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	NGO Monitor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		NGO Monitor (Non-governmental organization monitor) is a project with the stated aim of monitoring non-governmental organizations operating in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza.
		NGO Monitor criticized the New Israel Fund for funding organizations that the NGO Monitor claims are engaged in a "campaign to delegitimze Israel." These claims where denied by the director of the New Israel Fund who described NGO Monitors criticism as "un-democratic and un-Jewish" and "inherently and fundamentally flawed."
		At Political Research Associates, Jean Hardisty and Elizabeth Furdon describe it as a "conservative NGO watchdog group, NGO Monitor, which focuses on perceived threats to Israeli interests", adding that "The ideological slant of NGO Monitor's work is unabashedly pro-Israeli.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/NGO_Monitor (577 words)

	Non-governmental organization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A non-governmental organization (NGO) is a non-profit group or association that acts outside of institutionalized political structures and pursues matters of interest to its members by lobbying, persuasion, or direct action.
		The definition of "international NGO" (INGO) is first given in resolution 288 (X) of ECOSOC on February 27, 1950: it is defined as "any international organisation that is not founded by an international treaty".
		NGO Monitor is a conservative pro-Israel site that aims to promote "critical debate and accountability of human rights NGOs in the Arab-Israeli conflict." The organization has successfully conducted campaigns against Oxfam and the Ford Foundation - leading to formal apologies and changes in practice - on the grounds that these organizations are too anti-Israeli.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Non-governmental_organizations (2724 words)

	FrontPage magazine.com :: An Eye on the Haters by Jamie Glazov
		Steinberg: NGO Monitor was formed following the September 2001 UN Conference on Racism (the “Durban conference”), and the realization that the network of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) were distorting and exploiting universal human rights norms to pursue a narrow anti-Israel and anti-democracy agenda.
		NGO Monitor publishes an average of 4 reports monthly, covering specific NGOs and their activities plus a monthly digest with additional links, correspondence and summaries.
		As a direct result of NGO Monitor reports, Kenneth Roth and his hand-picked friends that run Human Rights Watch have been forced to alter their allocation of resources away from the obsessive focus on allegations of Israeli violations of human rights, and the repetition of the Palestinian political agenda.
	www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=20791 (1135 words)

	Monitoring the Political Role of NGOs - Gerald M. Steinberg
		The NGO Monitor project was initiated to examine how certain humanitarian NGOs covering Israel and the Middle East deviate from their mission statements and fund-raising activities that claim to support universal human rights values, in order to engage in overt political and ideological activities.
		NGOs are generally defined as autonomous non-profit and non-party/politically-unaffiliated organizations that advance a particular cause or set of causes in the public interest.
		NGOs were prominent in spreading false rumors of a "massacre" in the immediate aftermath of Israel's operation Defensive Shield in April 2002 against Palestinian terrorist networks within the Jenin refugee camp.
	www.jcpa.org /jl/vp499.htm (2667 words)

	Human Rights Watch Criticized for Intifada Link at Registan.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		NGO Monitor goes on the defensive with the UN, Human Rights Watch, and even Amnesty International - claiming that their reports of human rights abuses are merely anti-semitism.
		Even if NGO Monitor seeks to defend Israel (your description of it as propaganda tears away the curtain of your bias…), that’s not to say that Israel isn’t unfairly criticized or that the human rights industry’s (and it is an industry) primary product is not criticism of the US and its allies.
		Were NGO Monitor and organization that promoted media that took in all sides of the conflict, or profiled even one anti-Palestinian organization in Isreal as being a deterent to the peace process, I would not classify it as propaganda.
	www.registan.net /index.php?p=4872 (598 words)

