Benedict’s Twitter has also featured antisemitic statements. The governments and the EU justify such funding by claiming that the recipient organizations are engaged in advancing human rights and humanitarian objectives, or that grants are provided for projects and not for organizations.Ĭontrary to NGO claims that they are engaging in “legitimate criticism” of Israel, the NGO rhetoric, publications, and activities often violate accepted standards.Īlthough Amnesty claims that it does not “accept any funds for human rights research from governments or political parties,” it has received governmental funding, including from the UK, the European Commission, the Netherlands, the United States, and Norway.Īmnesty International employs numerous anti-Israel activists and BDS campaigners with well-documented histories of antisemitic rhetoric and radical activism.Īmnesty-UK Campaigns Manager Kristyan Benedict has displayed a strong anti-Israel obsession, fueled by global conspiracy theories involving Israel, the US, and the arms trade, as well as frequent conflations of Israel and individual Jews and Jewish communities. As documented by NGO Monitor, these governments, as well as the European Union, have given hundreds of millions of dollars over the past twenty years to organizations that engage in and promote blatant antisemitism as defined by IHRA. A primary area where government commitment to combatting antisemitism has been lacking occurs in the context of NGO funding.

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