attacks+on+Gaza:+Before+Words+Will+Not+Help%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=il&client=firefox-a. an anti-Semitic fiction. An invention of non-Jews lacking Distorted History and Omitted Context. The website a conscience—a Jewish conscience.” provides an overview of legal and historical issues through the Palestinian narrative, distorting history and erasing Julia Wickham is secretariat and delegations coordinator for context. In a representative example, the overview of the All-Party Parliamentary Britain-Palestine Group and “the years 1947-1967” claims that after “war broke out the editor of The Palestine Post (UK). In an August 2006 between Israel and a number of Arab states” in 1948, letter to Tony Blair, she wrote that “Israel’s indiscriminate Israel was established on territory “which covered a destruction of Lebanese and Gazan infrastructure is not larger part than allotted to it by the UN partition plan. A lawful in that it constitutes retaliatory and collectively Palestinian state was not established and the Palestinians punitive measures against the civilian populations.”234 She have been pursuing for many years, and still call for the was a signatory to a petition supporting the filing of the implementation of their right to self-determination.”237 “crimes against humanity” lawsuit against Ariel Sharon in This summary ignores the Arab rejection of the 1947 UN Belgium.235 partition plan, the Arab-initiated 1948 war to destroy the nascent state, and the campaign of Arab attacks and “Easy Guide to International Humanitarian massacres on Jews in the region both before and after the Law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory” creation of Israel. Another claim on the website says, “The Website oPt [occupied Palestinian territories] has been under The “Easy Guide to IHL” website is a primary component of the control and government of different regimes during 37 the IHL program, and is intended to “target” Swedish- and the past 500 years” (emphasis added).238 English-speakers “who are interested in the Palestinian- Israeli conflict, generally familiar with the facts on the In another depiction of “The Wall,” Diakonia describes the ground but are seeking to familiarize themselves with “Seam Zone” as “caged between the Green Line and the » page the legal tool in their advocacy messages and analysis.”236 Wall,” and writes that “[i]n 2002 Israel started to construct Diakonia claims that the “analysis” provided on the website a wall inside the West Bank, separating Palestinians “reflects Diakonia’s perspective following Diakonia’s that live west of the Wall from their lands, families and position paper and does not intend to voice approaches services on the eastern side of it, based on Israel’s stated of either one of the parties to the conflict.” Although the security reasoning to protect the state and Israeli settlers.” NGO includes a few scattered links to Israeli government No mention is made of the hundreds of Israeli civilians sources, Diakonia notes that “the website primarily killed by Palestinian suicide bombers prior to the barrier’s engages with the obligation of the State of Israel, as the establishment, nor does Diakonia mention that these occupying power, towards the Palestinian population,” attacks have nearly ceased since its construction. and much of the content repeats unverifiable allegations made by NGO partners Al-Haq, HaMoked, and B’Tselem. Misrepresentation of International Law. Much of the NGO Funding Scandinavian The information presented on the website and the frequent content on the IHL website is aimed at delegitimizing misrepresentations of international law reflect this one- any means of self-defense employed by Israel. It includes sided approach. statements on “a selection of Israeli policies that severely

234 Aug. 8, 2006. Available at: http://www.caabu.org/resources/mp_statements/lmec_letter_to_blair_lebanon/. 235 Available at: http://www.israel-academia-monitor.com/index.php?type=large_advic&advice_id=42&page_ data[id]=178&cookie_lang=en&the_session_id=73b7c020298216f2fc6711cd060f0130&BLUEWEBSESSIONSID=398020703694 6421085520c3bbb04a40. 236 Diakonia, “Diakonia’s Website ‘Easy Guide to International Humanitarian Law in the occupied Palestinian territory’,” Oct. 25, 2006. Available at: http://www.diakonia.se/sa/node.asp?node=934. 237 Diakonia, “Historical overview of the right to self-determination in Palestine,” Sept. 4, 2009. Available at: http://www.diakonia. se/sa/node.asp?node=921. 238 Diakonia, “International humanitarian law in the occupied Palestinian territory,” Nov. 9, 2009. Available at: http://www. diakonia.se/sa/node.asp?node=828. affects the daily life of Palestinian civilians” such as Israel’s right to defend itself. To support the specious claim “the Wall,” “House Demolition Policy,” “Movement of a “right to resist,” Diakonia writes, “[t]he use of force Restrictions,” and “Israeli Settlements.” The page on as part of resisting occupation in the Palestinian case is Gaza promotes the spurious claim that Gaza remains therefore derived from the international legitimacy to “occupied” after the disengagement.239 It also advances the recourse to armed struggle in order to obtain the right to false argument that international recognition of the end self-determination” (emphasis added).241 of occupation is a precondition for changing the status of “occupied” territory, even though no such requirement Notwithstanding the legal dispute over whether exists in international law. The Gaza page also asserts that Palestinians are “a people under occupation,” no source Israel is engaging in “collective punishment” against the is provided by Diakonia; and the invented concept of civilian population, and that “the methods used in the “international legitimacy” does not confer any type of legal [Gaza war] [were] highly problematic and raise reasons to right on Palestinians to conduct attacks on civilians. The consider them as war crimes – violation of the principle of “right to self-determination” also cannot be exercised in distinction, proportionality.” order to deny the self-determination rights of other peoples; Hamas, Fatah, and the PLO all call for the destruction of Reliance on the ICJ Advisory Opinion “Against the Wall.” Jewish rights to a homeland. (For more information on the Diakonia continues to promote the ICJ Advisory Opinion unsupported legal arguments disseminated by Diakonia “Against the Wall,” as well as many of the related legal briefs, and its partners, see NGO Monitor, International Law 38 even though the opinion is not legally binding, and Israel Series: The Right to Self Defense242 and HRW’s Letter to did not recognize the legitimacy of the proceedings. In President Bush on Gaza: The “Collective Punishment” one example, Diakonia uses the ICJ opinion to support the Hoax.243)

» page absurd claim (originally advanced by Al-Haq) that Israel does not have a right to self-defense under Article 51 of Seminars and Events the UN Charter because “as specified in the International The IHL Program hosts many seminars and events for Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on the Wall from local UN and NGO officials to further the ostensible goal 2004,” Hamas launched rockets from Gaza, “an occupied of “rais[ing] awareness for the basic rules of IHL within territory, rather than from another state.”240 In addition, the Israeli and Palestinian societies.”244 Presentations the attempt to negate Israel’s unequivocal right to self- include “The Right to Health and Health Care under IHL defense in the wake of attacks on its civilian population is and IHRL,” “International Law and the Economic Aspects fundamentally immoral. of the Occupation,” and the “Monitoring Forum of IHL Violations in the OpT.” While some of the seminars present Promotion of the “right to resist.” As noted, the IHL a more balanced view of IHL and the conflict, many Scandinavian NGO Funding NGO Funding Scandinavian website promotes a so-called “right to resist” on behalf of promote the nullification of Israel’s international legal the Palestinians – excusing the Palestinian campaign of rights, involve speakers from radical NGOs that aggravate deliberate attacks on Israeli civilians and delegitimizing the conflict, and disseminate Palestinian propaganda. At

239 Diakonia, “Does international humanitarian law apply to the Gaza Strip after the withdrawal?,” Jan. 14, 2009. Available at: http://www.diakonia.se/sa/node.asp?node=842. 240 Diakonia, “IDF Operation Cast Lead,” Jan. 14, 2009. Available at: http://www.diakonia.se/sa/node.asp?node=2795. 241 News from Middle East, “FLASHBACK: Resistance to Israeli occupation – a right?,” November 10, 2006. Available at: http://209.85.129.132/search?q=cache:KaG0DKAgupYJ:newsfrommiddleeast.com/%3Fxstart%3Dhbcbc%26new%3D50092+%22i nternational+legitimacy+to+recourse+to+armed+struggle%22+diakonia&cd=12&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=il. 242 January 13, 2010. Available at http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/international_law_series_the_right_to_self_defense0. 243 June 16, 2008. Available at: http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/hrw_s_letter_to_president_bush_on_gaza_the_collective_ punishment_hoax. 244 Diakonia, “IHL Education/Information,” Sept. 25, 2008. Available at: http://www.diakonia.se/sa/node.asp?node=929. one event attended by NGO Monitor, a Diakonia staff in Gaza”247 and “The Legal Case for Gaza”248 published by member referred to rocket attacks on Israeli civilians as Palestinian NGO Miftah. “resistance.” (Summaries and PowerPoint presentations of many of the events are available on the IHL website.) Speakers at other events include Charles Shamas (see above), members of the Palestinian Negotiations Support At the March 2008 IHL Forum,245 held at Al Quds Unit, a member of the Palestinian defense team for the University in conjunction with AIDA, entitled “Economy advisory opinion case at the ICJ, Badil, UNWRA, and and the Occupation,” participants included Shir Hever Lucy Mair of HRW (formerly associated with Electronic from the Alternative Information Center (see below) Intifada). and a representative from the Stop the Wall Campaign. The presentation by Diakonia’s legal advisor included the HaMoked Law Database (SEK 1,600,000 from claim that Israel is “using political and military control to 2006–2009) transform the existing – mostly agrarian – economies into The IHL program supports HaMoked’s Online Legal captive markets for Israeli produce and sources of cheap, Library.249 As on Diakonia’s IHL website, many of the unprotected labor,” and advocated for divestment. Another documents on the database provide a distorted view or speaker from Medico International claimed, “[e]ver since incorrect analysis of IHL. In one representative example, , Israel has been let off the responsibility for the OPT, HaMoked claims the concluding observations of the UN and has been able to keep its enclave system going only Committee Against Torture “rejected Israel’s claims” 39 with the help of foreign donors.” that detention facility 1391 is no longer in operation and “demands operation of the facility cease.”250 Yet, far from NGO speakers at the December 2007 IHL Forum246 “rejecting Israel’s claims” and “demanding” operation of included Sari Bashi of Gisha, Gareth Gleed from Al-Haq, facility 1391 “cease,” the committee’s report in fact accepted » page and Fatmeh El-‘Ajou from Adalah. In support of the PLO Israel’s statement that the facility “has not been used since claim that Israel continues to occupy Gaza, despite the 2006” and simply stated that Israel should “ensure that no 2005 withdrawal, Bashi made the illogical assertion that one is detained in any secret detention facility under its Israel decides whether “a new born child [in Gaza] is issued control in the future.”251 an ID or not” and that “[o]f course Hamas and Fatah can issue the family with an ID but this is pointless as Israel Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict is the border authority.” Under such reasoning, it would Research (HPCR) in conjunction with Harvard be “pointless” for the United States to issue passports, University School of Public Health since other countries determine whether US nationals can “IHL in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory”252 enter their territory. Two articles posted on the Diakonia component (SEK 2,800,000 from 2006–2010). With website that summarize “the main points presented” are SIDA funding, Diakonia supports HPCR International’s NGO Funding Scandinavian entitled, “Israel Violates International Humanitarian Law Humanitarian Policy & Law Forum operated in

245 See http://www.diakonia.se/sa/node.asp?node=1121. 246 Ibid. 247 Palestine Monitor, Dec. 4, 2007. Available at: http://www.palestinemonitor.org/spip/spip.php?article199. 248 Miftah, Dec. 6, 2007. Available at: http://www.miftah.org/Display.cfm?DocId=15561&CategoryID=13. 249 See http://www.diakonia.se/sa/node.asp?node=2655. 250 HaMoked, “HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual requests to submit the concluding observations of the UN Committee against Torture as an exhibit in its petition regarding secret prison facility 1391,” May 25, 2009. Available at: http:// www.hamoked.org.il/news_main_en.asp?id=766. 251 Committee Against Torture, “Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Article 19 of the Convention,” April 27–May 15, 2009. Available at: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/docs/cobs/CAT.C.ISR.CO.4.pdf. 252 Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research, Harvard University, “International Humanitarian Law in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory,” Jan. 2004–present. Available at: http://www.hpcrresearch.org/projects/opt.php. conjunction with Harvard University’s School of Public Montell of B’Tselem, Hassan Jabareen of Adalah, Hadas Health. A central component of the program is “IHL in Ziv of PHR-I, representatives of ICAHD, PCATI, Badil, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories,” developed Avocats Sans Frontiers, FIDH, as well as leaders of the “in consultation” with the UN, and aiming “to improve anti-Israel “lawfare” movement: Raji Sourani of PCHR, access to balanced information on international law and Charles Shamas and researchers from Al-Haq, Yesh Gevul, to promote the integration of legal and humanitarian Maria LaHood from the Center for Constitutional Rights, analysis in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict a representative of the law office of Michael Sfard, and and the Roadmap framework.” attorneys Daniel Machover and Phil Shiner.

This program, like other Diakonia and IHL activities, In support of the Durban strategy, participants accused promotes the Palestinian narrative under an academic Israel of “war crimes,” and called for boycotts and “lawfare” façade via the distortion and manipulation of international against Israel. In particular: law. Its “web portal“253 contains “policy briefs” that claim to “analyze” IHL on aspects of the Arab-Israeli conflict, yet • Montell declared that “most violations of human invariably conclude that Israel is violating international rights and international humanitarian law are the law. The forum is a major proponent and disseminator of result of government policy, not the actions of a the PLO “legal opinion” that Gaza remains “occupied.” particular individual, so holding the army and state accountable on a broader level is crucial.” 40 Diakonia Support for “Lawfare” Another major component of the Diakonia IHL program • Jabareen claimed the “dominant trend with Israeli is the exploitation of legal processes and courts to harass legal thinking is revealed to have supported the

» page Israelis or companies doing business with Israel. This collective punishment of Palestinians”; falsely aspect of Diakonia’s work is consistent with similar efforts claimed that the Israeli Supreme Court “is not involving Advisory Council member Charles Shamas, who amenable to hearing [] cases that deal with acts is also co-founder of Al-Haq – one of the NGOs leading amounting to potential war crimes”; and stated the “lawfare” campaign, and a recipient of significant that “[w]hen the Supreme Court justices had to Diakonia funding. justify the rationale behind the family unification law … they could only provide racist reasons.” The primary vehicle for promoting “lawfare” is through He further noted that activists should try to sponsorship of conferences and seminars examining portray Israel as an inherently undemocratic ways in which Israel can be held “accountable” in courts state and to “use that as part of campaigning for alleged violations of international law. These events internationally.” Scandinavian NGO Funding NGO Funding Scandinavian never encourage bringing Hamas, Fatah, the PA or other Palestinian actors to court for the murder and wounding • Raji Sourani repeated canards such as claiming of thousands of Israeli civilians. Nor do they target state the IDF deliberately “fired seven artillery shells supporters or companies aiding the financing of these straight at [the] picnicking families” during the attacks, including Saudi Arabia, , Syria, and many “Gaza beach incident,”254 and noted that the banking institutions. purpose of the conference was to “look at the potential for launching more cases of universal In September 2008, Diakonia sponsored a major jurisdiction” against Israel. conference in Brussels, “Palestine/Israel: Making Monitoring Work: (Re-) Enforcing International Law in • Hadas Ziv, Executive Director of PHR-I (see Europe.” NGO participants at the event included Jessica below) falsely claimed that the Universal

253 Available at: http://opt.ihlresearch.org/. 254 NGO Monitor, “NGO Political Agendas Distort Reports on Gaza Beach Incident,” June 26, 2006. Available at: http://www.ngo- monitor.org/article.php?id=808. Declaration of Human Rights “gives people the • Diakonia’s partner, the Tamer Institute, is right to fight occupation” and added “that if a signatory to several calls to boycott Israel human rights don’t get revolutionized they in including a petition “to impose broad boycotts fact are part of the oppression.” and implement divestment initiatives against Israel similar to those applied to South Africa in • Many participants discussed finding “ways to the apartheid era. We appeal to you to pressure get more out of the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion,” your respective states to impose embargoes and including targeting “charities in the UK” and sanctions against Israel.”257 “financial institutions and banks.” Diakonia’s representative, Grietje Baars, noted that • Charles Shamas (see above) discussed sanctions “Diakonia is currently researching third state available under EU policy in his presentation responsibility.” “Economic and Political Measures in EU Legal Documents” at the March 2007 IHL Forum.258 Other activities promoting “lawfare” include the March At the same event, Diakonia’s legal advisor 2009 IHL Forum “Accountability for IHL Violations” held presented “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions: at Al Quds University in conjunction with AIDA,255 and Legal Concepts in International Law.”259 a July 2008 workshop held in conjunction with Avocats Sans Frontiers, “Enforcing International Humanitarian • Lucy Mair, former researcher for HRW and 41 Law in Foreign Courts.” The workshop materials include a Electronic Intifada author, spoke at the May PowerPoint presentation entitled “Palestine: a war crime a 2005 IHL Forum on corporate responsibility, minute,” which advocated using the “Easy Guide” website where she highlighted the divestment campaign for legal analysis, and ending with the slide, “See you in against Caterpillar and how to “use corporate » page Court!” responsibility as a tactic in fighting against the Wall.”260 BDS, EU-Israel Relations Although officials from Diakonia told NGO Monitor • Diakonia issued a joint report with the Church that the organization does not support boycotts against of Sweden targeting the Assa Abloy corporation Israel and on occasion releases statements calling on for manufacturing locks at a factory located in the EU to demand that the PA enforce its international the Barkan industrial zone.261 legal obligations,256 the evidence shows that it does promote divestment initiatives and calls for suspension • On 27 January 2006, Diakonia and Amnesty or downgrading of EU-Israel relations, and speakers at International Sweden wrote a letter to Connex several Diakonia events explicitly advocate for BDS. In (copying the Swedish foreign minister and the NGO Funding Scandinavian addition, many Diakonia partners are active in or support French and Israeli ambassadors to Sweden) BDS measures against Israel. claiming that its participation in the Jerusalem

255 Diakonia, “The 14th AIDA IHL Forum on “Accountability for IHL violations,” March 23, 2009. Available at: http://www. diakonia.se/sa/node.asp?node=1120. 256 My News Desk, “Diakonia on the EU to make demands on the Palestinian Authority,” June 22, 2009. Available at: http:// translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=sv&tl=en&u=http://www.newsdesk.se/pressroom/diakonia/pressrelease/view/diakonia- uppmanar-eu-att-staella-krav-paa-palestinska-myndigheten-302963. 257 Boycott Israeli Apartheid Campaign, “Palestinian Civil Society Calls for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Against Israel,” July 9, 2005. Available at: http://www.boycottisraeliapartheid.org/node/7. 258 Available at: http://www.diakonia.se/documents/public/IHL/IHLfoum/th9/Sanctions_in_EU_laws_and_policies.pdf. 259 Available at: http://www.diakonia.se/documents/public/IHL/IHLfoum/th9/Boycott_divestment_and_sanctions.pdf. 260 Available at: http://www.diakonia.se/documents/public/IHL/IHLfoum/th3/CorporateResponsibilityLucyMairHRW.pdf. 261 “Illegal Ground: Assa Abloy’s business in occupied Palestinian territory,” Oct. 21, 2008. Available at: http://www.diakonia.se/ Documents/public/IN_FOCUS/Israel_Palestine/Report_Illegal_Ground/Report_Mul-T-lock_081021.pdf. light rail project and cooperation with the Israeli Examples of Diakonia statements relating to Gaza (note government was in violation of international law that few mention or call for an end to ongoing Palestinian and UN Conventions.262 rocket attacks against Israeli civilians):