	House of Commons - International Development - Written Evidence
		NGO Monitor, therefore, was founded to promote accountability, and advance a vigorous discussion on the reports and activities of humanitarian NGOs in the framework of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
		The aim of NGO Monitor is to provide information and analysis, in order to challenge such interpretations and the perceptions that have been built up by fostering a comprehensive debate on these critical issues.
		International development NGOs are welcome allies in humanitarian conflicts from the point of view of combatants, not because of their humanitarian principles, but because the fighting parties can use NGO intervention for political leverage against the other side.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmintdev/230/230we32.htm (4484 words)

	ei: NGO Monitor should not be taken seriously (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In fact, NGO Monitor shows that the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, in line with most other vocal supporters of Israel, is keen on vilifying any and all critics of Israel and conveniently ignoring the human rights violations and war crimes of Israel and its security agencies.
		NGO Monitor's association with the Israeli government and the military serves the sole purpose of trying to silence any critical voices that speak about Israel's violations of human rights and humanitarian law.
		In fact, NGO Monitor should not be taken seriously by anyone committed to peace or to exposing Israel's repeated violations of international law and its demonstrated lack of respect for the international community.
	electronicintifada.net /v2/article4255.shtml (1932 words)

	PublicEye.org - Website of Political Research Associates
		NGO Watch is an explicit attack on NGOs, domestically and internationally, many of which rightist groups perceive as "liberal." Accusing them of being "unaccountable" and "working for the good of a few people instead of the good of the whole society" may play very well with the broad U.S. public.
		NGO status is granted by the United Nations, an institution long opposed by the Right as a threat to U.S. sovereignty and an impediment to U.S. international economic interests.
		NGO Watch has been launched in the midst of a consolidation of the Right's political power in Washington and at the state and local levels under the umbrella of the George W. Bush Administration and Republican control of both houses of Congress.
	www.publiceye.org /magazine/v18n1/hardisty_ngo.html (5126 words)

	International Court of Justice NGO Non Govermental Organisation
		These NGOs, including HRW, Amnesty International, Christian Aid, Oxfam, etc., were central players in the public relations effort linked to the UN General Assembly vote to request an "advisory opinion" on the barrier from the International Court of Justice.
		And like Christian Aid (www.ngo-monitor.org/editions/v2n10/v2n10-1.htm) and other leading anti-Israel NGOs, HRW provided little or no analysis of the Israeli security environment, the role of the Palestinian Authority in the failure of the Oslo process, and the strategic use of terrorism.
		HRW endorsed the view that the hundreds of Israeli lives that have already been saved by the separation barrier (www.ngomonitor.org/issues/separationbarrier.htm) are of lesser importance than reducing Palestinian inconvenience, and used sweeping and unsupported terms such as "indiscriminate punishment" and "arbitrary and excessive restrictions on the freedom of movement".
	www.scottishfriendsofisrael.org /icj_ngo.htm (719 words)

	NGO Monitor Monthly Digest - Vol. 4 No. 6, February 22, 2006
		These NGOs have pressed this issue for some time, demanding that Israel remove the limits that are imposed by most democratic states in such cases, and also erasing the context of the ongoing conflict and terror.
		NGO Monitor's reports and analysis contributed to the public debate on a range of issues this month, including academic boycotts, the US State Department's use of unreliable sources for reports on human rights, funding for the Palestinian government following Hamas' election victory, and anti-Semitism promoted by NGOs in Britain.
		NGO Monitor's editor Gerald Steinberg chaired the "Academic Freedom and the Politics of Boycotts" conference at Bar Ilan University in January.
	www.ngo-monitor.org /editions/v4no6/February06.html (2004 words)

	NGO Monitor - Human Rights NGOs - Arab Israeli Conflict (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It detailed extensive involvement in anti-Israel political campaigns, close links with radical partner NGO's such as ICAHD; the influence of Bishop Gladwin, Chair of the Board of Trustees of Christian Aid and patron of UK Friends of Sabeel, and the role in the divestment campaign.
		The following report examines NGO responses to the situation, the basis of their military and security assessments, and assesses the evidence of political agendas.
		On May 14 the Israeli Supreme Court rejected the petition of two NGOs, Adalah and ACRI to overturn the Citizenship and Entry to Israel Law (Temporary Provision) which regulates the Israeli residency of Palestinians who marry Israeli citizens, and ultimately denies automatic residency in such circumstances.
	www.ngo-monitor.org (1093 words)

