(NGO Monitor) Norway has joined Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland and the Netherlands in funding the Human Rights & International Humanitarian Law Secretariat, an intermediary that distributes funds to NGOs active in boycott campaigns and other forms of demonization against Israel. It is managed by the Institute of Law at Birzeit University in Ramallah. Thirteen recipient NGOs that support the boycott of Israel have received $5.78 million over the course of four years. Some grantees have also promoted anti-Semitic rhetoric and have apparent links to the PFLP terrorist organization. In June, the Dutch government passed a resolution calling for a review of its funding to the Secretariat due to its support of BDS.
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