• During the Gaza war, Diakonia – along with • April 15, 2009 statement accuses Israel of a AIDA partners Christian Aid, Oxfam, FIDH, “strangling siege”; refers to Palestinian partner Trocaire, World Vision, and others – issued a Al Mezan “going all around the Gaza Strip joint press release calling for the suspension of collecting testimonies and evidence of possible EU “upgrade” talks with Israel.263 war crimes committed by the Israeli military.”264

• A presentation made by Diakonia’s legal advisor • January 15, 2009 press release: Diakonia at the 2008 IHL forum (see above) advocated Secretary General Bo Forsburg demands that divestment strategies as a tool against Israel. “[t]he Swedish Prime Minister must meet with the Israeli ambassador to hand in a protest against • Diakonia partners active in or supportive of the the Israeli violence in Gaza, both regarding the BDS movement include Alternative Information attack on the UN headquarters in , the Center, Al-Haq, Al Mezan, Sabeel, and Wi’am. disproportionate violence and the destruction of all Swedish aid.”265 42 Diakonia & the Gaza Conflict Following the violent takeover of Gaza by Hamas and • December 29, 2008 release: Forsburg claimed increased rocket attacks on Israeli civilians in 2007, that “[s]o far, only the Palestinian side suffered

» page Diakonia joined the NGO campaign against Israel’s Gaza from sanctions for not meeting the terms of policy, accusing Israel of an “illegal siege,” “collective the peace process. The world’s lack of political punishment,” and continued “occupation.” This campaign pressure on both parties, including the approval contributed to the conflict and gave Hamas leaders the of EU’s association agreement with Israel expectation of international support for their terror void of any demands on Israel, has regrettably activities. Many news stories on Diakonia’s website promote contributed to the negative developments in these themes and are a central focus for the organization. the Israeli-Palestinian conflict ... . This madness These statements present an immoral equivalence between must be stopped.”266 Hamas’ deliberate rocket attacks on Israeli civilians and Israel’s response in self-defense. The claims are used to • November 11, 2007 “Call to end the isolation promote a political agenda, including calls for increased of Gaza” claims the “political, economic and Scandinavian NGO Funding NGO Funding Scandinavian diplomatic pressure, and demands that the EU and other social isolation imposed on the occupied Gaza international bodies suspend agreements with Israel. No Strip violates international law and has dire similar demands are presented with respect to Hamas, the consequences for future peace, development Palestinian Authority, Egypt, or Iran. and security in the region.” Israel is accused of “mak[ing] a mockery of international

262 Available at: http://www.diakonia.se/documents/public/IHL/nonihlforum/CONNEXbrev060125.pdf. 263 Diakonia press release, “Aid agencies call for suspension of enhanced EU-Israel agreements,” Jan. 7, 2009. Available at: http:// www.diakonia.se/sa/node.asp?node=2787. 264 Diakonia, “Gaza: Picking up the pieces,” April 15, 2009. Available at: http://www.diakonia.se/sa/node.asp?node=3016. 265 Diakonia press release, “Prime Minister Reinfeldt has to hand in a formal protest to the Israeli Ambassador,” Jan. 15, 2009. Available at: http://www.diakonia.se/sa/node.asp?node=2802. 266 Diakonia press release, “Stop the madness in Gaza!,” Dec. 29, 2008. Available at: http://www.diakonia.se/sa/node. asp?node=2785. humanitarian law, the illegal policy of collective guidelines regarding the classification of civilians punishment is only serving to deepen despair who “directly participate in hostilities.” These and frustration in Gaza.”267 guidelines were rejected by a majority of the legal experts engaged by the ICRC to draft them.271 Submission to Goldstone Commission Repeating distorted legal claims (see above) and See NGO Monitor’s report on the Goldstone Commission, unverifiable NGO claims, Diakonia submitted a 15-page October 22, 2009, for further analysis of Diakonia’s and brief to the Goldstone Commission.268 The submission other NGOs’ submissions.272 vilifies Israel and delegitimizes its right to defend itself against rocket attacks, while Hamas crimes are relegated Diakonia Partners to three short paragraphs on the last page of the report. Diakonia emphasizes the role of its partners in carrying out The document also repeats many legal canards including: the aims of its organization. The 2008 Annual Report lists 27 partners in the region – four in Israel (ACRI, B’Tselem, • Diakonia makes the non-serious legal claim that HaMoked, and PHR-I) and 23 in “Palestine” (Mossawa, Gaza remains occupied. a Haifa-based NGO, is listed under “Palestine”). While some of its partners are engaged in genuine humanitarian • Diakonia repeats a spurious legal claim made aid activities – such as the Al Bireh Public Library, Al by Al-Haq that Israel did not act in self-defense Iman Childhood Center, and several rehabilitation 43 during the conflict.269 In other words, Diakonia organizations – many of its partners are among the most is promoting an argument that Israel has no politically extreme NGOs in the region. Several Diakonia right to defend its civilians from attack under grantees are signatories to the Palestinian NGO Code of international law – a complete distortion of Conduct, which states: » page international law. The only reason to advance this argument is to justify Palestinian war crimes. The signatory NGOs also undertake to be in line with the national agenda without any normalization • Diakonia claims Israel deliberately targeted activities with the occupier, neither at the political- civilians, ignoring the myriad of evidence to security nor the cultural or developmental levels. the contrary,270 and ignoring overwhelming No endeavor would be carried out if it undermines documentation of Hamas’ policy of operating the inalienable Palestinian rights of establishing within residential areas to maximize civilian statehood and the return of the refugees to their casualties. Hamas’ actions are a violation of original homes…273 the principle of distinction and the prohibition against human shields. All partners listed below receive funding from SIDA via NGO Funding Scandinavian Diakonia. (See above pp. 19-29 for more information on • Diakonia uses language such as “collective Swedish government funding of NGOs.) punishment” and repeats the controversial ICRC

267 Diakonia, “Call to end the isolation of the Gaza Strip,” Nov. 23, 2007. Available at: http://www.diakonia.se/sa/node. asp?node=2172. 268 June 30, 2009. Available at: http://www.diakonia.se/documents/IHL_archive/GOLDSTONEfinal.doc. 269 See “Al-Haq Brief: Legal Aspects of Israel’s Attacks on the Gaza Strip during “Operation Cast Lead,” Jan. 7, 2009. Available at: http://www.alhaq.org/pdfs/Legal_Brief_Gaza_Cast_Lead_Jan.pdf. 270 See “The Operation in Gaza - Factual and Legal Aspects,” Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, July 29, 2009. Available at: http:// www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Terrorism+and+Islamic+Fundamentalism-/Operation_in_Gaza-Factual_and_ Legal_Aspects.htm. 271 Bill Gertz, “Terrorists and laws of war,” Washington Times, June 18, 2009. Available at: http://www.washingtontimes.com/ news/2009/jun/18/inside-the-ring-95264632/?page=2. 272 Available at: http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/amnesty_international_goldstone_s_cheat_sheet_. 273 NDC, “Palestinian Code of Coduct,” 2008. Available at: http://www.ndc.ps/main.php?id=22. Alternative Information Center (AIC) (SEK 1.5 Jabarin has been denied exit visas by Israel and Jordan for million, 2007–2009) his alleged ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of NGO partner in the Civil Society program. AIC often Palestine (PFLP) terror group. Charles Shamas (see above) refers to the “Israeli occupation-regime” and the Arab- is a co-founder of the NGO. Israeli “colonial conflict”274 and opposes “normalization” with Israel, claiming that the collaboration of a Palestinian Sabeel (SEK 800,000, 2006–2008) NGO with the Israeli Peres Center for Peace “is politically Sabeel is a partner in Diakonia’s civil society project. A 2008 unacceptable, and morally disgusting. Shimon Peres is Sabeel project, “The Nakba Memory, Reality and Beyond,” definitely an enemy of the Palestinian people, of human aims “to commemorate the Nakba of 1948, examine the rights and of peace.”275 AIC officials participate in United current struggles for freedom, equality, and identity, and Nations frameworks; have accused Israel of “genocide,”276 confront the continuing problems of the 1948 refugees”; a “policy of ethnic cleansing,”277 and “apartheid,”278 and “create a better understanding of the history of 1948, the have also compared Israeli military and political officials to Palestinian Nakba (Catastrophe)”; and “create a stronger Nazis.279 (See AIC Profile, NGO Monitor, June 4, 2009).280 civil society informed and concerned about the Nakba Two members of Diakonia’s IHL Advisory Council are and who will work proactively inside Israel … on … the linked with AIC. situation of second class citizenship for Palestinians.”282 Sabeel is a leader of the church divestment campaign,283 Al-Haq (SEK 3.2 million, 2006–2010) and director Naim Ateek employs antisemitic themes 44 Al-Haq is a central partner in the IHL program. The and imagery284 in sermons promoting his “Palestinian organization is a leader of the “lawfare” movement, Liberation Theology.”285 initiating lawsuits in Canada and the UK, and preparing

» page “ready-to-be-used case files” against Israeli officials in Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-I) (SEK foreign courts. Al-Haq lists boycotts among its goals and 1.6 million, 2006–2009) objectives,281 and lobbied the EU to annul the upgrade Under the civil society program, PHR-I carried out a of EU-Israel bilateral relations. General Director Shawan project entitled “The Occupied Palestinian Territory,

274 AIC, “AIC Mission Statement.” Available at: http://www.alternativenews.org/about.html. 275 Nassar Ibrahim, “The Case against Palestinian Normalization with Israel,” Sept. 4, 2007. Available at: http://www. alternativenews.org/nassar-ibrahim/986-the-case-against-palestinian-normalization-with-israel.html.

Scandinavian NGO Funding NGO Funding Scandinavian 276 Michael Warschawski, “Sanctions Now – Upgrading, Hell No!,” Dec. 2, 2008. Available at: http://www.alternativenews.org/ michael-warschawski/1628-sanctions-now--upgrading-hell-no.html. 277 Ahmad Jaradat, “Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing Policy and Land Day: Palestinian Uprising and Resistance,” March 30, 2009. Available at: http://www.alternativenews.org/english/1836-israels-ethnic-cleansing-policy-and-land-day-palestinian-uprising-and- resistance.html. 278 Sergio Yahni, “Shame on Europe: The Upgrade in EU-Israel Relations Voids the Substance of the International Legal System,” Dec. 10, 2008. Available at: http://www.alternativenews.org/english/1752-shame-on-europe-the-upgrade-in-eu-israel-relations- voids-the-substance-of-the-international-legal-system.html. 279 Michael Warschawski, “Absolutely Not in Their Name, Not in Ours,” Jan. 18, 2009. Available at: http://www.alternativenews. org/michael-warschawski/1619-absolutely-not-in-their-name-not-in-ours-.html. 280 Available at: http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/alternative_information_center_aic_profile. 281 Available at: http://www.alhaq.org/etemplate.php?id=51. 282 SIDA NGO Database, “The Nakba Memory, Reality and Beyond 2008-2009.” Available at: http://www2.sida.se/sida/jsp/sida. jsp?d=390&a=42140&pm. 283 NGO Monitor, “Sabeel’s Ecumenical Facade,” July 10, 2005. Available at: http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/_sabeel_s_ ecumenical_facade_. 284 NGO Monitor, “Sabeel Conferences: Fuelling the Arab-Israeli Conflict,” Oct. 8, 2007. Available at: http://www.ngo-monitor.org/ data/images/File/sabeel_conference_101107.pdf. 285 Sabeel, “About Us.” Available at: http://www.sabeel.org/etemplate.php?id=2. Prisoners & Detainees” claiming to “Protect the right to “Stop Israeli Massacres and the Zionist aggressions on the health of Palestinian in the Occupied Territories: Protect[] Gaza Strip immediately,” WATC irresponsibly labeled the medical neutrality and the safety of medical premises and Gaza conflict “a war of extermination.”291 staff in the occupied territories, [and] Protect[] freedom of movement (access to health) of Palestinian patients, Al Mezan (SEK 1,100,000, 2007–2009) medical personnel and medical goods and conducting An IHL program partner, Al Mezan’s activities reflect a local and international advocacy.”286 PHR-I campaigns radical anti-Israel agenda, including promoting claims include the unsupported claim that Israel is required to of “Israeli war crimes”292 and “apartheid.”293 During the provide “free access to health services” in the Palestinian Gaza conflict, Al Mezan accused Israel of “unprecedented, Authority,287 and that Israel is responsible for the PA’s disproportionate bombardment of civilians targets,” decision to suspend payments for Palestinian patients “criminal [] aggression against civilians”294 and in Israeli hospitals. This political NGO is also lobbying committing a “‘holocaust’ (genocide).”295 Al Mezan’s against the upgrade of EU-Israel relations.288 casualty figures during the conflict have been found to be without credibility as many Hamas fighters are listed as Women’s Affairs Technical Committee (WATC) civilians.296 (SEK 113,959, 2008) Another partner in Diakonia’s civil society program, Mossawa (SEK 1.4 million, 2006–2008) WATC’s plainly stated ideology is that “the social struggle Mossawa, a partner in the IHL program, engages in 45 for the full emancipation of all members of the Palestinian political and legal campaigns that delegitimize Israel society … must go hand in hand with the national struggle as a Jewish state with charges of “racism” and other for the liberation of Palestine.”289 A WATC newsletter pejoratives.297 Mossawa is influential in international asserts that “[t]he Israeli occupation has continued building forums, and uses “lawfare” and the legal process to silence » page its wall of apartheid and segregation.”290 In a letter entitled independent analysis and criticism of its activities, libeling

286 SIDA NGO Database, “PHR 2007-2009 The Occupied Palestinian Territory, Prisoners & Detainees.” Available at: http://www2. sida.se/sida/jsp/sida.jsp?d=390&a=40059&pm. 287 ReliefWeb, “Physicians for Human Rights-Israel and human rights organizations in a joint position paper on the decision to stop covering Palestinian’s medical care in Israel,” March 9, 2009. Available at: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/CJAL- 7PYM36?OpenDocument. 288 B’Tselem, “Israeli human rights organizations to EU: Use Association Council meeting to stop settlements and open Gaza,” June 15, 2009. Available at: http://www.btselem.org/english/press_releases/20090615.asp. Scandinavian NGO Funding NGO Funding Scandinavian 289 WATC, “WATC’s Vision.” Available at: http://www.watcpal.org/english/display.asp?DocID=13. 290 WATC, “Voice of Women 302,” Dec. 4, 2008. Available at: http://www.watcpal.org/english/display.asp?DocID=273. 291 Dec. 31, 2008. Available at: http://www.watcpal.org/english/display.asp?DocID=250. 292 Al Mezan, “Following the Goldstone Report: Adalah, Al Mezan and Al Haq Submit New Complaints and Demands to Israel for Criminal Investigations into Suspected War Crimes in Gaza,” Nov. 25, 2009. Available at: http://www.mezan.org/en/details. php?id=9283&ddname=crimes&id_dept=31&p=center. 293 Al Mezan, “On 9th Anniversary of 2nd Intifada: Al Mezan Condemns Forced Entry of Israeli Settlers and Police into Al Aqsa Mosque; Calls for International Protection,” Sept. 28, 2009. Available at: http://www.mezan.org/en/details. php?id=9059&ddname=ESC%20rights&id_dept=9&p=center. 294 Al Mezan, “IOF Shelling of a UN Shelter in Gaza Kills 42 Civilians – Death Toll in the Gaza Strip Rises to 668; Including 123 Children and 44 Women,” Jan. 7, 2009. Available at: http://www.mezan.org/en/details.php?id=1509&ddname=gaza%20 destruction&id_dept=9&id2=9&p=center. 295 Al Mezan, “Al Mezan Condemns the Assassination of As-Smiri and the Killing of an Infant; Calls for International Intervention,” March 5, 2008. Available at: http://www.mezan.org/en/a.php?id=1628. 296 Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi, JCPA, “Casualties within the Palestinian Security Systems: Myth versus Reality” (Hebrew), May 24, 2009. Available at: http://jcpa.org.il/JCPAHeb/Templates/showpage.asp?FID=594&DBID=1&LNGID=2&TMID=99&II D=22712. 297 NGO Monitor, “US State Department Report on Human Rights relies on politicized NGOs,” March 7, 2007. Available at: http:// www.ngo-monitor.org/article/us_state_department_report_on_human_rights_relies_on_politicized_ngos_. its critics as “racists.”298 This strategy is akin to that used by in a submission to the UN Human Right’s Council’s many politicized NGOs “whereby Zionist organizations, investigation of the Gaza war, accusing Israel of “war foreign companies and governments that collaborate crimes” with only a token reference to Hamas’ “sporadic” with Israel’s regime can be held accountable in court.”299 rocket fire against Israel civilians. A 2007 HaMoked report Although the claims in such cases are without foundation, on security detainees utilized “questionable methodology” the primary goals are to deter analysis and divert the and a “lack of verifiable sources.”303 In 2006, State limited resources of critics into costly legal processes. Prosecutor Nira Mashraki argued that HaMoked’s work to defend human rights was seriously compromised by its Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network one-sided approach, arguing that “the organization’s self- (EMHRN) (SEK 240,000, 2004–2005) presentation as ‘a human rights organization’ has no basis EMHRN encompasses more than 60 NGOs, to ostensibly in reality and is designed to mislead.”304 strengthen “human rights and democratic reform within the framework of the Barcelona process and EU-Arab B’Tselem (SEK 4.4 million, 2006–2008) cooperation frameworks.”300 EMHRN funds are allocated Diakonia’s highest-funded partner in the IHL program, to conferences, research, and educational materials B’Tselem “endeavors to document and educate the Israeli produced for its member NGOs. EMHRN members public and policymakers about human rights violations in from Israel and the PA consist exclusively of NGOs active the Occupied Territories.”305 However, B’Tselem focuses in advancing Arab and Palestinian political goals and almost exclusively on alleged Israeli violations, eliminating 46 promoting BDS.301 the context of asymmetrical war, mass terror, and intra- Palestinian violence. B’Tselem is one of the first exponents HaMoked (SEK 1.6 million, 2006–2009) of the “collective punishment” and “Gaza remains

» page HaMoked’s legal database is funded via Diakonia’s IHL occupied” allegations. B’Tselem’s credibility,306 particularly program. The organization is an Israel-based NGO which regarding statistics on Palestinian casualties, has been claims to assist Palestinians who are “subjected to the Israeli repeatedly challenged307 by independent researchers occupation which causes severe and ongoing violation of on grounds of faulty methodology,308 inaccuracy, and their rights.”302 HaMoked joined six other Israeli NGOs unverifiable sources.309