	Definitions for NGO Monitor
		Therefore, the term NGO should be used to describe specifically autonomous, value-based organizations with non-commercial and non-party political objectives, which support themselves, in whole or in part, through the means of generous donors and voluntary service.
		NGOs are increasingly becoming the first port of call for journalists, researchers and even government policy makers.
		NGOs in the West Bank and Gaza operate separately from Arab NGOs in the sovereign territory of Israel.
	www.jcpa.org /ngo/ngo-1-define.html (1403 words)

	The Forward Newspaper Online: THE HOUR: Monitoring The Monitor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Enter NGO Monitor, an organization that believes that the best way to defend Israel is to condemn anyone who criticizes it.
		Now NGO Monitor is on a public campaign to establish a mechanism, as Steinberg puts it, "to watch the watchers" — that is, to provide external controls over the actions of NGOs in general and of Human Rights Watch in particular.
		NGO Monitor is not exempt from the kind of scrutiny it proposes for Human Rights Watch and others; its claim that Human Rights Watch "promotes narrow political and ideological preferences" while its own hands are clean and its motives pure is vacuous.
	www.forward.com /main/printer-friendly.php?ref=fein200505181142 (775 words)

	Aish.com
		In 1948, 69 NGOs had consultative status at the United Nations; by 2000 the number was over 2,000, most of which emphasized "universal human rights" in their mission statements, as documented by the NGO Monitor.
		The members of the NGO community have derived a great deal of international influence and power from the claim that they are "grassroots" organizations, representing individual interests often ignored by political parties, and are immune from short-term electoral requirements.
		NGO Monitor report, 23 October 2003, Adalah and the Impact of Legal- Based NGOs in the Arab-Israeli Conflict.
	www.aish.com /Avantgo/articles/jewishissues/middleeast/NGOs_and_the_Anti-Israel_Agenda.asp (4100 words)

	ei: Hudson Institute and 'Eye on the UN' join the ranks of gutter journalists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Similar to the shallow and deeply pro-Israel approach of the NGO Monitor, the criticisms raised about Badil by the 'Eye on the UN' are poorly researched and rely on simplistic rhetoric.
		According to the 'Eye', as with the NGO Monitor, advocating for the legally protected, politically acknowledged and morally defensible right of return and restitution of Palestinian lands is equated with 'advocating the end of a Jewish state'.
		Just like the NGO Monitor, the 'Eye on the UN' should not be taken seriously by anyone interested in serious analysis and concern over human rights and humanitarian law.
	electronicintifada.net /v2/article4835.shtml (2194 words)

	IsraelBehindTheNews.com
		NGO Monitor1 was founded to address these issues by tracking the activities of humanitarian NGOs.
		The NGOs recognize that cooperation with the press and the diplomatic community is vital for fundraising, without which no NGO can function, and this results in a highly incestuous relationship, immune from external scrutiny.
		Israel, along with Jewish NGOs, were excluded and, in their absence, Israel was accused of committing "holocausts" and being anti-Semitic.8 There was no public condemnation of the exclusion of Israel or the Jewish groups.
	israelvisit.co.il /cgi-bin/friendly.pl?url=Aug-01-03!danger (2541 words)

	NGO Monitor - 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		As we have mentioned in the previous issue of the "Monitor" our organization, Nonviolence International, together with other NGOs was involved in efforts to avoid a inter-ethnic conflict in Dagestan between the local Chechen population and other ethnic communities, which could develop as a result of the hostilities in Dagestan's border districts.
		Second action on the part of NGOs came as a response to an attempt of the mayor of the city of Hasavyurt to expel from town all people who are residents of Chechnya.
		Obviously it would be wrong to say that a war was prevented due to NGO activities in the area, just as it is impossible even in principle to be sure of what could have happened if certain actions had not been taken.
	www.osi.hu /ipf/fellows/Kamenshikov/Ngomon9.html (2733 words)

