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Juana Ruiz Rishwami. Source: Screenshot.

Spanish citizen pleads guilty in Israeli court to funding Palestinian terrorists

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Juana Ruiz Rishwami, a Spanish resident of the West Bank, pleaded guilty in an Israeli military court on Wednesday for facilitating payments to Palestinian terrorists. Rishwami, a fundraiser for the NGO Health Work Committees, was...
Estonian Ambassador to the United Nations Sven Jürgenson, who served as president of the U.N. Security Council for the month of May 2020. Credit: United Nations via Wikimedia Commons.

Five European countries ‘concerned’ by Israeli listing of Palestinian NGOs as terrorist groups

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Five European countries expressed “serious concern” on Monday at Israel’s recent designation of six Palestinian NGOs as terrorist organizations, and said that they will be requesting clarification on the matter, AP reported. Following a closed United Nations Security Council...
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan speaks at a webinar, “A Festival of Hate: How to Defeat the Durban Strategy—A Primary Vector of 21st Century Anti-Semitism,” Aug. 3, 2021. Source: Twitter.

Erdan replies to Palestinian letter to UN complaining of terror-labeled NGOs

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Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan responded on Monday to two letters sent by the Palestinian Authority to the United Nations complaining about Israel’s recent designation of six Palestinian NGOs as terrorist organizations. Erdan pointed...
Israeli minister of Defense Benny Gantz speaks at an event celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Abraham Accords, in the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on October 11, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Israel stands by decision to link NGOs to terror, as international community demands evidence

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In light of the commotion following Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s announcement on Oct. 22 that accused six NGOs of connections to terrorism, Israel has now sent an envoy to Washington, D.C., to explain...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah, on Sept. 3, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

In apparent ‘payback,’ PLO designates two Israeli NGOs as terrorist entities

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The Palestine Liberation Organization on Sunday designated two Israeli nongovernmental groups as terrorist entities, in an apparent reprisal over a similar move made by Israel. Last week, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz outlawed six Palestinian groups affiliated...
Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) Credit: U.S. House of Representatives Official Portrait.

Progressives introduce motion slamming Israel’s decision to blacklist Palestinian NGOs

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Several progressive Democrats introduced an resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday criticizing the decision by Israel to declare six Palestinian NGOs as terror organizations. Sponsored by Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), it recognizes...
Members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) take part in a military show in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip to celebrate the 47th anniversary of the group's founding, Dec. 11, 2014. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

The ‘human rights’ scam at the heart of the NGO controversy

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To listen to the U.S. State Department and many in the international human-rights community, Israel has done it again. The outrage over the decision by Defense Minister Benny Gantz to designate six Palestinian non-governmental organizations as...
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz at a meeting of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee in Jerusalem on Oct. 19, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

The bigger picture behind the narrow Gantz-NGO controversy

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When Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz announced on Friday that he is listing six Palestinian NGOs as terrorist groups, all hell broke loose on the left. The outcry, which emanated not only from Washington and Brussels,...
U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price briefs reporters during a press briefing in Washington, D.C., on May 11, 2021. Credit: U.S. State Department Photo by Ron Przysucha.

Israel clarifies Palestinian NGO designation, assures US ties of ‘utmost importance’

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An Israeli government official reiterated on Tuesday that they had briefed the United States about the impending designation of six Palestinian NGOs as terror organizations. In an interview with Israel’s Army Radio, Joshua Zarka, deputy director-general of...
The New Israel Fund has created a fundraising avenue to enable philanthropic contributions to groups excluded by major American Jewish organizations and local federations. Credit: NIF.org.

Watchdog: New Israel Fund collaborating with pro-BDS groups

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The New Israel Fund has increased its funding of a series of left-wing organizations and Palestinian aid groups, at least one of which has ties to an organization that supports the BDS movement, according...