298 Ibid. 299 Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), “United Against Apartheid, Colonialism and Occupation Dignity & Justice for the Palestinian People,” October 2008. Available at: http://bdsmovement.net/files/English-BNC_ Position_Paper-Durban_Review.pdf. 300 EMHRN, “Mission, Values & Objectives,” Oct. 26, 2008. Available at: http://en.euromedrights.org/index.php/about_the_ Scandinavian NGO Funding NGO Funding Scandinavian network/who_we_are/3005.html. 301 NGO Monitor, “Europe’s Hidden Hand,” April 2008, pp. 23–25. Available at: http://www.ngo-monitor.org/data/images/File/ NGO_Monitor_EU_Funding_Europes_Hidden_Hand.pdf. 302 HaMoked, “About HaMoked.” Available at: http://www.hamoked.org.il/pages_en.asp?page_id=1. 303 NGO Monitor, “Claims in B’tselem/Hamoked report lack credibility,” May 7, 2007. Available at: http://www.ngo-monitor.org/ article.php?id=1411. 304 NGO Monitor, “Israeli State Prosecutor Recognises Bias of Israeli Human Rights NGOs, HaMoked and B’Tselem,” March 23, 2006. Available at: http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/_israeli_state_prosecutor_recognises_bias_of_israeli_human_rights_ngos_ hamoked_and_b_tselem_. 305 B’Tselem, “About B’Tselem.” Available at: http://www.btselem.org/english/About_BTselem/Index.asp. 306 NGO Monitor, “Focus: Reports expose more questions on B’Tselem’s credibility,” October 2008. Available at: http://www.ngo- monitor.org/digest_info.php?id=2135#btselem. 307 Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi, JCPA, “An additional example of the importance of criticism of human rights organizations” (Hebrew), June 14, 2009. Available at: http://www.jcpa.org.il/JCPAHeb/Templates/showpage.asp?FID=602&DBID=1&LNGID=2 &TMID=99&IID=22817. 308 NGO Monitor, “B’Tselem’s Gaza Report - Ideology Instead of Facts,” March 13, 2008. Available at: http://www.ngo-monitor. org/article/b_tselem_s_gaza_report_ideology_instead_of_facts. 309 Dan Izenberg, “Report slams B’Tselem Cast Lead figures,” Jerusalem Post, Sept. 16, 2009. Available at: http://www.jpost.com/ servlet/Satellite?cid=1251804580143&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull. Conclusion and Recommendations • The IHL program receives the highest amount Diakonia’s support for some of the most extreme NGOs of funding in the region, yet does not appear operating in the region raises considerable concerns, to serve humanitarian goals. Diakonia funding particularly given the substantial amount of funding it should be directed more towards programs such receives from the Swedish government and taxpayers. as the Rehabilitation and Children’s Literature Diakonia consistently presents a simplified and highly Programme rather than towards programs that misleading view of the conflict, where Palestinians are are used solely as tools to delegitimize Israel’s always victims and Israel is always guilty. Its campaigns, right to self-defense. publications, statements, and events repeatedly promote the Palestinian narrative, while ignoring the context of • The IHL Advisory Council is almost entirely asymmetrical war as well as responsibility of Palestinian populated with PLO advisors and Palestinian actors for failures in Palestinian society. Its extensive and anti-Zionist Jewish activists. The board funding for programs that do not have humanitarian should be diversified to include a wider range of objectives (despite the rhetoric) suggests that the opinion and expertise. organization is not fulfilling its mandate and lends credence to the debate currently underway in Sweden regarding • The IHL program currently approaches topics the role of humanitarian organizations. As a result, the exclusively from the Palestinian perspective. evidence clearly suggests that not only is Diakonia’s work It should be expanded to include the Israeli 47 not bringing the region any closer to peace, rather it is perspective. exacerbating and entrenching the conflict. • The IHL program should seriously examine the Given the amount of Swedish public funding used to obligations of the Palestinian Authority, Hamas, » page support Diakonia’s projects in the region and the nature and other Palestinian actors under IHL. of those activities, NGO Monitor has the following recommendations: • The IHL partner organizations should be more diversified, representing both Palestinian and Transparency and Accountability: Israeli perspectives (and not just the Palestinian • There are few publicly available reports that narrative). analyze the impact of Diakonia’s activities and funding programs. Lacking such basic • If these reforms cannot be implemented, the IHL information, it is impossible for public officials, program should be disbanded. journalists, and others to determine whether the funding promotes the declared objectives. • Funding under the Civil Society Program should NGO Funding Scandinavian Therefore, we recommend that substantive and actually be directed towards programs aimed at independent program evaluations of Diakonia- serving youth, rather than programs promoting funded projects be made publicly available. antisemitic or Nazi analogies. These evaluations should systematically assess how each program is contributing to the goals of Partners: the organization. Many of Diakonia’s partners are among the most extreme voices in the conflict. The organization should work with • Diakonia should also undertake investigations more partners within the mainstream of Palestinian and to ensure that its funding is not being used to Israeli societies, particularly those that do not engage support terror or to justify acts of violence. in demonization or the delegitimization of Israel, or contribute to the conflict. Programming and Decision-Making: • As noted in its own AidWatch report critiquing • Diakonia should work with organizations whose EU humanitarian aid, Diakonia should make activities as well as rhetoric consistently support aid less of a “political tool” and direct it more a two-state solution – a Jewish state of Israel towards “poverty reduction” on the ground. alongside a Palestinian state – and end support for organizations that work against this goal such of religious hatred or use of Nazi analogies as by promoting a “right of return.” directed against Israel. The organization should not tolerate partners that promote antisemitic • Diakonia should end support for those theological themes in their work. organizations that actively campaign against normalization with Israel or Israelis, and that • Diakonia should end ties with any partner oppose peace based on mutual compromises. organization that supports terrorism or is connected to terrorist organizations. • Diakonia should end support for those organizations that seek to deny the right of the Enactment of the above recommendations by Diakonia Jewish people to self-determination. would not only provide more balanced coverage of the Arab-Israeli conflict, it would also better serve the • As a church organization, Diakonia has a moral interests of the Palestinians, who deserve real help, not obligation to promote acceptance of all religious radical posturing. faiths. It should not countenance expressions 48 » page Scandinavian NGO Funding NGO Funding Scandinavian Peace andCoexistence, Rhetoric? orBoycotts andApartheid NGOFunding:Norwegian • • • • • • • Community Mental Health Program, and Al-Dameer. letter the full inAppendix See III. Initiative,the Geneva Yesh Din,, theMaan Development Center, theGaza Amim, Machsom Watch, EmekShaveh, theAssociation for inIsrael Rights Civil (ACRI), funding in2009.In addition to theNGOs mentioned theletter inthisreport, Ir named: NGO Monitor listof Israeli afull with and 4,2010,theDeputyOn February Head of theNorwegian Mission to Israel wrote to Down theWall Campaign and theNorwegian Boycott Israel Campaign.” Norwegian Association of NGOs for Palestine, the“coordinator for theNorwegian Tear- NORAD supports anumber of NGOs in“anti-wall” active campaigns, including the measures. misrepresenting international humanitarian law to Israeli delegitimize self-defense NGOsMezan, these condemned and Israel, Miftah. During conflict, PCHR, theGaza Representative to thePalestinian Office Authority supports extreme groups Al-Haq, Al The MFA fundsIsraeli NGOs B’Tselem, PCATI, HaMoked, and Gisha. TheNorwegian Gaza. Norwegian government for refusing to transfer to money the“Hamas government” in an “important affiliate” of theStop theWall in Norway. Campaign NCA attacked the AccompanimentShalom and Ecumenical Programme inPalestine and Israel, and is Norwegian Church Aidsupports many NGOs anti-Israel with agendas,including Bat halt to theterrorist attacks against Israeli that to civilians led thebarrier’s construction. barrier. Thereport labels a“crime thebarrier against humanity,” for not and call a does (IDMC) Palestinian with partnered “right of return” NGO on Badil areport on thesecurity (NRC) and Council theInternalThe Norwegian Refugee Displacement Monitoring Centre conflict. Gaza propaganda,in radical including justifying assistance. ANORWAC medical emergency representative, Dr. hasengaged Mads Gilbert, The Norwegian AidCommittee (NORWAC) receives MFA humanitarian fundsfor other anti-Israel NGOs them. with and partners “apartheid” rhetoric, Free Movement. and Gaza supported theso-called NPA funds also crimes” and “collective punishment,” intheStop isactive theWall uses Campaign, (Norad)Cooperation in2007for its work thePalestinians, with Israel accused of “war of ForeignNorwegian Ministry (MFA) Affairs and for theNorwegian Agency Development Norwegian People’s Aid(NPA), NOK received from which (~$7.8million) 49million the Norway the 9/11attacks claims and regarding false the Palestinian NGOs that government received

Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 49 Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 50 billion in2007. Norwegian development assistance totaled NOK 21.8 316 315 314 313 312 311 310 support.” forfunds more acute humanitarian aid and emergency building of civil the society, MFA while its reserves NGO which officially “provides long-term support for capacity Foreign Affairs (MFA)fromfunding and lesser NORAD, receive major funding from Norwegian the of Ministry Norwegian and Palestinian NGOs. The Norwegian NGOs In addition, Norway channels significantfunds via to atwo-state solution.” “thewhich overarching …to contribute hasbeen purpose Peace Process’ Norwegian inthe Foreign Policy agenda” for Sudan.” This “reflects the prominence the of East ‘Middle recipient of aid from Norwegian the Government, after (NORAD), Palestinian the Authority is“the largest second Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation According to commissioned a2009review by the Background at: http://www.norad.no/en/_binary?download=true&id=49478. information aboutthefunding”(Jakken BlornLian,“RightofReply:Norwayisnotanti-Semitic,” Available at:http://www.norad.no/en/_binary?download=true&id=49478. country” of bilateral assistance in2007, having received Administered Areas” third asthe biggest “recipient 15.7 billion (~$3.4billion). Norway (including multi-bilateral assistance) accounted for NOK supportthe organizations.” to civil society withinsections MFA/Norad to have acomplete picture of of MFA/Norad grants makes it difficult the differentfor found that “[t]hecomplex administrative management institutes” operating PA. inthe and labour organizations, religious groups and research humanitarian organizations, political professional parties, to “solidarity organizations, development organizations, Since Norwegian 1999,the government hasprovided grants Available at:http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=2&cid=1260447421469&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull.) Ibid.,p.21. NordicConsultingGroup,“Review ofNorwegianSupporttoPalestine Through NorwegianNGOs,”March2009,p.4. Available The mostrecentpubliclyavailablefiguresarefrom2007,castingdoubt onclaimsthatanyonecan“applytogainaccess NORAD,“AnnualReport2007.” Available at:http://www.norad.no/en/_binary?download=true&id=7588. Ibid.,p.55. Ibid.,p.22. NordicConsultingGroup,“ReviewofNorwegianSupporttoPalestine Through NorwegianNGOs,” March2009,p.20. 311

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sensitive.” lesspronealso to finance projectsthat politically canbe consuming procedures for changes of projects, and are donor, asmostother donors have and more stricter time advantagethe of having Norwegian the MFA asaback that “[s]everal of [Palestinian] the partners highlighted Additionally, NORAD-commissioned the found review comprehensive. funding information on MFA the and NRO may not be Monitor, reflecting alack of transparency. Hence,the NRO hasresponded to e-mailed enquiries from NGO governmentalthese and neither MFA the bodies, nor the individual organizations are not readily available from allocation specific the funds of to NGOs in general or Office (NRO) the in Palestinian Authority. Figures for is channeled through Norwegian the Representative Funding NGOs to local from Norwegian the MFA MFA that are out of of scope the analysis. this provided through UNor the other international bodies provided through NGOs were not listed and were likely 563 million.)sources The the of remainingfunding not NGOs. (In “Palestinian 2006,the Area” received NOK Norwegian NGOs and NOK 1.5million through regional million through NGOs, local NOK 139million through million were given through international NGOs, NOK 23 bilateralOf the assistance given to PA the in2007,NOK 3 years.” increase, to 800million, a400%increase inlessthan 10 NORAD, “planning figures for 2008indicate[d] further a NOK 622million. According to of external review the willingness to overlook of use the Norwegian funding for 315

316 Thissuggests alack of oversight and a Jerusalem Post , Dec.12,2009. mainly by NORAD. mainly organization claims that its work in“Palestine” is financed the Norwegian MFA and by NORAD; however the The NPA, asmentioned above, funded both is by Norwegian People’s Aid main actor inNorwegian development policy Direktoratet for utviklingssamarbeid (NORAD) isthe The Norwegian Agency forDevelopment Cooperation/ Background NORAD “humanitarian aid and support.” emergency may which politicized purposes, have designated been for 326 325 324 323 322 321 320 319 318 317 publicShow;ID=1213. publicOpenFolder. ministry/etater/norad/Norad.html?id=448793. ID=32662&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html. Government-and-Policy/humanitarian/development/. haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1139216.html. Gunvor W. Skancke explained that MFA funding is projects inPalestinian areas in2008.” received “an of NORAD overview support to NGO In an e-mail from aNORAD official, NGO Monitor development cooperation.” “politically and technically responsible for Norwegian implemented and comprehensive massacre” inGaza. Israel accused which of a“monstrous, systematically representatives Mads and Fosse below), Erik Gilbert (see Gahr Store “praised” book the projects washighlighted Foreign when Minister Jonas The role the of Norwegian MFApoliticized in NGO development co-operation activities.” out qualitycarry assurance and evaluation of Norway‘s Norwegian and international development NGOs, and “to aid the advise administration, provide funding for NPA, “Stopthe Wall CampaigninNorway.” Available at:http://otto.idium.no/folkehjelp.no/?module=Articles;action=Article. Linknolongeravailable. NPA, “AnnualReport2007.” Available at:http://www.npaid.org/filestore/2007NFENGrapportWEB.pdf. NPA, “NPA inPalestine.” Available at:http://www.npaid.org/IPS?id=419&module=Articles&action=ArticleFolder. FromGunvor W. Skancke, Assistant Director, CivilSocietyDepartment, Norad,Jan.22,2009. NorwayMinistryofForeign Affairs, “Norad.” Available at:http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/ud/ryddemappe/ud/english/ UNESCO,“GovernmentDonors:Norway,” Oct.10,2008. Available at:http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ Norway: The official siteinIsrael,“DevelopmentCooperation.” Available at:http://www.norway.org.il/About_Norway/ CnaanLiphshiz,Haaretz,“Norwegianministerunderfireforpraise ofCastLeadbook,”Jan.2,2010. Available at:http://www. Ibid.,p.21. Available at:http://www.norad.no/en/_binary?download=true&id=49478. 323 In an e-mail, NORAD official 320 Its stated functions are Eyes in Gaza in Eyes 322 321

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Administered Areas,” NORAD’s listed its base partner partners “Palestinian inthe Other NORAD projects NORAD for its work. global partners. In 2007,NPA received NOK 122,290,000from is for long-term development work with Palestinian intended for operations emergency and NORAD support involved with “anti-wall” campaigns: Gaza, NORAD provided support to organizations that are humanitarian projects Palestinian inthe Authority and (NOK 9,465,000in2008).In addition to development and (NOK 3,299,000in2008)and Norwegian People’s Aid projects. 2007 NORAD provided NOK 20million for Palestinian • • • the Norwegian Stop the Wall Campaign. NORAD funding. LO islisted asan affiliateof Landsorganisasjonen i Norge (LO) receives The ConfederationNorwegian of Trade Unions/ kampanjen” (“Tear-Down the Wall campaign”). listed asmember of Norwegian the “Riv Muren Internasjonalt KFUK-KFUM. KFUK-KFUM is Delta International KFUK-KFUM /Delta bundet is still listed among member organizations Union of Education Norway/Utdanningsfor- civilians cannot defended.” be and stated that “[a]ssaults and killing the of attacks on Gazaand its invasion by land forces” January 8,2009,LO condemned Israel’s “rocket 325 including Norwegian Church Aid 324 Skancke claimed that in 326 On

Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 51 Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 52 html. 332 331 330 329 328 327 is funding highly politicized groups that regularly demonize coexistence, and cooperation. The Norwegian government programsthese are counterproductive to development, and international NGOs demonstrate that inmany cases, of activities the of Norwegian, these Palestinian, Israeli, government support. NGO Monitor’s analyses detailed receivewhich approximately one-third of Norwegian this are facilitated by central the reliance on political NGOs, The diversion funding of theand lack accountabilityof is not for noble used purposes. these aid and long-term development, much of its NGO funding In contrast to Norway’s stated objectives of humanitarian NGOs Impact of government funding for politicized nyheter/utenriks/Anklager-Israel-for-krigsforbrytelser-685276.html%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG. p7smwPC5qitAg&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAgQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.bt.no/ translate?hl=en&sl=no&u=http://www.bt.no/nyheter/utenriks/Anklager-Israel-for-krigsforbrytelser-685276.html&ei=ZBE6S7nqF in excessofitslegalobligations. in Article 23oftheFourthGenevaConvention.Pursuanttothisstandard, Israelhasallowedaccessforhumanitariansuppliesw economic sanctions,doesnotconstitutecollectivepunishment. The levelofhumanitarianaidrequired duringwartimeisspecif result ofthecrimesoneormoreindividualsgroups.Restriction ontheflowofgoodsinawarenvironment,orotherform to internationallaw, theterm“collectivepunishment”referstoimpositionofcriminalpenalties uponagroupofpeopleas or “sanctions”onGazaconstitute“collectivepunishment.” These accusationsarebothlegallyandfactually false. According Campaign.” Wallthe Campaign and Norwegian the Boycott Israel and is“the coordinator for Norwegian the Tear-Down for rights the and freedom of Palestinian the People” Norwegian non-governmental organizations working Palestina), defines which asis itself “an umbrella for Association of NGOs for Palestine (Fellesutvalget for instance, NOK 240,000wasgranted to Norwegian the areyet they not included inNORAD’s For base. partner NGO projects inPalestinian areas obtained from NORAD, organizationsOther are listed of on 2008overview the IngeSellevag,“AccusesIsraelof warcrimes(translation),”Jan.6,2009. Available at:http://translate.google.co.il/ Humanrightsgroups,including Amnesty InternationalandHumanRights Watch, regularlylevelcharges thatIsraeli“blockades” Ibid. NPA, “AnnualReport2007.” Available at:http://www.npaid.org/filestore/2007NFENGrapportWEB.pdf. Palestina.no,“Norwegian Association ofNGO’s forPalestine.” Available at:http://www.palestina.no/index.php?display=39. RivMuren-kampanjen,“Affiliates,” June3,2007. Available at:http://rivmuren.blogspot.com/2008/06/tilsluttede-organisasjoner (“Tear-Down the Wall campaign”). of the Norwegian “Riv Muren kampanjen” 582,000 from NORAD. Unionthe of Education Norway received NOK 328