	Anglicans for Israel » Articles » Stop relying on politicized NGOs, says NGO Monitor
		NGO Monitor is urging the US State Department to stop relying on politicized NGOs for its annual “Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.” NGO Monitor’s detailed reports on these NGOs show that they promote a political agenda – including efforts to impose academic boycotts, and divestment – at the expense of accurate analysis.
		NGO Monitor analyses of the NGOs quoted in previous editions of the “Israel and the Occupied Territories” section of the report show that these NGOs display a consistent anti-Israel political bias.
		The State Department report refers to its NGO sources as “reputable international organizations” and “credible NGOs.” However, according to NGO Monitor, these NGOs have no independent research capabilities, provide insufficient documentation for independent verification, accept anecdotal claims from politically motivated groups or individuals, and discriminate between sources based on political agendas.
	anglicansforisrael.com /docs/2006/01/30/stop-relying-on-politicized-ngos-says-ngo-monitor... (397 words)

	Solomonia
		NGO Monitor is protesting the appointment of Human Rights Watch's Reed Brody to a position with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
		NGO Monitor has received a response from the Office of the High Commissioner.
		NGO Monitor’s detailed study of HRW’s allocation of resources regarding Middle East issues shows that between 2001 and 2004, HRW issued a highly disproportionate number of condemnations of Israeli responses to terror.
	www.solomonia.com /blog/archives/006679.shtml (1343 words)

	Moonbat Central » Blog Archive » Bigot Nominated to UN Commissioner on “Human Rights”
		As the editor of NGO Monitor, I am writing to you regarding questions on the reported nomination of Mr.
		Brody headed HRW’s delegation to the NGO session of the 2001 Durban World Conference on Racism and Xenophobia (WCAR), which was widely recognized as having been extremely destructive to universal human rights norms.
		NGO Monitor’ s detailed study of HRW’s allocation of resources regarding Middle East issues shows that between 2001 and 2004, HRW issued a highly disproportionate number of condemnations of Israeli responses to terror.
	moonbatcentral.com /wordpress?p=1474 (1204 words)

	The Jewish Journal Of Greater Los Angeles
		They also note that NGO Monitor is central in holding these non-governmental organizations, such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty, to account for exploiting the rhetoric of human rights while perverting its substance.
		Please note that the NGO Monitor is not based in Geneva, as stated in the article, but rather is part of the Israel-based Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and funded by the Wechsler Family Fund.
		NGO Monitor’s material and resources are available at www.ngo-monitor.org.
	www.jewishjournal.com /home/preview.php?id=12846 (1688 words)

	Russian Anticorruption NGO to Monitor Political Spending (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Moscow, November 11, 2003—A campaign to monitor the abuse of public funds in the forthcoming December parliamentary elections in Russia was unveiled today in Moscow.
		The project will monitor the diversion of so-called "administrative resources"—state funds and in-kind resources—from their intended use to favor incumbent and other preferred politicians and parties in election campaigns.
		Preliminary monitoring results will be publicly distributed in December 2003, with a comprehensive report available in March 2004.
	www.justiceinitiative.org /db/resource2?res_id=102417 (400 words)

	MINELREL-L Archive (06031999-19:56:58-10071) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Ingush NGO "Union of the Deported from north Ossetia" is planning to set up pickets in front of the Government of the Russian Federation, the Federation Council and the State Duma of Russia during the summer of 1999.
		In the March issue of the North Caucasus NGO Monitor we wrote about the activities of the Chechen Social - Charitable Fund "Berkat", that was working in the field of religious and cultural education in Chechnya.
		Address: Nagornaya Street, 8 Grozny, Chechen Republic "North Caucasus NGO Monitor" is a publication produced by members of the Nonviolence International - Newly Independent States" (NI-NIS) on a fellowship from the Open Society Institute in Budapest.
	www.arts.uwaterloo.ca /minelres/archive/06031999-19:56:58-10071.html (978 words)

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