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April 6, 2007       Share:    

Source: http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/search/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20070322SteinbergOPED.html

Reliance on NGOs Saps State Department Report's Credibility

[JTA] Gerald Steinberg - The lack of credibility and professionalism reflected in the chapter on "Israel and the Occupied Territories" of the annual U.S. State Department report on human rights seriously undermines the credibility of the rest of the report. The main reason is the almost total reliance on allegations made by the large number of non-governmental organizations active in this conflict zone. Instead of doing their own research, the authors of this report parrot the claims of highly political NGOs. Groups such as Adalah, Mossawa, HaMoked, B'Tselem, the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI), and Human Rights Watch are the real authors of this chapter. With the exception of HRW, these NGOs are funded by European governments, radical church groups, and similar donors.

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