327 In 2008, states that it is“not apolitically neutral organization.” rooted Norwegian inthe Movement” Labour and clearly NPA itself as“a describes humanitarian organization operations Palestinian inthe Authority. in 2007,NPA received NOK 29million for emergency MFA. NORAD. In 2007,NPA received NOK 83million from the development NGOs. It by both isfunded MFA the and by most highlyregarded of Norway’s humanitarian and Norwegian People’s Aid(NPA) isone of biggest the and Norwegian People’s Aid/Norsk Folkehjelp NGOs Government-Funded Norwegian and their activities. Norway’speace, NGOs support to these lendslegitimacy Norwegian regional goals, including and democracy addition to financing activitiesthat are contrary to stated Israel, failing while to NGOs hold these accountable. In NPA’s activities insupport of demonization: understanding. rather than contributing to compromise and mutual openlythis agenda, biased often which the conflict fuels Nevertheless, it receives government to funding promote • 329 has also issuedapetitionhas also entitled “Stop Israel’s to “collective punishment.” subjecting Palestinian the population inGaza Petter General IsraelSecretary Eideaccused of and “War Crimes” Accusations Punishment” of “Collective According to an e-mail from NORAD’s Skancke : OnJanuary 6,2009,NPA 332 The organization a 331 s of ied ell

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342 341 340 339 338 337 336 335 334 333 and-supporters&catid=25:pages. publicShow;ID=4675. publicShow;ID=1213. publicShow;ID=1213. ngo-monitor.org/digest_info.php?id=2055. cle.publicShow;ID=6683. publicShow;ID=7224. PACE, “Partnersandsupporters.” Available at:http://pace.ps/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=64:partners- NPA, “Aboutalleviatingsuffering,” March12,2007. Available at:http://www.npaid.org/?module=Articles;action=Article. Available at:http://www.maan-ctr.org/publications/Factsheets/Boycott.pdf. Ma’anDevelopmentCenter, “DonorsandPartners.” Available at:http://www.maan-ctr.org/donors/donors.html. NPA, “Stopthe Wall CampaigninNorway.” Available at:http://otto.idium.no/folkehjelp.no/?module=Articles;action=Article. Palestina.no,“Norwegian Assosiation ofNGO’s forPalestine.” Available at:http://www.palestina.no/index.php?display=39. NPA, “Stopthe Wall CampaigninNorway.” Available at:http://otto.idium.no/folkehjelp.no/?module=Articles;action=Article. SeeNGOMonitor, “Focus:EUfundedNGOsleadHamas-supportedGazaboatstunt,” August 2008. Available at:http://www. NPA, “TheFreeGazaMovementarrives,” Aug. 27,2008. Available at:http://otto.idium.no/nf.no/?module=Articles;action=Arti NPA, “StopIsraeliwarcrimes,”Jan.5,2009. Available at:http://www.folkehjelp.no/?module=Articles;action=Article. • : In • : NPA’s leadership. “Gaza boat” campaign insupport of Hamas the for “breaking siege” the provocative inthe congratulations” to Free the GazaMovement August 2008,NPA expressed “appreciation and Support for theFree Movement Gaza violations of international humanitarian law.” “disproportionate of use violence” and “clear War Crimes!,” refers which to Israel’s alleged Apartheid washistory?”). (“Tear Wall the inPalestine. Didyou think Palestina. Trodde du Apartheid var historie?” and barrier security text, the “Riv muren i in Norway, and displays an illustration of the website promotes theStop theWall Campaign Stop theWall inNorway Campaign against Israel’s legitimacy. strategy of demonization and political warfare apartheid isacentral analogy part of the Durban accusing Israel of “ethnic cleansing.” its creation “Nakba” asthe (catastrophe), and campaign by referring to Israel as“Palestine,” aid,” fringe activists promoted these their 334 Under façadeof the “humanitarian 336 The use of the false the false Theuse of 335 333 Examples of NPA support for politicized NGOs: • • • • • grassroots and international BDScampaigns. ineffectivelearned solidarity,” aguide to “Boycott, Divestment &Sanctions –lessons supported by NPA. Agricultural ReliefCommittee (PARC) is According to its website, Palestinian the partners.”and its “past and present international contributors The Ma’anDevelopment Center listsNPA among NPA asone of its affiliates. The Stopthe CampaignWall in Norway lists Israel Campaign. the Wall Campaign and the Norwegian Boycott coordinatorthe for Norwegian the Tear-Down below), is which for discussed Palestina, further Association of NGOs for Palestine (Fellesutvalget NPA islisted asamember of Norwegian the petition which callsfor academicboycott the Cultural Exchange (PACE), NPA Palestinian the funds also Association for 339 In 2009, the MDC published In MDC 2009,the 337 341 338 342 asignatory to a 340

Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 53 Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 54 Committee (NORWAC) ostensibly to provide health-care Financial support provided isalso to Norwegian the Aid Cross (ICRC). (UNRWA), and International the Committee of Red the Works Agency for Palestine Near inthe Refugees East Organization (WHO), United the Nations Reliefand arefunds channeled primarily through World the Health assistance to wounded the and injured inGaza. organizations that provide emergency medicalaid and The MFA allocates several funds to humanitarian (NORWAC) MFA Funding Reliefto for Gaza Emergency 354 353 352 351 350 349 348 347 346 345 344 343 nyheter/utenriks/gaza/hamas/israel/4209747/. ion=Article.publicShow;ID=5214. php?id=5022. gazafreedommarch.org/article.php?id=5032. globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2009/01/mil-090113-misna01.htm. prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.fagbladet.no/nyheter/article4765957.ece%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG. ece%3Fservice%3Dprint&ei=lmA7S7TBFY-B_Qbp3IWGCQ&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAgQ7gEwAA& Dec. 17,2009. Available at:http://translate.google.co.il/translate?hl=en&sl=no&u=http://www.fagbladet.no/nyheter/article47659 er_embedded. statement_dr_mads_gilbert. regjeringen.no/en/dep/ud/press/News/2008/norway-provides-humanitarian-relief-to-g.html?id=541401. and-supporters&catid=25:pages. Comprehensive Academic Boycottof Apartheid Israel.” Available at:http://www.al-awda.org/academicboycott.html. InternationalCoalition toEndtheIllegalSiegeof Gaza,“AboutUs.” Available at:http://www.gazafreedommarch.org/article. InternationalCoalitiontoEndthe IllegalSiegeofGaza,“GazaFreedomMarch!Endorsers.” Available at:http://www. GlobalSecurity.org, “Unconventional weapons:medicalaccountfromGaza,”Jan.13,2009. Available at:http://www. Vegard Velle, Fagbladet,“ShockinglectureintroducedPalestine Project” (titletranslatedbyNGOMonitorfromNorwegian), LineFransson,Dagbladet,“A bluff thatciviliansarespared,”Dec.31,2008. Available at:http://www.dagbladet.no/2008/12/31 YouTube, “TheRealityInGaza,”Dec.31,2008. Available at:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDjthFt6EZg&feature=play NGOMonitor, “DrMadsGilbert’s MediaCampaign,”Jan.6,2009. Available at:http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/press_ NorwayMinistryofForeign Affairs, “Norwayprovideshumanitarian relieftoGaza,”Dec.30,2009. Available at:http://www. NPA, “Democraticrightsandtherighttoparticipation,” Aug. 20,2007. Available at:http://www.npaid.org/?module=Articles;ac NGOMonitor, “PENGON.” Available at:http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/pengon. PACE, “PartnersandSupporters.” Available at:http://pace.ps/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=64:partners- Al Awda-The PalestinianRighttoReturnCoalition,“PalestinianPopular MovementsandCivilSocietyRe-AssertCallfor • of Israel. NGOs Network, PENGON, Network, NGOs and isamember of Palestinian the Environment Refugees“ project. on “Training the and Participation for Palestinian among NPA Badil. them and collaborated Badil NPA cooperates partners, with local several number of highly politicized NGOs. 343 PACE also partners with PARC, 346

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Caritas, Diakonia, Ecumenical 357 356 “providing protection and 358 whose members whose the Norwegianthe MFA in2008, reported Council) Refugee that it received $412,042from Regimes in the OccupiedRegimes inthe Palestinian Territories.” Construction of the West Bank Wall and its Associated Wall: Pilot Study on Forced Displacement Caused by the a study entitled on barrier security the “Displaced by the In 2006,IDMC, together with NRC and co-published Badil, human rights analyses, IDMC regularly negates Israel’s inits right to security “war and atrocities.” the pressuring international the community to help stop the to “humanitarian the disaster” involves inGaza,which 15 percent of its budget. NRC programs include aresponse but fails to context weigh the of widespread Palestinian “a barrier the against crime humanity” and a“war crime” of separation and isolation.” Palestinian children and objection their to “Israel’s policy Much of report up the istaken by emotive accounts of Israel. divestment, and sanctions (BDS)campaigns against of Return” and provides active support to boycotts, is aradicalPalestinian NGO that promotes “Right the Bank and inGaza. received and executed projects for UNRWA West inthe ignored. Hamas’ rocket firing into wascompletelyIsraeli territory onalert recent the Gazaoperation, where context the of 365

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Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 55 Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 56 php. org/etemplate.php?id=37. 377 376 375 374 373 372 371 370 369 368 government.” for “withdrawing economic support” to “Hamas the below),Aid (see criticized Norwegian the government along with NRC above) (see and Norwegian People’s Following Hamas’ takeover of Gazain2006,NCA, receives money from MFA and from NORAD. Norwegian Church Aid(NCA) states on its website that it Norwegian Church Aid/KirkensNødhjelp violence against Israeli civilians. rights of Palestinian IDPs, it not does callfor ahalt to the “dismantle Wall,” the and on PA the to advocate for the opinion of International the of Justice Court on Israel to reportthe callson UNto the implement advisory the terrorism that ledto theconstruction of thebarrier. While publicShow;ID=1213. Association-East Jerusalem(YMCA). in Israel/thePalestinian Territories includeChristian Aid (CA),Lutheran World Federation(LWF), and Young Men’s Christian members aredrawnfromthe World CouncilofChurches(WCC)and theLutheran World Federation(LWF). Those operating ?module=Articles;action=Article.publicShow;ID=3587. Publikasjoner/%C3%85rsmeldinger/annual%20review%202007.pdf. Finance--admin/. NOK 119.9million from NORAD. NCA received NOK 178.5million from MFA the and NCA’s organizations partner inIsrael Palestinian government that cuts inreality these are.” way that should to economic the lead sanctions against the thatto see Hamas ingovernment position ina hasacted NPA, “Stopthe Wall CampaigninNorway.” Available at:http://otto.idium.no/folkehjelp.no/?module=Articles;action=Article. ACT, “ACT membersbasedinNorway.” Available at:http://www.act-intl.org/countries.php?uid=64. ACT International’s TRC, “A CallfortheInternationalCommunitytoStopIsraeli Violations Against Palestinians.” Available at:http://www.trc-pa PCFF, “AboutUs.” Available at:http://www.theparentscircle.com/about.asp. BatShalom,“AnnualEvents.” Available at:http://www.batshalom.org/article.php?id=32. BatShalom,“TheJerusalemLinkdeclarationofprinciples,”Jan. 2001. Available at:http://www.batshalom.org/jlink_principles June26,2008. Available at:http://www.kirkensnodhjelp.no/no/Arbeidet-vart/Hvor-vi-jobber/Midtosten/Israel/. NPA, “NGO’s criticisesforeignministerforwithdrawingeconomicsupport,” April 10,2006. Available at:http://www.npaid.org/ NCA,“2007 Annual Review.” Available at:http://www.kirkensnodhjelp.no/Documents/Kirkens%20N%C3%B8dhjelp/ NCA,“Financeandadministration,” Aug. 26,2008. Available at:http://www.kirkensnodhjelp.no/en/About-NCA/About-NCA/ • • Parents Circle-Families Forum (PCFF),a“joint Independence/Nakbah day”; of return”of for Peace), callsfor which Palestinian the “right Bat Shalom (a member of Coalition the of Women 370 These groups These claimedthat “[i]tisdifficult 372 and holds an annual “Alternative 373 369 371 include: 368 In 2007, groups with websites) include: NCA’s Palestinian organizations partner (NCA only lists response to this report, see Appendix III. International (ACT International). NCA isamember of Action by Churches Together its mostimportant affiliates the in country. Stop Wall the Campaign inNorway listsNCA asone of • • • • • • • • Palestinian bereaved families; reconciliation mission” comprised of Israeli and general.” is designedto strang alia, referred to Israel’s “Apartheid Wall which Victims of Torture (TRC), has,inter which The Treatment and RehabilitationCentre for (CARE); Center for Applied Research and Education Jerusalem Center for Women (JCW); Israel (WCC/EAPPI); Accompaniment Programme inPalestine and World of Council Churches/Ecumenical Holy (ELCJHL); Land Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jordan and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF); of Palestinian (MECC/DSPR); Refugees Service of Council Middle East Churches/Department of forRabbis Human Rights. 375 le Palestinian life in 374 376 Additionally, the

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For NCA’s l. . B’Tselem Norwegian liststhe MFA asadonor. B’Tselem to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The MFA and bothNORAD provide substantialfunding Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) 388 387 386 385 384 383 382 381 380 379 378 ntItemId=125. to theinjured”(Hebrew),Jan.8, 2009. Available at:http://www.stoptorture.org.il/he/node/1366. targeted_killings_are_illegal_. 2006. Available at:http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/_supreme_court_rejects_public_committee_against_torture_s_claim_that_ monitor.org/digest_info.php?id=2135#btselem. ngo-monitor.org/article/ngo_monitor_s_analysis_of_b_tselem_s_annual_report_for_. 25DD34BA6C5FB552&component=toolkit.pressrelease&method=full_html. violence indiscriminately affecting civilians.” indiscriminately” and its toll as“indicative of extreme Israel’s operation against Hamas as“affecting civilians whatsoever.conflict Instead, condemningon it focuses 2009, MSF makes nomention of Hamas’ role inthe as extreme civilians” violence victimizes of January 7, titled “Temporary halt to Gazabombing response apaltry humanitarian aid mandate. For example, inapress release stress, organization the sometimes from departs its Authority and works with children affected by traumatic development, MSF aswhile isactive Palestinian inthe operations wasonly inplace until 2005.Thisisa welcome NORAD’s Skancke, MFA funding for MSF’s Palestinian donated EUR7,695,000to MSF in2007.According to including “excessive and disproportionate force,” alack violated international humanitarian law inGaza2008, “collective punishment.” B’Tselem claimed also that Israel of labeling Israeli responses to terror from Gazaas Israel’s barrier, security B’Tselem wasat forefront the political agenda. often inconsistent, and thereflects organization’s has shown that B’Tselem’s isproblematic, methodology Gisha,“InstitutionalDonors.” Available at:http://www.gisha.org/index.php?intLanguage=2&intSiteSN=141&OldMenu=137&i PCATI, “PetitiontoSupremeCourtagainstattacksonmedical teamsintheGazaStripandpreventingthemfromprovidingaid PCATI, “Humanrightsgroupsreportfromthefield.” Available at:http://www.stoptorture.org.il/en/node/1361. NGOMonitor, “SupremeCourtrejectsPublicCommittee Against Torture’s claimthattargeted killings areillegal,”Dec.14, PCATI, “AboutPCATI.” Available at:http://www.stoptorture.org.il/en/odot. PCATI, “Donors.” Available at:http://stoptorture.org.il/en/donors. NGOMonitor, “Focus:ReportsexposemorequestionsonB’Tselem’s credibility,” Oct.2008. Available at:http://www.ngo- NGOMonitor, “NGOMonitor’s Analysis ofB’Tselem’s Annual Reportfor2007,”March13,2008. Available at:http://www. B’Tselem, “ListofdonorstoB’Tselem.” Available at:http://www.btselem.org/english/About_BTselem/Donors.asp. Available at:http://msf.org/msfinternational/invoke.cfm?objectid=B2D7C7F3-15C5-F00A- MSF, “FinancialReport2007.” Available at:http://www.msf.org/source/financial/2007/MSF_Financial_Report_2007.pdf. 381 As with the global campaign against 378 379 TheMFA 380

Research on “innocent Palestinian civilians” Israelaccused of having“indiscriminate damage” inflicted against terror. targeted killings, on grounds the of legitimate self-defense Israeli2006, the High rejected PCATI’s Court petition on Royal Norwegian Embassy asdonors. organization’s website still lists the Norwegian MFA and the (according of to Israeli the Non-profits), Registry theand listed Norwegian the MFA asasupporter in2006 CommitteeThe Public Against Torture in Israel, PCATI, (PCATI) CommitteeThe Public Against Torture in Israel and leveled charges of “deception” and distortions. reports have seriously questioned B’Tselem’s credibility, ofuse “prohibited weapons.” Anumber of independent of distinction between civilians and combatants, and the Defined: Collective Punishment,Defined: Position Paper the on Gisha issueda12-page “position paper,” “Gaza Closure legal briefs to attack Israeli In policies. 2008, December website. The MFANorwegian funder islistedthe asa on Gisha Gisha targeting medicalpersonnel and ambulances. Supremethe IDF accusingthe of Court, deliberately specifics of the its mission statement. are highly political, and its campaigns extend far beyond 388 Gisha isan Israeli NGO, issuespseudo- which 385 During recent the Gazaoperation, PCATI 386 and even petitioned 383 PCATI’s activities 384 In December 387 382

Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 57 Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 58 Gaza-Legal_Aspects.htm#35. 26, 2008;seealsohttp://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Hamas+war+against+Israel/FAQ-Operation_in_ arguments. and Avi some details of fallaciesinGisha’s the Bell legal A report issuedby Israeli lawyers Justus ReidWeiner aid objective,” discounting while tons the of humanitarian Hamas attacks aimed at civilians lack a“concrete military to Gazaresidents. The claimsNGO also that responses to under alegalobligation to grant “freedom of movement” “occupied” Gazaunderinternational law, and that Israel is It promotes claims false the that Israel isresponsible for of rights.” their occupation which causes severe and ongoing violation assist Palestinians are who “subjected to Israeli the provided $210,000),isan Israeli NGO that claims to of Israelithe Non-Profits, Registry in2006 Norway obligations underinternational anti-terror treaties. methodology” and a“lack ofmethodology” verifiablesources.” Justice, a2007HaMoked report utilized “questionable 389 400 399 398 397 396 395 394 393 392 391 390 in 2007 HaMoked, Norwegian liststhe which MFA asafunder HaMoked International Law Definition of Israeli Restrictions.” http://www.mezan.org/en/details.php?id=1519&ddname=gaza%20destruction&id_dept=9&id2=9&p=center. People -NumberofCasualtiesin GazaRisesto337People,Including43Childrenand15 Women,” Jan.1,2009. Available at: php?id=1522&ddname=gaza%20destruction&id_dept=9&id2=9&p=center. Paralyzed underSevereLackof Medicine, FoodandPower,” Dec.29,2008. Available at:http://www.mezan.org/en/details. destruction&id_dept=9&id2=9&p=center. Slaughtering CiviliansImmediately,” Jan.17,2009. Available at:http://www.mezan.org/en/details.php?id=1498&ddname=gaza%20 hamoked_and_b_tselem_. 2006. Available at:http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/_israeli_state_prosecutor_recognises_bias_of_israeli_human_rights_ngos_ article.php?id=1411. ngo-monitor.org/article/ngos_propogandize_at_un_periodic_review_of_israel. English/Gaza%20Closure%20Defined%20Eng%281%29.pdf. Al Mezan,“IsraelConductsNew War CrimesinGaza: Air Raid Targets DenseBlockinJabaliaKillingNizar Rayyanand7 Al Mezan,“IsraeliMassacresinGazaContinue:284Killed;Including 32Children,and755Injured;Gaza’s ServiceSystems Al Mezan,“IOF Targets a3rdUNRWA ShelterandContinuesitsmassacresintheGazaStrip- The Int’lCommunityMustEnd Al Mezan,“AlMezanDonorPartnersin2009.” Available at:http://www.mezan.org/en/messege.php?view=messageen. NGOMonitor, “IsraeliStateProsecutorRecognisesBiasofIsraeliHumanRightsNGOs,HaMokedandB’Tselem,” March23, NGOMonitor, “ClaimsinB’tselem/Hamoked reportlackcredibility,” May7,2007. Available at:http://www.ngo-monitor.org/ HaMoked,“AboutHaMoked.” Available at:http://www.hamoked.org.il/pages_en.asp?page_id=1. HaMoked,“HaMokedDonors.” Available at:http://www.hamoked.org.il/sub_pages.asp?sub_page_id=3&page_id=1. JCPA, “InternationalLawandtheFightinginGaza,”2008. Available at:http://www.jcpa.org/text/puzzle1.pdf. NGOMonitor, “NGOsandDurbandemonizationatUNhumanrightsreviewofIsrael,”Dec.3,2008. Available at:http://www. IsraelMinistryofForeign Affairs, “HumanitarianassistancetoGaza duringtheperiodofcalm(June19–Dec18,2008),”Dec. December2008. Available at:http://www.gisha.org/UserFiles/File/publications_english/Publications%20and%20Reports_ 390 provided by Israel to Gazaand ignoring Israel’s legal 393 (according to documents received from 392 394 According to of Israeli the Ministry 395 In 2006, 391 389

of core the donors of AlMezan. The Norwegian Representative Officeislisted as one Al Mezan NRO –and MFA hencethe –asadonor include: Office (NRO)originates from the MFA. NGOs listing all funding given through the Norwegian Representative In addition to above-mentioned the funding from MFA, the MFA funding through NRO basis inreality and isdesignedto mislead.” self-presentation as‘a human rights organization’ hasno by its one-sided approach, arguing that “the organization’s work to defend human rights wasseriously compromised State Prosecutor Nira Mashraki argued that HaMoked’s “slaughtering civilians,” “scandalous war crimes,” “despicable disregard to civilian life.” releases, including allegations of “Israeli massacres,” 2009 Gazaoperation, AlMezan issuednumerous press claims of “Israeli war crimes.” January During the reflect a radical anti-Israel agenda, including promoting 397 AlMezan’s activities 400 396

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state, IDF outpost at Kerem Shalom as“resistance.” to abduction the of Gilad Shalit and attack the against an 401 report. The NRO islisted as asupporter in Miftah’s 2008annual Miftah in PCHR’s 2008annual report, The Representative Office ofNorway funder a islisted as Palestinian Center for Human (PCHR) Rights 413 412 411 410 409 408 407 406 405 404 403 402 activists,” www.alhaq.org/pdfs/HCJ%20Shawan%20Jabarin%20v%20IDF.pdf. International%20Protection%20-%20Perceptions%20and%20Possibilities.pdf. cfm?DocId=10709&CategoryId=21. Available at:http://www.miftah.org/Display.cfm?DocId=10894&CategoryId=32. English/2008/124-2008.html. of ShamefulSilencetheInternationalCommunity,” Dec.31,2008. Available at:http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/PressR/ Sept. 8,2009. Available at:http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/PressR/English/2009/news/40-2009.html. www.pchrgaza.org/files/weapon/english/2008/report44.html. PressR/English/2006/news/20-2006.htm. htm. punishment,” Israeli “war crimes,” “crimes against humanity,” “collective PCHR’s anti-Israel campaigning included accusations of US,Spain,the and Switzerland. DuringGazawar, the and hasworked to bring inEngland, cases New Zealand, anti-Israel inthe aleader is also “lawfare” movement and civilian facilities GazaStrip.” inthe systematic of destruction Palestinian allthe institutions cleansing as“apartheid“policies NGO’sthe website. Miftah,“HalttheMassacre,”Dec. 29,2008. Available at:http://www.miftah.org/Display.cfm?DocId=18398&CategoryId=2. “ShawanRateb Abdullah Jabarinversus The CommanderofIDFForcesinthe West Bank,”July3,2008. Available at:http:// Al-Haq, “DiscussionPaperonInternationalProtectioninPalestine,” 2002. Available at:http://www.alhaq.org/pdfs/ Miftah,“Palestinian Women andtheIntifada,”July5,2006. Available at:http://www.miftah.org/Display. Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign,“Stand With thePalestinianandLebanesePeople:Stop Apartheid IsraelNOW!,”July22,2006. Miftah,“Annual Activities Report2008.” Available at:http://www.miftah.org/Mact/MiftahActivityReport2008.pdf. PCHR,“IsraeliMilitaryRaidsonGazaCivilianPopulationContinues, andHumanitarianCrisisExacerbatesintheMidst PCHR,“PCHRPublishes‘Targeted Civilians’ aComprehensive ReportontheIsraeliMilitaryOffensive againsttheGazaStrip,” PCHR,“6Palestinians,Including4Children,InjuredinGazaDuetoMisuseof Weapons,” Dec.23,2008. Available at:http:// PCHR,“PCHRDirector Attends Two InternationalConferences,”June1,2006. Available at:http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/ PCHR,“FactSheet:Settlementsand Apartheid intheOPT,” March18,2002. Available at:http://www.pchrgaza.org/facts/fact3. PCHR,“Funding.” Available at:http://www.pchrgaza.ps/about/funding.html. PCHR,“AnnualReport2008,”p.7. Available at:http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/Reports/English/pdf_annual/annual2008-E.pdf. 409 408 hasreferred to suicidebombers as“resistance Miftah has described Israel as hasdescribed an Miftah apartheid 410 404 and wasactive 2001Durban inthe Conference. and collective punishment. PCHRreferred 406 “indiscriminate killing and continued 402 PCHRregularly Israel’s describes 403 and accuses Israel and accuses of ethnic 401 and is still listed on 407 405 PCHR held inDurban in2001, active participant World inthe Conference against Racism to Palestinian the NGO Al-Haq in2007.Al-Haq wasan The Representative Office ofNorway granted $83,000 Al-Haq “massacre,” Gazawar,During the claims madefalse Miftah of an Israeli a “widespread and systematic attack directed against a and extensive the of destruction civilian property,” and Israel of “war crimes,” “the killing of willful civilians Haq lobbied UNHuman inthe Rights Council, accusing terrorist organization.” Jabarin is“among senior the activists of Popular the Front it denialbecause visa the examined reliable that evidence PFLP. OnJuly Israeli 7,2008,the Supreme upheld Court by Israel and Jordan on account of hisalleged tiesto the general director, Shawan Jabarin, deniedexit visas hasbeen lawsuits against Israel inEurope and North Its America. anti-Israel inthe is aleader “lawfare” movement, bringing motivated reports to UNHuman the Rights Council, and 411 invoking inJenin strategy used the in2002. 413 During Gazaoperation, the Al- 412 regularly submits politically

Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 59 Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 60 414 some of NGOs these continue to contradict objectives Indeed, the radicalpolitical campaigns promoted by conflict. manycoexistence, NGOs often promote hate and Palestinianerase terror. As opposed to engendering delegitimize Israeli self-defense, promote boycotts, and misrepresentdistrust, international humanitarian law, “apartheid”the rhetoric that conflict the fuels and Israeli funding supports NGO political campaigns that employ Monitor’s research detailed demonstrates that this Palestinian, Israeli, and international NGOs. NGO MFAthe and NORAD to many politicized Norwegian, government money continues channeled to be through As demonstrated analysis, detailed inthis Norwegian Conclusion against humanity.” civilian population bringing to them level the of crimes webcast/unhrc/archive.asp?go=090109. Palestinian Territory includingthe recentaggressionoftheoccupiedGazaStrip,”Jan.9,2009. Available at:http://www.un.or UnitedNations,“HumanRights Council-NinthspecialsessionontheGrave Violations ofHumanRights intheOccupied 414 damage important humanitarian and development goals. Norwegian funding for NGOs these willcontinue to repudiates politicized these campaigns, theimpact of counterproductive Without to peace. that aclear policy and ensuring an rhetoric endto the of hate that is Arab-Israelithe while demanding conflict, accountability professionally reevaluate its funding to NGOs active in The Norwegian government should independently and corruption, and factional violence. Israel, ignoring while Palestinian human rights abuses, of NGO campaigns that focus on one-sidedly attacking and governance good hindered isalso by financing the compromise. The promotion democracy,of humanrights, negotiationspeace on based mutual acceptance and state solution and laying foundation the for resuming establishmentas the of aPalestinian state through atwo- that Norwegian the government claims to pursue, such g/ Politicized NGOs:Government Analysis Funding andSupport Danish Funds forBoycotts, Divestment, (BDS)Campaigns and andSanctions • • • • • • Overlap between sources ofOverlap between Danish fundin cleansing.” apartheid regime,” “state-sponsored racism,” and “systematic ethnic hasreferred and an NDC, by NGOBadil, funded DCA to “Israel’s colonial developmental levels.” theoccupier,with nor neither thecultural at or the political-security thatdocument demands its signatories “any reject normalization activities isresponsible forNDC the“Palestinian of Conduct,” NGO Code a and Sweden to 25Israeli and Palestinian NGOs. fundsfrom of Denmark,million Switzerland, pooled theNetherlands, by theNGOrun distributed Development $6 Center (NDC-Ramallah) NGOs inIsrael and thePalestinian Authority. Amulti-donor secretariat DanChurchAid channels fundsfrom theDanish government to politicized Israeli NGOs agendas. political with The Danish Foreign and Embassy have provided fundsto Ministry direct Denmark isamajor international donor to thePalestinian Authority. transparency should be required shouldinthepublic be transparency funding of NGOs. taxpayer through money multiple channels. Efficiency, accountability, and Denmark g allows NGOs to receive Danish

Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 61 Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 62 www.missionramallah.um.dk/en/menu/DevelopmentAssistance. www.missionramallah.um.dk/en/menu/DevelopmentAssistance. in humanitarian assistance. 7.23 million inproject assistance and DKK 4.25million in 2008(approximately $10.3million) –including DKK West Bank” received 51.5million Danish kroner (DKK) remainsWhile Africa Denmark’s “Gaza/ focus, primary making Denmark one of world’s the major aid donors. (UNRWA). Works Agency for Palestine Near inthe Refugees East of largest the donors to United the Nations Reliefand assistance constitutes at 0.8percent least of its GNP, According to Denmark’s official website,development Danishthe International Development Agency (Danida). are distributed of by Foreign Ministry the Affairsthrough Danish foreign aid and international development funds 426 425 424 423 422 421 420 419 418 417 416 415 in 2008–10.” million USD (589million DKK) insupport for Palestinians Minister, Dr. Per Stig Moeller, pledged more than 120 Palestinians ….In November Danish 2007,the Foreign “Denmark isone of largest the international donors to the (Danida) Agency Development Background: TheDanish International Beretningensamlet2008.pdf. “NGO-Samarbejde 2008,”p.5. Available at:http://www.um.dk/NR/rdonlyres/2C1CCD5B-6BE0-481A-8B91-A29D6D448EEF/0/ webudgave.pdf. B864320F552E/0/NGO2007Maj2008web.pdf. webudgave.pdf. DevelopmentAssistance/UNRWA/. A29D6D448EEF/0/Beretningensamlet2008.pdf. development-assistance-focus-on-Africa. more than 14million USD in2007alone.” budget and appeals emergency of UNRWA, including contributed more than 65million USD to regular the This comprised37.9%ofthetotalhumanitarianassistanceand3.9% ofthetotalDanishassistancein2008.See:Danida, This comprised11.8% ofDanishbilateraldevelopmentassistance and7.8%ofglobalDanishaidfundingin2008. Danida,“NGO-Samarbejde2006,” p.7. Available at:http://www.netpublikationer.dk/um/7887/pdf/NGO_2006_-_endelige_ Danida,“NGO-Samarbejde2007,”p.4. Available at:http://www.um.dk/NR/rdonlyres/DFCBE31F-2A2F-427A-A1F4- SeeDanida,“NGO-Samarbejde2006.” Available at:http://www.netpublikationer.dk/um/7887/pdf/NGO_2006_-_endelige_ PLONegotiations Affairs Department,“Did You Hear?.” Available at:http://www.nad-plo.org/main.php?view=mainextra_hear. Seehttp://www.nad-plo.org/. MinistryofForeign Affairs ofDenmark,“DanishDevelopment Assistance tothePalestinians,”Oct.8,2009. Available at:http: MinistryofForeign Affairs ofDenmark,“UNRWA,” May8,2009. Available at:http://www.missionramallah.um.dk/en/menu/ Danida,“NGO-Samarbejde2008.” Available at:http://www.um.dk/NR/rdonlyres/2C1CCD5B-6BE0-481A-8B91- Seehttp://www.denmark.dk/en/menu/About-Denmark/Government-Politics/Politics/Foreign-And-Defence-Policy/Danish- MinistryofForeign Affairs ofDenmark,“DanishDevelopment Assistance tothePalestinians,”Oct. 8, 2009. Available at:http: 418 415 In lastfive the Denmarkyears,thus has

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NGOs wasDKK 478.2million (~$95million). (~$190 million). for Danish NGO development wasDKK 958.5million during 2006Lebanon the War. Affairs,that claim to on focus reducingpoverty. regarded asimportant of partnersofForeign Ministry the through directsDenmark funds also Danish NGOs, that promotes an anti-Israel political agenda, AffairsDepartment, a quasi-governmental organization Palestinethe Liberation Organization Negotiations significant financial assistance from Denmark include Examples of “vital Palestinian institutions” receive which endeavour.” number of vital Palestinian institutions involved inthis rights oPt.Therefore, inthe Denmark actively supports a strengthening of democracy, governance good and human Denmark’s stated goal inassisting PA the is“[t]he NGOs are Danish the Foreign Ministry, DanChurchAid The fourframeworks main forfunding politicizedof highly of Israellegitimacy asaJewish state. demonizing rhetoric such as“apartheid,” and deniesthe NGOs channel humanitarian emergency relief, 419 425 Humanitarian assistance through 424 In total 2008,the budget 421

426 422 420 These These 423 uses uses as // // allocation of land resources,” justice inmatters of planning, development, and the Ostensibly focusing on “the right to equality and social Bimkom region…the .” confidence building and trans-national understanding in process peace byMiddle East strengthening cooperation, “overall aim of regional the assistance isto underpin the reach politicizedclaimsthat NGOs. Theministry the channels through Danish government which funds Denmark of The Ministry Foreign Affairs is one the of Foreign Affairs Denmark of of funding forDirect NGOstheMinistry via limited transparency from Danish government) the report willexamine available the information (reflecting support for EMHRN.The following Copenhagen-based the government European funding viathe Union, including multi-donor (the NDC (DCA), Secretariat), and Danish 437 436 435 434 433 432 431 430 429 428 427 ngo-monitor.org/article.php?id=1440. menu/theembassy/regionalprojects. Available at:http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1246443778436&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull. menu/theembassy/regionalprojects. menu/theembassy/regionalprojects. complete informationonotherDanishfundinginstrumentsforIsraeliandPalestinianNGOswasnotprovided. groups continued to receive in2007. Danish funds information from of Israeli the Non-Profits, Registry these Peres Center for Peace, and Parents the Circle. website islimited to 2006grantees, including Bimkom, the in political activity regarding topics completely unrelated each of frameworks. these NGOMonitor, “EU-fundedNGOs leadanti-Israeleventsonanniversaryof1967war,” June 5,2007. Available at:http://www. Atara Beck,“World Vision charitypresentsanti-Israelpropaganda,” Ibid. MinistryofForeign Affairs ofDenmark,“RegionalProjects,”Feb.12,2007. Available at:http://www.ambtelaviv.um.dk/en/ In2007,BimkomreceivedNIS24,725(~$5,000)fromtheDanish Embassy(accordingtotheIsraeliRegistryofNon-Profits). EtgarLefkovits,“‘InteriorMinisterdoesn’t haveauthoritytodelayJ’lemmasterplan’,”Jerusalem Post,July11, 2009. MinistryofForeign Affairs ofDenmark,“RegionalProjects,”Feb.12,2007. Available at:http://www.ambtelaviv.um.dk/en/ Yesh Din,“IsraeliHumanRightsOrganizations.” Available at:http://www.yesh-din.org/site/index.php?page=links&lang=en. Ibid. MinistryofForeign Affairs ofDenmark,“RegionalProjects,”Feb. 12, 2007. Available at:http://www.ambtelaviv.um.dk/en/ The Danishgovernmentprovided NGO MonitorwithacomprehensivelistofNGOsfundedbyDanida,through2007.However, 428 The Foreign Ministry’s Tel Aviv Embassy 430 Bimkom regularly engages 429 Based on Based 427 on on Palestinian facilitator team.” reconciliation through meetings with ajoint Israeli and to “introduce Palestinians and Israelis of to idea the project called“Building Trust and Hope,” which aimed Parents Circle wasgranted DKK 600,000in2006for a Circle Parents Palestinians.” staff trainingprovidedthat “is not the to otherwise from Danish the Foreign in2006for medical Ministry The CenterPeres for was Peace awarded DKK 4,020,000 Peres Center for Peace to change Israeli government policy. Palestinian neighbourhoods.” Jerusalem,” for would asamodel which used other “be “planning for aPalestinian inEast survey neighbourhood 1,132,000 from Danish Foreign the to conduct a Ministry below). (see InNDC 2006,Bimkom received DKK through Foreign the aswell asthrough Ministry the to planning rights. Bimkom hasreceived Danish funding events. neighborhoods,” plan to “retroactively legalizeillegalconstruction inArab to attack Israeli policies activities are generally unbiased, platform this leaders use Jewish Tribune 437 434

432 , June3,2008. Bimkom’s work arena inthis attempts 436 and sponsor anti-Israeli-policy 431 435 As reflected ina July 2009 While Parents Circle’s 433

Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 63 Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 64 at UN the (BDS) campaign, of anti-Israel the boycotts, divestment, and sanctions organizations. churches,local church councils, and civil (“folkelige”) ofCouncil Churches (WCC) –aswell asbilaterally with worksDCA multilaterally –with ties to close World the 450 449 448 447 446 445 444 443 442 441 440 439 438 million provided in2007. million –asignificant to DCA from increase the DKK 176 In Danish 2008,the government provided DKK 213.9 Church,” aims to “assist poorest the of poor” the NGO “rooted Danish inthe National Evangelical Lutheran DanChurchAid amajor (DCA), Danish humanitarian Danish Funding through DanChurchAid (DCA) and-residency-rights. badil.org/en/documents/category/2-working-papers?download=12%3Aevaluation-of-the-badil-campaign-for-palestinian-refugee- middle_east/israel_palestine/read_more/partners_in_israel_palestine. A29D6D448EEF/0/Beretningensamlet2008.pdf. documents/2005/caritas-opt-19jan.pdf. Jenin RefugeeCamp.”See VOX, “A Christian Voice -aHumanConcern,”Jan.2006. Available at:http://www.reliefweb.int/library/ with ChristianPeacemaker Teams inHebron,”a“settlementtour withICAHD,”andanopportunityto“witnes[s]thedestructionin pdf. www.eyeontheun.org/assets/attachments/misc/2006_UN-NGO_Report.pdf. org/PresRele/ChJew_31/4046_62.htm+ADL+%2B+WCC&cd=1&hl=iw&ct=clnk&gl=il&client=firefox-a. for PeaceintheMiddleEast,”February28,2002. Available at:http://209.85.129.132/search?q=cache:wfhzephHKK0J:www.adl. A29D6D448EEF/0/Beretningensamlet2008.pdf. Samarbejde 2006,”p.37. Available at:http://www.netpublikationer.dk/um/7887/pdf/NGO_2006_-_endelige_webudgave.pdf. donors. the UN, the EU, UN,the the and other bilateral donors. throughfunded private donations, foundations, Danida, article advocating illegaland inflammatory activities to publications such as“40Years of Occupation” has demonstrated an anti-Israel agenda, in especially Programme inPalestine and Israel (EAPPI).EAPPI Ibid.,p.9. Ibid. “Evaluationof The BADIL CampaignforPalestinianRefugeeand ResidencyRights,” April 2006. Available at:http://www. DanChurchAid,“PartnersinIsrael-Palestine,”June10,2006. Available at:http://www.danchurchaid.org/where_we_work/ Danida,“NGO-Samarbejde2008,”p.13. Available at:http://www.um.dk/NR/rdonlyres/2C1CCD5B-6BE0-481A-8B91- The WCC hostedthe2006“globaladvocacyweekconcerningsituationinPalestineandIsrael,”including“solidarityvisits Summer2007. Available at:http://www.eappi.org/fileadmin/eappi/files/resources/chain_reaction/Chain_Reaction_6th_edition. EyeontheUN,“TheUN-NGOConnection:SpreadingMessageofHateand Terrorism,” June12,2006. Available at:http:// Anti-Defamation League,“ADL CallsonChristianGatheringtoStepBackfromthePoliticsofPartisanshipandBecomeaForce Danida,“NGO-Samarbejde2008,”p.13. Available at:http://www.um.dk/NR/rdonlyres/2C1CCD5B-6BE0-481A-8B91- DKK114.314 millionfordevelopmentassistanceandDKK64.581humanitarianaid.SeeDanida,“NGO- DanChurchAid,“Financedbyprivatedonationsandfunds.” Available at:http://www.danchurchaid.org/partners_networks_ DanChurchAid,“AboutDanChurchAid.” Available at:http://www.danchurchaid.org/who_we_are. 443 and funds the Ecumenical Accompaniment and Ecumenical the funds 441 The amajorWCC, supporter and leader 442 isactive inefforts to condemn Israel 440

439 444 438 with an and is “targeted campaign liesof the to AIPAC expose and the BDScampaignin the against Israel, and hascalledfor a at national the level.” of BDScampaign the to seems which lack coordination Badil’s “important role coordination inthe and launching An April 2006report, Badil Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR). and Palestinian the Authority, and such asBadil the and some of mostpoliticized the NGOs working inIsrael churches,local development programs, groups, advocacy including “Israel/Palestine,” DCA’s international aid framework on focuses 13areas, “right of return.” websites, commemorating “Naqba,” and recognizing the “end occupation” the –including hacking government promoting “right the of return.” with inrecognition Badil,especially of theNGO’s role in demonstratesBadil, DanChurc and Trocaire and published then by with permission 445 450 448 Indeed, isaleading actor Badil conducted by DanChurchAid 446 and DCA partners include and DCA hAid’s identification close 449 The evaluators praise evaluators praise The 447

452 451 B’Tselem received DKK 693,822from DanChurchAid, (according of to Israeli the Non-Profits). Registry In 2006, This NGO fromreceivedDCA in2007 $133,776 B’Tselem & Occupation.” community’sZionist double standards regarding Nakba Anti-Defamation Jewish and the and to League expose 463 462 461 460 459 458 457 456 455 454 453 com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1251804580143&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull. D=22712. May 24,2009. Available at:http://jcpa.org.il/JCPAHeb/Templates/showpage.asp?FID=594&DBID=1&LNGID=2&TMID=99&II http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/weapon/english/2008/report44.html. sp?FID=602&DBID=1&LNGID=2&TMID=99&IID=22817. (Hebrew), JerusalemCenterforPublic Affairs, June14,2009. Available at:http://www.jcpa.org.il/JCPAHeb/Templates/showpage.a article.php?id=1411. sides-of-the-%E2%80%9Cgreen-line%E2%80%9D. 2009. Available at:http://www.badil.org/en/al-majdal/item/57-ongoing-forced-displacement-of-the-palestinian-population-on-both Available at:http://www.un.org/webcast/unhrc/archive.asp?go=081016. for-new-vision-and-strategies. regarding statistics on Pales occupied” allegations. B’Tselem’s credibility, to promote “collective the punishment” and “Gaza remains Palestinian violence. B’Tselem wasone of first the NGOs contextthe of war, asymmetrical massterror, and intra- almost exclusively on alleged Israeli violations, eliminating Occupied Territories.” and about policymakers human rights violations inthe “endeavors to document and educate Israeli the public Palestinianthe people.” “root causes of the…displacement and of dispossession “[i]nstitutionalized racismand discrimination” are the colonial apartheid regime,” “state-sponsored racism,” and DanChurchAid remains on its donor list. and “systematic cleansing,” ethnic through DanChurchAid both below). (see and NDC the PCHR,“Annual Report2008,”p.7. Available at: http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/Reports/English/pdf_annual/annual2008-E.pdf. Lt.Col.(ret.)JonathanD.Halevi, JCPA, “CasualtieswithinthePalestinianSecuritySystems:Myth versusReality”(Hebrew), PCHR,“6Palestinians,Including 4Children,InjuredinGazaDuetoMisuseof Weapons,” December23,2008. Available at: DanIzenberg, “ReportslamsB’Tselem CastLeadfigures,” Lt.Col.(ret.)JonathanD.Halevi,“Anadditionalexampleofthe importanceofcriticismhumanrightsorganizations” NGOMonitor, “ClaimsinB’tselem/Hamoked reportlackcredibility,” May7,2007. Available at:http://www.ngo-monitor.org/ B’Tselem, “AboutB’Tselem.” Available at:http://www.btselem.org/english/About_BTselem/Index.asp. B’Tselem, “ListofdonorstoB’Tselem.” Available at:http://www.btselem.org/english/About_BTselem/Donors.asp. This informationisbasedonaJuly 9,2008e-mailfromaDanChurchAidofficial. Badil,“OngoingForcedDisplacementofthePalestinianPopulationonBothSides‘GreenLine’,” Autumn 2008–Winter Badil’s OralStatementatDurbanReviewConferencePreparatoryCommitteeSecondSubstantiveSession,October16,2008. Badil,“A CallforNew Vision andStrategies,”Summer2007. Available at:http://www.badil.org/en/al-majdal/item/419-a-call- Badil,“In2007theOccupationturns40In2008al-Nakba60.” Accessed onMarch10,2009. 451 Badil has also referred hasalso Badil to “Israel’s 457 454 However, B’Tselem focuses Badil receives Badil Danish funding tinian casualties, hasbeen 453 and claims that that claims and 458 456 particularly B’Tselem 455 452 Jerusalem Post

independently disproven through credible research. and Goldstone inthe PCHR’s Report. figures have been an unsubstantiated claim that wasrepeated media inthe percent of allcasualties Gazawar inthe were civilian, “crimes against humanity.” PCHRalleged that almost70 Israeli political and officials military for “warcrimes” and democratic countries inorder to bring against cases strategy of exploiting universal jurisdiction statutes in as “resistance.” PCHR regularly refers to rocket attacks on Israeli civilians PCHR sources, grounds of faulty methodology, inaccuracy, unverifiable repeatedly challenged by independent researchers on Badil, PCHR, and Jerusalem YMCA has East PCHR, Badil, –DCA In addition to supporting NGOs active inBDS–WCC, DanChurchAid and BDS addition to DanChurchAid funding, below). Danish support and through EMHRN(see NDC the below).(see received and Danish funding through EIDHR NDC the 459 , September16,2009. Available at:http://www.jpost. and distortion of context. 461 PCHR is a leader in the “lawfare” inthe PCHRisaleader 460 463 B’Tselem has also PCHRreceives 462 In In -

Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 65 Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 66 Arab-Israeli conflict. mostradicalgroupsthe operating context inthe of the Israeli and Palestinian NGOs, many of are which among Netherlands.the distributed TheNDC $6million 25 to grants on of behalf Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, and Development managing Center hasbeen the inRamallah From July NGO 2008through 2009,the December subsequentlywhich changed hands anumber of times. donor countries to arrange management of secretariat, the 464 471 470 469 468 467 466 465 and Switzerland. with an agreement between Austria, Denmark, Sweden, funding to Israeli and Palestinian NGOs originated in2005 The concept a of multi-donorsecretariat to provide Center (NDC) multi-donor secretariat: theNGO Development Danish funding NGOs to political through the boycott willbeeffective.” morallybe wrong, but it not that does believe ageneral commented: “DanChurchAid not boycott does believe to for DevelopmentResearch(CDR Working PaperNo.95.12),1995. Available at:http://www.euforic.org/dk/cdr95_12.htm. GENERALPRINCIPLESGOVERNINGSUPPORTTODEVELOPMENTPROJECTSIMPLEMENTEDBYNGOS.doc. Implemented byNGOs.” Available at:http://www.um.dk/NR/rdonlyres/2CD4BB72-31F2-4FAA-B728-3F0FE1973B78/0/ http://www.ndc.ps/uploads/File/Copy%20of%20HRGG%20List%20of%20beneficiary%20NGOs%281%29.pdf. No.19. inaMultidonorsekretariat.doc. governance” April 2009. Available at:http://www.um.dk/NR/rdonlyres/C2454AE2-DE5D-4458-9815-48BB22F48B2C/0/05Palaest campaign-for-palestinian-refugee-and-residency-rights. 2006. Available at:http://www.badil.org/en/documents/category/2-working-papers?download=12%3Aevaluation-of-the-badil- also callsforalso “return the of refugees the to original their culturalthe or developmental levels.” with occupier, the neither at political-security the nor a document that rejects “any normalization activities and “Palestinian funding the of Conduct,” NGO Code “cooperation.” promotion of “pluralistic societ[ies],” “tolerance,” and region inthe is surprising. Danish policy callsfor the manageto selection Denmark’sThe NDC of funding EMHRN,“How wearefunded.” Available at:http://www.euromedrights.net/45. G.R.OlsenandL.Udsholt,“The Danish Aid Administration: BetweenPoliticsand Technical Rationality,” CopenhagenCentre Available at:http://www.ngo-monitor.org/data/images/File/NGO_Monitor_EU_Funding_Europes_Hidden_Hand.pdf. NDC,“PalestinianCodeofConduct,” 2008,p.11. Available at: http://www.ndc.ps/main.php?id=22. MinistryofForeign Affairs ofDenmark,“GeneralPrinciplesGoverningSupporttoDevelopmentProjects NDC,“HumanRights/GoodGovernanceBeneficiaryList.” Available at: MinistryofForeign Affairs ofDenmark,“Multi-DonorSecretariatforsupporttoNGOswithinhumanrightsandgood DanChurch Aid and Trocaire, “Evaluationof The BADIL CampaignforPalestinianRefugeeandResidency Rights,”p.22, April 467 Yet, isresponsible NDC for facilitating 465 Denmark negotiated on of behalf the 466

464 468 The document Thedocument (section 6). approximately 7percent of Denmark’s total aid budget of Denmark’s multilateral development assistance, or Europeanthe Union account for almost15percent Danish contributions to development cooperation within Hand (April 2008). NGOs can befound in NGOMonitor’s Europe’s Hidden Note: Union Danish NGO funding through theEuropean Funding for and NGOs” NDC p. 8). “NGO($130,000). (See Development Scandinavian Center: HaMoked ($500,000),and Palestinian the NGO Network other highly political NGOs, including ICAHD ($80,000), and AlMezan below. ($500,000)–see funds also NDC above;– see and PCATI ($240,000),Al-Haq ($500,000), ($450,000), PCHR($400,000),and Bimkom ($150,000) recipientsNDC include ($100,000),B’Tselem Badil values regarding support for civil society. declarations are indirect conflict with above-statedDanish homes” effective –the end of Israel asa state.Jewish These Denmark. receives also inCopenhagen, directbased funding from receives 80percent of its funding from EU. the EMHRN, Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) indirectly, from Moreover, Danish funds. Euro- the Human (EIDHR), and Rights and thus, Democracy Union funding through European the Instrument for A detailed list of EU-funded Israeli and Palestinian 471 470 Many local NGOs benefit from European 469 is widely received, across especially North Africa. perceptionthe of conflict the incountrieswhere EMHRN contextthe of terror against Israel, thereby exacerbating process,this advance specious Palestinian claims, and erase Durban Conference. EMHRNreports often contribute to on finaldeclaration the the of NGO Forum the 2001 at NGOs are active inpromoting strategy the of BDSbased shown inNGO Monitor’s analyses, detailed many of these in advancing Arab and Palestinian political goals. As from Israel and PA the consist exclusively of NGOs active goals of policy the affiliated NGOs. TheEMHRN members assistance among its members and lobbying to advance EMHRNactivitiesOther include facilitating dialogueand access to Europe’s community. policymaking NGOs ininfluencing public opinion by providingthem produced for its member NGOs. EMHRNassiststhese to conferences, research, and educational materials well wider Arab asthe world.” are EMHRNfunds allocated humanthe rights instruments of Barcelona the process as “synergies between regional and human local rights work, ofand law.” rule EMHRN’s official mandatedevelop is to framework of supporting “democracy, governance good approximately €1million general underthe viaEIDHR, promote human rights. It receives an annual budget of EMHRN encompasses more than 80NGOs that claim to 475 474 473 472 focus/68777. org/Ensuring-respect-of-international-law-to-prepare. NGO_Monitor_EU_Funding_Europes_Hidden_Hand.pdf. EMHRN,“Members oftheEMHRN-Palestine.” Available at:http://www.emhrn.net/pages/58#Palestine. EMHRN,“A strongerreactionisneeded,”Jan.16,2008. Available at:http://www.euromedrights.net/pages/560/news/ FIDHandEMHRN,“Ensuring respect ofinternationallawtoprepareforpeace,”Dec.29,2008. Available at:http://www.fidh. NGOMonitor, “Europe’s Hidden Hand,” April 2008,pp.23–25. Available at:http://www.ngo-monitor.org/data/images/File/ 472

PCHR, and B’TselemPCHR, received grants. also NDC Public Committee Against Torture inIsrael (PCATI), listed chart inthe below. NGOs, Ofthese Al-Haq, AlMezan, ofviews its NGOs, partner providesEMHRN also aplatform for and promotes the than aface-saving operation by EU.” the attacks GazaStrip, inthe nothing to be more seems this EU]ofthe intolerable the situation caused by Israeli the that “[r]ather than aclear and condemnation firm [by criticism of EUlargely the rests on Gazawar, the claiming Israel of enacting “collective punishment.” targeted civilian the Palestinian population” and accused released ajoint statement claiming that Israel had “directly For instance, at of beginning the Gazaconflict, the EMHRN 475 which include which NGOs the 474

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Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 67 Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 68 Al Mezan Al-Haq Adalah PCATI B’Tselem PCHR Badil Peres Center for Peace Bimkom 477 476 to oppose Israeli policies. NGOs. Many ofgroups these support use from Denmark provides significantfunding some to politicizedthe most of with DanChurchAid, and viaEUframeworks, NDC, the its international development Danida –along agency DanishThe both directlyForeign – throughand Ministry Conclusion *Information from of Israeli the Non-Profits. Registry questions of government oversight infunding processes. within Danish government. the This overlap raises Many NGOs received from funds differentframeworks Danish NGO funding different for frameworks between Overlap data/images/File/NGO-response-to-danchurchaid.pdf. those comments.Seehttp://www.ngo-monitor.org/data/images/File/danchurchaid-response.pdf andhttp://www.ngo-monitor.org/ DanChurchAid. While theDanishgovernmentdidnotrespond,DanChurchAid sentcommentsandNGOMonitorrespondedto commission_s_ngo_funding_under_the_pfp_program. December 18,2008. Available at:http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/partnerships_for_peace_an_analysis_of_the_european_ NGOMonitorsentanearlierversion ofthisreporttoofficials from theDanishRepresentativeOffice inRamallahandto NGOMonitor, “Partnerships for Peace? An Analysis oftheEuropeanCommission’s NGOfundingunderthePfP Program,” G ietGvtDnhrhi D EU NDC DanChurchAid Gov’t Direct NGO ✓ ✓ 24,725 NIS 4,020,000 DKK (07*✓ (2007)* (2006) ✓ ✓ ✓ $133,776 (2007)* websiteDCA websiteDCA good governancegood and human rights.” and frustrates stated the goals of “strengthening democracy, and commitments to promoting and compromise, peace isinconsistentfunding with Danish government policies law and human-rights rhetoric to condemn Israel. Such against NGOs Israel. funds that distort NDC international partners with active participants inthe BDScampaign annually from Danish government, the supports and DanChurchAid, which receives tens of millions of dollars required of allpublicly-funded NGOs. it. Efficiency, accountability, and transparency shouldbe notdoes reach organizations the and individuals need who bureaucratic the increases overhead and that waste so aid For genuine humanitarian projects, phenomenon this ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ $100,000(2008–9) $150,000(2008–9) $240,000 (2008–9) $450,000 (2008–9) $400,000 (2008–9) $500,000 (2008–9) $500,000 (2008–9) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 477 EMHRN EMHRN EMHRN EMHRN Parternships for Peace EMHRN EMHRN

476 Political Warfare underthe “Peace” Façade Finnish Funding forNGOs: 478 March6,2006. Available at:http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article.php?id=775. • • • • • NGOs involved inBDSand anti-Israel similar activities. Nevertheless, FinnishgovernmentNevertheless, deve DevelopmentAffairs Cooperation.” previous study, “Analysis of NGO Funding: Finland’s for Foreign Ministry NGO since2006,when Monitorsupport has decreased published its demonization campaigns against Israel. Significantly, theextent of such funding than countries other Scandinavian to NGOs involved in According to theavailable data, provides Finland comparatively less of promoting peace. East Middle areSuch activities inconsistent theFinnishgovernment’s with stated goal employ “apartheid” rhetoric, and purs divestment and sanctions) campaign to isolate Israel internationally, toThe funding NGOs goes that are participants intheBDS(boycotts, active Study of International (PASSIA). Affairs Economic (JCSER), Rights and thePalestinian for Academic Society the asPalestinianwell groups suchastheJerusalem Center for and Social Public Committee Against Torture inIsrael (PCATI) and HaMoked, as inIsrael, NGOsFinnish funding supports including based politicized the Israeli region. conflict NGOsagencies, some to of waschanneled political which intheArab- development FinnishNGOs fundsworldwide via and government In 2009,theFinnishForeign provided euros 731million in Ministry Finland 478 ue anti-Israel agendasinother ways. lopment funds still support several lopment support several fundsstill

Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 69 Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 70 Public/default.aspx?nodeid=15379&contentlan=2&culture=en-US. nodeid=15408&contentlan=2&culture=en-US. register.” sectors: “education, water and sanitation, and land the To goals, achieve Finland these claims to support three prerequisitesthe for afunctioning Palestinian state.” “the creation of two independent states” by “building and aims to “support process” peace Middle the East and cooperation” and “long-term professional experience.” enabling conduct the of high-standard development to have “sufficient financial andadministrativeresources channeled to “partner organizations” that are considered The majority Finnish of governmentfunding for NGOs is “development cooperation and information activities.” focuses on “crisisfocuses resolution and stabilising conditions,” and areas recovering from violent crises.” Thissupport categorized framework underthe of “partner countries Finnish funding to “Palestinian the Territories” is government fundingDirect to theregion 490 489 488 487 486 485 484 483 482 481 480 479 International Affairs (PASSIA) Palestinian for Academic Society theStudy of assistance,” Foreign in2009for worldwide Ministry “development EUR731millionOf the provided by Finnish the Background Jan. 28,2009. Available at:http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=913. Final.pdf. pdf. d=15383&contentlan=2&culture=en-US. aspx?nodeid=15436&contentlan=2&culture=en-US. ?nodeid=15392&contentlan=2&culture=en-US. three-volume “Palestine and four-volume inReview” Ramallah fully funded two PASSIA research projects (the In FinnishRepresentative 2006–2007,the Office in PalestinianCampaignforthe Academic &CulturalBoycottofIsrael, “Palestinianorgs. callforboycott andendofGazasiege, Seehttp://www.pngo.net/default.asp?i=190. Seehttp://www.passia.org/about_us/about_passia.htm#NETWORKING. P. 21. Available at:http://www.passia.org/publications/bulletins/Jerusalem2009/Web-Bulletin%20-%20Jeursalem%202009%20 Available at:http://www.passia.org/links-Wall.htm. PASSIA, “AboutPASSIA.” Available at:http://www.passia.org/index.htm. PASSIA, “AnnualReport2006-2007,”p.133. Available at:http://www.passia.org/publications/Annual/2006-2007/Appendices. MinistryforForeign Affairs ofFinland,“Palestinian Territories.” Available at:http://formin.finland.fi/Public/default.aspx MinistryforForeign Affairs ofFinland,“Partnercountriesrecoveringfromviolentcrises.” Available at:http://formin.finla MinistryforForeign Affairs ofFinland,“Supportforpartnerorganisations.” Available at:http://formin.finland.fi/Public/de MinistryforForeign Affairs ofFinland,“Subsidiesandotherfunding.” Available at:http://formin.finland.fi/public/default. MinistryforForeign Affairs ofFinland,“Appropriationsandtheiruse.” Available at:http://formin.finland.fi/Public/default 483 Recipients framework underthe include: 479 EUR84million went to FinnishNGOs for

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government, political or party organization.” legally independent status. It isnot affiliated with any located inJerusalem/Al-Quds with afinancially and PASSIA claims an to “Arab be non-profit institution BDS Campaign.” and nationalistic innature.” groupssettler motivation ...their messianic both being haveThey sharedtheir pursuit this of goal with various demographic, and religious control over allof city. [the] geopoliticalnew reality inorder to guarantee territorial, of changinga policy its Arab character and creating a incessantly pursued ‘Judaization’ …the of Jerusalem, East that “successive Israeli governments have zealously and Settlement Activities &Related Policies,” PASSIA claimed Wall Campaign. In aJune 2009document on “Israeli politicized groups such asth eight-volume “Documents on Palestine.” “Documents on Jerusalem”) and partially the funded power.” culture of and obedience, compliance with occupying the Israel… so would free to be impose its goals, and instill a Israel of “erasing of resistance memory the and struggle (PNGO), PASSIA amember of isalso Palestinian the NGO Network Apartheid Separation Wall,” features apage entitled “SELECTED LINKS-Israel’s 490 488

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485 Its website ?nodei nd.fi/ aspx? fault. .aspx ” rocket fire against Israel civilians. crimes” with only atoken reference to Hamas’ “sporadic” Embassy inIsrael. HaMoked Israel accuses of “war HaMoked received NIS100,595in2006from Finnish the and according of to Israeli the Non-Profits, Registry On its website, HaMoked listsFinland asa2008donor, under the categoryunder the of “Palestinian the Territories.” “Capacity Building Programme inGazaand West Bank,” The Foreign Ministry’s website listsa project entitled activities Finnish NGOs inanti-Israel involved HaMoked 500 499 498 497 496 495 494 493 492 491 public/download.aspx?ID=41580&GUID={95BA2F60-33FF-4C4D-B9C2-5B3B9B38FCD3}. Public/default.aspx?nodeid=34749&contentlan=2&culture=en-US. collaboration withcongregations ofMessianicJews”inIsrael. “Community SupportandPeaceBuilding.” Available at:http://www.mission.fi/in_english/global_mission/regions/israel/. “For providingguestworkerswithlegalassistance,FELMcollaborates withIsraelinon-governmentalorganisations.” FELM, at: http://translate.google.co.il/translate?hl=en&sl=sv&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Faid.frikyrkligsamverkan.fi%2F&anno=2. fidadevelopment.fi/Development-Programmes.htm. Frikyrkligsamverkan, “Utvecklingssamarbete&humanitarhjalp.” Available php?id=2497#machsom. 15, 2009. Available at:http://www.hamoked.org.il/news_main_en.asp?id=636. Minister, theMinisterofDefenceand Attorney General:HalttheUseofIllegal Weapons ProhibitedbyInternationalLaw,” J ngo-monitor.org/article/the_goldstone_gaza_fact_finding_committee_and_the_lund_london_guidelines_. hamoked_and_b_tselem_. 2006. Available at:http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/_israeli_state_prosecutor_recognises_bias_of_israeli_human_rights_ngos_ Humanitarian Law.” bombs” are weapons “illegal prohibited by International actions, claiming falsely that “phosphorous and cluster HaMoked distorted international law Israeli to criminalize … apparently dug by the army.” that “[m]any prisoners …were heldinpits ground inthe a “punitive operation” and promoted unverified the claim is designedto mislead.” ‘a human rights organization’ hasnobasisinreality and Prosecutor that asserted HaMoked’s “self-presentation as to “totalitarian countries.” NGO involvement isnot provided. However, asidefrom afew limited information details, on Ibid.,p.102. MinistryforForeign Affairs ofFinland, “Evaluation:FinnishNGOFoundations,”p.43. Available at:http://formin.finland.fi/ MinistryforForeign Affairs ofFinland, “Supportfordevelopmentcooperationfunds.” Available at:http://formin.finland.fi/ Although unrelatedtopoliticalbias,NGOMonitoralsonotedthattheFinnishEvangelicalLutheran Mission“worksin FidaInternational,“FIDA DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION PROGRAMMES2007-2010.” Available at:http://www. HaMoked,“Machsom Watch’s securityviolations,”June14,2009. Available at:http://www.ngo-monitor.org/digest_info. HaMoked,“HaMoked:CenterfortheDefenceofIndividualandotherhumanrightsorganizations turnedtothePrime NGOMonitor, “TheGoldstone‘FactFinding’ MissionandtheRoleofPoliticalNGOs,”Sept.7,2009. Available at:http://www. NGOMonitor, “IsraeliStateProsecutorRecognisesBiasofIsraeliHumanRightsNGOs,HaMokedandB’Tselem,” March23, “SubmissionofHumanRightsOrganizations basedinIsrael.” Available at:http://www.acri.org.il/pdf/goldstone1.pdf.

494 HaMoked compared hasalso Israel 492 495 HaMoked Gazawar calledthe 493 491 497 During Gazawar, the In 2006,Israel’s State 496

for legal services and ensurefor capacity the legalservices to monitor, verify, “field lawyers and researchers demand …the high to meet ill treatment of prisoners and detainees” (2007),and train to “respond swiftly and effectively to cases of torture and In previous grants, KIOS hassupported PCATI programs “[l]egal aid, legalresearch and against advocacy torture.” In 2009,KIOS granted EUR80,900to PCATI for (PCATI) Public Committee Against Torture inIsrael Palestinian NGOs, including: government highly to politicized funds several Israeli and has channeled tens of thousands of euros of Finnish Rights, groups isKIOS: TheFinnish NGO Foundation for Human … to organisations indeveloping countries.” Oneof these development cooperation projects, but distribute funds Finnish groups that “do not implement own their The Finnish Foreignprovides Ministry moneythree to Rights KIOS: TheFinnish NGO Foundation for Human human rights issues.” Ministry, “KIOS isable to work on politically-sensitive funds. government Since 1998,KIOS hasreceived EUR7,660,627in number of radicalNGOs. 498 which, asshown which, below, transfers to a funds 499 According to FinnishForeign the 500 In pastdecade, the KIOS an.

Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 71 Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 72 505 504 503 502 501 Economic Rights and inJerusalem.” Social received EUR79,700for aproject “[d]efending Palestinian KIOS JCSER the hasfunded since2005.In 2009,JCSER (JCSER) Jerusalem Center for and Economic Social Rights additional legalworkers” (2004). and improveexpose detainee conditions by retaining =287:annual-narrative-report-2008-&catid=24:annual-reports&Itemid=33. First &Secondsession,”July7, 2009. Available at:http://www.un.org/webcast/unhrc/archive.asp?go=090707. “martyrs.” “unacceptable collective punishment” and to Palestinian mission on Gazawar, the referred where they to Israel’s front in Geneva testifiedleaders in the UN’s of fact-finding to promote its one-sided, politicized agenda. PCATI Conventions. PCATI often lobbies ininternational forums since June 25,2006inflagrant violation Geneva the of rightsthe of Gilad Shalit, heldincommunicado by Hamas groupthe hasdone virtually nocampaigning to uphold rights. While extensively criticizing alleged Israeli abuses, PCATI claims to fight against torture and for prisoner KIOS,“Othercountries.” Available at:http://www.kios.fi/english/other_countries/. JCSER,“AnnualNarrativeReport (2008).” Available at:http://www.jcser.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id Ibid. UnitedNations,“UNFactFindingMissionontheGazaConflict -PublicHearings Ibid. 502

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503 JCSER rhetoric of demonization. Israel’s human rights record without participating inthe groups, such asPCATI, Kav generally criticizes LaOved monitoring of spending. partner aims willrequire areevaluation of grantees and closer notdoes advance such goals. Adherence to intended the regarding Jerusalem, and distort context the of conflict the apartheid rhetoric, advance Palestinian the narrative for afuture Palestinian state. Funding groups that utilize processis to support groundwork and peace the the set The statedthe in Finnish “Palestinianfocus Territories” Conclusion Palestinians employed by Israelis.” for “protecting human the and labor rights of West Bank In 2009,Kav wasawarded LaOved EUR23,500from KIOS LaOved Kav cleansing,” and Israeli “[r]acial[i]ncitement.” Judaization of Jerusalem,” the “Apartheid Wall,” “ethnic refers to “systematic, the programmed campaign of Israel’s 505 In contrast to other 504 Scandinavian Government Funding forPoliticized NGOs Appendix I: p?intLanguage=2&intSiteSN=141&OldMenu=137&intItemId=125. *Although not listed asarecipient, by NDC for Gisha NDC thanks funding on its website. http://gisha.org/index.ph See: JCW Addameer Musawa Badil DCI-PS WCLAC Al-Dameer Gisha WATC Bimkom PHR-I Al-Haq Al Mezan PCHR PCATI HaMoked B’Tselem G NDC NGO Information from for themostrecent available numbers funding wasgleaned source; each Netherlands) Switzerland, therefore, inthesameyear. overlap may occurred not have necessarily Denmark, (Sweden, *✓✓ ✓ ✓* ✓✓ ✓ ✓✓ ✓✓ ✓ ✓✓ ✓✓ ✓✓ ✓✓✓ ✓ ✓ ✓✓ ✓ ✓✓ ✓ ✓✓ ✓✓ ✓ ✓✓ ✓✓ ✓ ✓✓ ✓✓✓ ✓ ✓✓ ✓ ✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ wdnDnakNra iln EU Finland Norway Denmark Sweden (via various frameworks such as EIDHR, PfP,such asEIDHR, etc.)

Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 73 Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 74 committed against crimes Palestinians.” the the After draft law the of Palestinian Authority to Pursuethe IOF for “the PLC to convene inalegalway and to adopt the “prosecut[ion] Israeli the war criminals” [of] and called Al-Dameer released astatement calling for the Al-Dameer reduction atand not poverty aimed is that it is“ problemsthe report the identifies regarding European aid that examines EUfunding to humanitarian NGOs. Oneof In 2009, AidWatch issuedareport, “Lighten Load,” the of European NGOs active inrelief and development work. auspices of EU-supported the Concord –aconfederation MS) and European the Commission (EC)”underthe quantitythe of aid provided by EUmember states (EU initiative monitoring and advocating on quality the and AidWatch is“a pan-European lobby and campaigns AidWatch FUNDED BY: Sweden NDC, propaganda. pure than more year. Addameer’s statement must asnothing dismissed be samethe individuals are included figures inthe foreach sentenced to multiple-year terms or were repeat offenders, time. Moreover, given that many of prisoners these were of Palestinian prisoners averaged around 5,000at any one of Palestinian the terror campaign number in2002,the have detained to by be Israel annually. Even at height the prisoners since1967,17,500new believed, wouldis to be If Addameer’s claim of 700,000imprisoned Palestinians nosourcemilitary”; isprovided for dubious this figure. 700,000 Palestinians have imprisoned been by Israeli the allegedalso that “since Israeli the occupation …began, Palestinianthe people against occupation.” the Addameer imprisonment wasto broke soul of [sic]the resistance the in claimed that of of policies “[t]hemain the these purpose civilian property.” In oral testimony to UN,Addameer the killing and extensive the of destruction houses and other submission alleging Israeli “w political and gains.” military Addameer endorsed aUN a “policy of using Palestinian prisoners aspawns to achieve Forces,” Israel and accuses of “collective punishment” and Addameer refers to Israeli the army “Israeli asthe Occupying Addameer ofNGOsin Alphabetical Summary This Report Appendix II: increasingly being used as a political tool, tool, asapolitical used being increasingly ar …include crimes wilful ” (emphasis added). FUNDED BY: Sweden, NDC, Norway, EU Israeli Defense Minister Ehud UK. inthe Barak September 2009attempt the behind was also to arrest conspiring with Israel, Occupying the Power.” This NGO claiming that were they “aiding, abetting, assisting and bringing against inQuebec acase Canadian corporations, terror group. Al-Haq assisted Bil’in the Village in Council to Popular the Front for Liberation the of Palestine (PFLP) denied travel by visas Israel and Jordan for hisalleged ties trade with Israel. Director General Shawan Jabarin hasbeen UKbythe bringing lawsuits against UKofficials to block diplomatic relations between Israel and countries such as ofis aleader “lawfare” the movement to interfere inthe Al-Haq listsboycotts among its goals and objectives, and Al-Haq FUNDED BY: Norway, NDC, EU in particular, children. war against crimes and direct targeting of Israeli civilians, Palestinians, including Hamas, for perpetration their of This organization hasneverissuedcalls to prosecute of international jurisdiction criminal of national courts.” courts of jurisdiction, criminal to effectuatethe principle commanders and Israeli civilians before national the conflict, Al-Dameer called“[t]o prosecute the military ofrelease Goldstone the “fact-finding” the Gaza on report NGO with Israeli the Peres Center for Peace politically “is with Israel, claiming that collaboration the of aPalestinian Israeli “colonial conflict.” AIC isagainst normalization AIC refers to “Israeli the occupation-regime” and Arab- the Alternative Information Center (AIC) FUNDED BY: Sweden, NDC, Norway, EU UK. the attempt to arrest Israeli DefenseMinister Ehud in Barak “lawfare”the movement, with partnering Al-Haq inits and “holocaust (genocide).” AlMezan joined hasalso and Holocaust rhetoric, referring to Israeli “incit[ement]” civilians.” The organization also offensively employs Nazi against civilians,” “Israeli massacres,” and “slaughtering “apartheid,” “ethnic cleansing,” “criminal aggression including promoting claims of “Israeli war crimes,” Al Mezan’s activities reflect aradical anti-Israel agenda, Al Mezan FUNDS: Diakonia IHLforums IHL forums heldat Al QudsUniversity below). (see war.asymmetrical AIDA isaco-sponsor of Diakonia’s that condemn deleting Israeli context while the policy of collaborates on events and press releases, including many Mennonitethe Central Committee. The organization Gaza” including Oxfam, Trocaire, Christian Aid, and development agencies operating West inthe and Bank AIDA isa“co-ordination facility for international (AIDA) Association of International Development Agencies FUNDED BY: NDC Richard Goldstone. Reconciliation, executive whose committee ischaired by partnered with Institute the for Historical Justice and to “so called‘Palestinian Terrorism.’” Until 2009,ATF that keep producing Apartheid forms.” This NGO refers ATF claims that “the notion Zionist racistprinciples carries boycotts,the divestment, and sanctions (BDS)campaign. “genocide,” and “collective punishment,” promoting while employing terms such as“apartheid,” “ethnic cleansing,” ATF consistently language the uses of demonization, Arab Thought Forum FUNDED BY: Sweden (Diakonia) compared Israeli and military political officials to Nazis. “policy of cleansing,” ethnic and “apartheid”; and have also Nations frameworks; have Israel accused of “genocide,” a rights and of peace.” AIC officials participate in United definitely enemyan the of people,Palestinian of human unacceptable, and morally disgusting. Shimon Peres is an annual “Alternative Independence/Nakbah day.” Refers Peace), callsfor Palestinian the “right of return” and holds Bat Shalom (amember of Coalition the of Women for Bat Shalom FUNDED BY: Denmark NDC, and of Palestinian dispossession the people.” discrimination” are “root the causes of the…displacement cleansing,” and alleges that “[i]nstitutionalized racismand regime,” “state-sponsored racism,” and “systematic ethnic Occupation.” refers also Badil to “Israel’s colonial apartheid community’sZionist double standards regarding Nakba & Anti-Defamation Jewish and the and to League expose a “targeted campaign liesof the to AIPAC expose and the Badil’s claimed “right isthe focus of return.” callsfor Badil Badil B’Tselem FUNDED BY: Denmark, EU NDC, “live infear and terror.” of uninvolved civilians” and “forc[ing]” Palestinians to forcelethal hasto which date caused death the of hundreds Israeli Israel NGOs, accused of “making wanton of use Gaza war. During Gazawar, the Bimkom, along with other completely unrelated to planning rights, including the opposes Israeli the government’s regarding policy topics allocationthe of land resources.” But Bimkom regularly justice inmatterssocial of planning, development, and Bimkom claims to focus on “the right to equality and Bimkom FUNDED BY: Norway (Norwegian Church Aid) 2001Durbanthe Conference. a Palestinian partner, participated NGO inthe Forum of a mechanism for cleansing.” ethnic Bat Shalom, along with “land confiscation,” and accuses Israel usingof “transfer as to “Apartheid the system,” “collective punishment,” and anti-Israel agenda, inpublications especially such as“40 Palestine and Israel (EAPPI).EAPPIhasdemonstrated an Accompanimentand Ecumenical the funds Programme in campaign, it isactive inefforts to condemn Israel the UN, at a major supporter and of leader anti-Israel the BDS with tiesto close World the of Council Churches (WCC), “assist poorest the of poor.” the works DCA multilaterally; Danish National Evangelical Lutheran Church,” aims to amajorDCA, Danish humanitarian NGO “rooted inthe DanChurchAid (DCA) FUNDED BY: NDC issues and not does make claims about Israeli actions. SHAMS appears to solely deal with internal Palestinian Participation (SHAMS) Center for Human and Rights Democracy FUNDED BY: Sweden, NDC, Denmark, Norway, EU impediment to peace. narrative of victimization and portray Israel sole asthe problematic reinforce methodologies Palestinian the coverageselective of violations against Israelis. These research, skewed statistics (including casualty lists),and its misrepresentations of international law, inaccurate organization, B’Tselem criticism hasfacedserious for widely considered Israel’s premier human-rights the Occupied Territories,” apolitical objective. While This NGO “acts primarily to change in policy Israeli

Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 75 Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 76 FUNDED BY: Sweden narrative. Israel. This project primaril officials and foreign corporations doing business with Palestinian political goals, such as“lawfare” against Israeli interpretation of international law that promotes public opinion, and presents adistorted and misleading Diakonia). TheIHL program wascreated to influence million from 2006–2009)programs (figures provided by Internationalthe Humanitarian Law (IHL)(SEK 46.4 Organizations (13.5million SEK from 2008–2010)and funding from SIDA, however, isspent on Civil Society genuinebe humanitarian projects. The bulk of Diakonia’s Programme (SEK 25million from 2008–2009),appear to 18 million from 2005–2007)and Rehabilitation the programs, Children’s the Literature Programme (SEK oversees four projects in“Israel/Palestine.” Two of its and Sweden’s largest humanitarian NGO, Diakonia “ChristianA self-described development organization” Diakonia FUNDED BY: Norway Wall campaign”). Norwegianthe “Riv Muren kampanjen” (“Tear-Down the Delta Internasjonalt KFUK-KFUM islisted asmemberof Delta Internasjonalt (KFUK-KFUM) FUNDED BY: Sweden NDC, of act aggression.”“illegal right.” referred DCI-PS to Gazaconflict the as Israel’s “nakba” and “right the of return” as“a natural and legal Israeli “racism,” and promotes Palestinian the narrative of in Gaza,and “collective punishment.” refers DCI-PS to civilians” inLebanon, “terrorizing civilian the population” Israel accused hasfalsely of “deliberateDCI-PS targeting of Israel UNand inthe other international frameworks. manipulates international law, and campaigns against regularlyDCI-PS exploits rhetoric the of children’s rights, Section Defense for International-Palestine Children FUNDED BY: Denmark Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR). Israel and Palestinian the Authority, and such asBadil the include some of mostpoliticized the NGOs working in and recognizing “right the of return.” partners DCA hacking government websites, commemorating “Naqba,” inflammatory activities to occupation”the“end –including Years of Occupation” with an article advocating illegaland y disseminates Palestinian the FUNDED BY: Norway, EU fallaciesinGisha’sthe legalarguments. lawyers Justus ReidWeiner and Avi some details of Bell international anti-terror treaties. Areport issuedby Israeli Israel to Gazaand ignoring Israel’s legalobligations under discounting tons the of humanitarian aid provided by at civilians lack a“concrete objective,” military while claimsNGO also that responses to Hamas attacks aimed to grant “freedom of movement” to Gazaresidents. The international law, and that Israel isunderalegalobligation claims that Israel isresponsible for “occupied” Gazaunder Definition of Israeli Restrictions.” It promotes the false Punishment, Position Paper on International the Law page “position paper,” “GazaCollective Closure Defined: attack Israeli In policies. 2008,Gisha issueda12- December Gisha isan Israeli NGO that briefs to issuespseudo-legal Gisha FUNDED BY: Sweden, Denmark enacting “collective punishment.” civilianthe Palestinian population” and Israel accused of joint statement claiming that Israel had“directly targeted of beginning the Gazaconflict, the EMHRN a released goals and promoting BDS(see NGOs active inadvancing Arab and Palestinian political members from Israel and PA the consist exclusively of materials produced for its member NGOs. EMHRN are allocated to conferences, research, and educational process aswell widerArab asthe world.” EMHRNfunds rights work, human the rights instruments of Barcelona the strengthen “synergies between regional and human local EMHRN encompasses more than 80NGOs, to ostensibly (EMHRN) Euro-Mediterranean Human Network Rights Humanitarian Law.” HaMoked compared has also Israel bombs” are weapons “illegal prohibited by International actions, claiming falsely that “phosphorous and cluster HaMoked distorted international law Israeli to criminalize … apparently dug by army.” the During Gazawar, the “[m]any prisoners …were heldinpits ground inthe operation” and promoted unverified the claimthat mislead.” HaMoked Gazawar calledthe a“punitive organization’ hasnobasisinreality and isdesignedto that HaMoked’s “self-presentation as‘a human rights Israel civilians. In 2006,Israel’s State Prosecutor asserted token reference to Hamas’ “sporadic” rocket fire against HaMoked Israel accuses of “war crimes” with only a HaMoked Europe’s Hidden Hand ). At FUNDED BY: Sweden “lawfare” movement. Indeed, asnoted, FIDH inthe member PCHRisa leader courts to bring “war crimes” against cases Israeli officials. guide for promoting “lawfare” of use –the democratic Universal Jurisdiction inWestern European States,” a FIDH published “A Step by Step Approach to Use the of Israel of “collective punishment against civilians inGaza.” Israeli “violations of human rights and IHL” and accused freezing of EU-Israel the Association agreement due to against humanity.” FIDH joined hasalso callsfor the Army constitute at war ifnot least crimes, the crimes war, FIDH claimed that “[t]heoperations of Israeli the by funded (also Sweden, above). see During Gaza the that FIDH official SouraniRaji director isalso of PCHR are Middlethe East unavailable, but it should noted be August about 2009.Details project’s the connection to a project “human inthe rights” sector completed in Paris-based FIDH received $813,747from SIDA for International Federation of Human (FIDH) Rights FUNDED BY: Norway OccupiedRegimes inthe Palestinian Territories.” the Construction of the West Bank Wall and its Associated Wall:the Pilot Study on Forced Displacement Caused by published astudy barrier, on security the “Displaced by In 2006,IDMC, together with NRC and co- Badil, rocket firing into wascompletelyIsraeli territory ignored. onalert Gazaoperation, the where context the of Hamas’ in its human-rights analyses, with anews case asisthe Gaza. IDMC regularly ignores Israel’s right to security executed projects for UNRWA intheWest Bank and in atrocities.” In IDMC 2008,the apparently received and international community to help stop “war the and the disaster” involves inGaza,which pressuring the NRC programs include aresponse to “humanitarian the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) FUNDED BY: Sweden, NDC, Norway, Finland, EU to “totalitarian countries.” “futile attempt to impose an apartheid regime.” ICAHD’s state only isthe remaining option resulting from Israel’s Israelithe “matrix of control,” claiming that abi-national movement. ICAHD Jeff head Halper regularly refers to and “ethnic cleansing” rhetoric and supports BDS the ICAHD isaradicalNGO whichutilizes “apartheid“ (ICAHD) Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions FUNDED BY: Sweden NDC, and “Stop Judaization the of Jerusalem.” Cleansing Jerusalem,” inEast “Stop Apartheid the Wall,” designed posters with provocative slogans, such as“Ethnic families “so that settlers can up take residency.” JCW “Annexation wall” and of evict[ion]” “illegal[] Palestinian affecting Palestinian women.” A sheet“ “fact refers the to oppression, war, apartheid, humiliation, and poverty JCW claims “to stand against to unjust the occupation, Jerusalem Center for Women (JCW) FUNDED BY: Finland Israeli “[r]acial[i]ncitement.” Jerusalem,” “Apartheid the Wall,” “ethnic cleansing,” and programmed campaign of Israel’s Judaization of JCSER’s rhetoric includes references to “systematic, the (JCSER) Jerusalem Center for and Economic Social Rights FUNDED BY: EU NDC, “racist measures.” illegally built houses as“discriminatory discourse” and Bantustan-type state.” ICAHD refers to demolition the of that Israel “wants Palestinians] to [the enclose inalittle Israelaccuses of “state terrorism.” Halper hasclaimed website promotes a“campaign against apartheid,” and in apress release titled “Temporary halt to Gazabombing fromdeparts its humanitarian aid mandate. For example, affected by traumatic stress,the organizationsometimes Palestinianin the Authority and works with children This isa welcome development,while MSF as isactive MSF’s Palestinian operations wasonly inplace until 2005. Department inNORAD,Civil Society MFA funding for According to Gunvor W. Skancke, assistant director of the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) FUNDED BY: NDC nationalism and culture.” that Israel aims to “destroy all Unitedthe States to aid freeze to military Israel, claiming punishment.” JLAC issueda34-page report also calling on referswhich to Israeli “crimes,” “apartheid,” and “collective “Rats Maze: inthe Freedom of Movement OPT,“ inthe aid and legalrepresentation.” JLAC published areport, Palestinian laws and international the law …vialegal of human rights violations; with accordance to the JLAC claims to “[d]efend[] Palestinian the victims Jerusalem Aidand Human Legal Centre Rights manifestations of Palestinian

Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 77 Scandinavian NGO Funding » page 78 Dr. hasrepeatedly Mads Gilbert and accused falsely However, sincearriving inGaza,NORWAC representative partnership with Palestinian the of Health. Ministry Ostensibly, NORWAC provides in health-care services Norwegian AidCommittee (NORWAC) FUNDED BY: NDC to “bring[] Israeli leaders and army officials to justice.” of Israel’s for leaders war international inthe crimes courts” Mahmoud Abbas asking himto support “prosecution the possible.” Musawa’s executive director wrote aletter to and its “malicious intent asmany to inflict casualties as NGO statement referring to “Israeli the occupying forces” legal profession,” 2008Musawa inDecember publicized an “theon of securing Judiciary independence the and the While the majority of Musawa’s activities appear to focus Musawa FUNDED BY: Sweden (Diakonia) processes. divert limited the resources of critics into costly legal foundation, goals are primary the to deter analysis and in court.” Although claims the are insuch cases without collaborate Israel’s with accountable held be can regime organizations, foreign and governments companies that to that by used many politicized NGOs “ activities, libeling its critics as“racists.” Thisstrategy isakin process to silenceindependent in international forums, and “lawfare” uses and legal the “racism” and other pejoratives. Mossawa isinfluential delegitimize Israel asaJewish state with charges of Mossawa engages inpolitical and legalcampaigns that Mossawa FUNDED BY: Norway invoking inJenin strategy used the in2002. war, claims madefalse Miftah of an Israeli “massacre,“ active 2001Durban inthe Conference. During Gaza the referred to suicidebombers as“resistance fighters,” and was Israel as hasdescribed an state,Miftah apartheid has Miftah FORMERLY FUNDED BY: Norway extreme violence indiscriminately affecting civilians.” civilians indiscriminately” and its toll as“indicative of condemning Israel’s operation against Hamas as“affecting rolewhatsoever. conflict inthe Instead, on it focuses of January 7,2009,MSF makes nomention of Hamas’ responsea paltry asextreme civilians” violence victimizes analysis and criticism of its whereby Zionist Zionist whereby FUNDED BY: Norway NGOs inNorway, Israel, and Palestinian the Authority. country.in the NCA partners with numerous politicized in Norway listsNCA asone of its mostimportant affiliates that cuts inreality these are.” The Stopthe CampaignWall economicthe sanctions against Palestinian the government government position inaway hasacted that should to lead groups claimed that that “[i]tisdifficultsee to Hamas in economic support” “Hamas to the government.” These criticized Norwegian the government for “withdrawing along with NRC below) (see and NPA below), (see Following Hamas’ takeover of Gazain2006,NCA, Norwegian Church Aid(NCA) FUNDED BY: Norway and settlements and to torture.” curfews the violations of international law from house the demolitions Israeli occupation by targeting nonviolently its flagrant that march the is“part of abroader to strategy endthe Coalition to IllegalSiege Endthe of Gaza,” claims which “Gaza Freedom March“ coordinated by “International the NORWAC Director-General Fosse Erik endorsed the by Israel targeting hasbeen civilians inparticular.” DIME inGazaand weaponry claimed “the war launched suspicion that Israel white used phosphorous illegally and Another NORWAC representative publicly voiced his comparison with 1982events the inSabra and Shatila. Israel of deliberately targeting civilians and invoked a FUNDED BY: Norway for Palestinian projects. claimed that in2007NORAD provided NOK 20million 122,290,000 from NORAD for its work. global Skancke with Palestinian partners. In 2007, NPA received NOK and NORAD support isfor long-term development work that MFA funding isintended for operations emergency e-mail, NORAD official Gunvor W. Skancke explained in “Palestine” isfinanced mainly by NORAD. In an NORAD; however, organization the claims that its work NPA by isfunded Norwegian the both MFA and by Norwegian People’s Aid FUNDED BY: Norway cannot defended.” be and stated that “[a]ssaults and killing the of civilians “rocket attacks on Gazaand its invasion by land forces” Campaign. OnJanuary 8,2009,LO condemned Israel’s is listed asan affiliate the of Norwegian Stop the Wall Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) FUNDED BY: Sweden alone. blamedGaza isalso on “the provocative Israeli occupation“ internal violence, isignored and accepted. Thefighting in violence, including thousands of rocket attacks and torture.” Only “Israeli attacks” are mentioned; Palestinian violence against civilians, unlawful executions and Gaza following disengagement, the and “disproportionate Intifada,” “contribut[ing] to achaotic situation” security in Israel of “provok[ing] al-Aqsa the rising and “Second the CenterThe Palme makesthe absurd statement accusing Palestinianoverwhelmingly narrative of conflict. the Democratic PartySocial and tradeunions, promotes an The Center, Palme established in1992 the by Swedish Olof Palme International Center (OPC) FUNDED BY: Norway collectively punish civilians.” with ‘effective control’ of Gaza, to fromrefrain actionsthat Statethe of Israel remains which occupying the power which specified), “urge[s] all responsible including parties members, NRC wasasignatory to astatement (date not displaced persons.” Together with 28other AIDA and humanitarian assistance to refugees and internally Palestinian Territories since2006,” “providing protection due to war or conflict.” activethebeen NRC in “has their countries,flee their homesor withintheir country, is to assistand protect have people who forced been to “an independent humanitarian organization task whose The Council as itself (NRC) Norwegian Refugee describes (NRC) Council Norwegian Refugee FUNDED BY: Finland for BDSCampaign.” the Network (PNGO), of aleader “National the Committee in nature.” PASSIA isamember of Palestinian the NGO motivationtheir messianic both being and nationalistic pursuittheir of goal this with various groups settler ... ‘Judaization’the have of Jerusalem... .They East shared governments have zealously and incessantly pursued … and organization the hasclaimed that “successive Israeli “SELECTED LINKS-Israel’s Apartheid Separation Wall,” independent status.” Its website features apage entitled located inJerusalem/Al-Quds with afinancially and legally PASSIA claims an to “Arab be non-profit institution International Affairs (PASSIA) Palestinian for Academic Society theStudy of FUNDED BY: Sweden (Swedish Mission Council) foundationsthe of compromise and peace. support of Palestinian the position are inconsistent with punishment” on Palestinians. the Allof activities these in Israel employs a“racist and inflicts ideology” “collective barrier asthe “apartheidsecurity Wall,” and claims that and “apartheid” on aradioprogram. PMRSrefers to the “horrendous massacre,” and terms like used “ghetto” Mustafa Barghouthi, referred to Gazaconflict the asa The perpetuate distrust. president the PMRS,Dr. of loadedlanguagePMRS uses to delegitimize Israel and (PMRS) Palestinian ReliefSociety Medical FUNDED BY: Denmark, Norway, NDC, EU independently disproven by sources. several and Goldstone inthe PCHR’s Report. figures have been an unsubstantiated claim that wasrepeated media inthe civilian, including two senior Hamas leaders, military almost 70percent of allcasualties Gazawar inthe were crimes” and “crimes against humanity.” PCHRalleged that against Israeli political and officials military for “war of exploiting universal jurisdiction statutes to bring cases as “resistance.” “lawfare” inthe PCHRisaleader strategy PCHR regularly refers to rocket attacks on Israeli civilians Palestinian Centre for Human (PCHR) Rights government in 2006 for aproject called“Building Trust Parents Circle wasgranted DKK 600,000 from Danish the Parents Circle -Families Forum (PCFF) refers to “Israeli aggression” and “war crimes.” Responsibilities Towards Victimized Gaza,” PWWSD In an article entitled, “Avouch Your and Legal Human and allother forms of oppression and discrimination.” PWWSD engaged “is inresisting Israeli the occupation Development (PWWSD) Palestinian Working Women for Society FUNDED BY: NDC of BDS. “international advocacy,” and “media insupport advocacy” Campaign” and participates in“holding conferences,” PNGO of isaleader “National the Committee for BDS the PNGO calledfor a“war tribunal” and “reparations.” of and obedience, compliance with occupying the power.” Israel would free to be impose its goals, and instill aculture to “eras[e] of resistance …so memory the and struggle During Gazawar, the PNGO alleged that Israel’s goal was Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO)

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While extensively criticizing alleged Israeli abuses, PCATI claims to fight against torture and for prisoner (PCATI) Public Committee Against Torture inIsrael FUNDED BY: Sweden, NDC, EU political group asamedicalorganization.” disguised World Medical Association, criticized PHR-I as“a radical and aid convoys.” Dr. Yoram Blachar, president of the population of Gaza” and of “targeting []medicalteams using “extreme and disproportionate force …against the terrorists.” Gazawar, During the PHR-I Israel accused of of an article equating Israeli “settlers” to “self-exploding attacks against Israel’s Law of Return and publishing the wall.” PHR-I engages inpolitical campaigns including fightwho againstoccupationthe theand building the of politicalthe aim of showing “solidarity with people the violent protesters at near barrier Bil’in security the with In July 2009,PHR-I activists provided first aid training to Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-I) FUNDED BY: Denmark anti-Israeli-policy events. platform this use to attack Israeli and policies sponsor Parents Circle’s activities are generally unbiased, leaders with ajoint Israeli and Palestinian facilitator team.” While Israelis of to idea the reconciliation through meetings and Hope,” aimed which to “introduce Palestinians and FUNDED BY: Sweden (Diakonia) “Palestinian Liberation Theology.” antisemitic insermons promoting and themes imagery his divestment campaign, and director Naim Ateek employs claims to of support. isaleader church the Sabeel against process that peace the Swedish the government supports Palestinian rejection of compromise, and works class citizenshipsecond for Palestinians.” Thisrhetoric work proactively inside Israel …on situation …the of informed and concerned about Nakba the and will who Nakba (Catastrophe)”; 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