KABOBfest has called for an independent review and reform of NGO Monitor. This follows an extensive and in-depth study by our bloggers over NGO Monitor’s activities over the past several years, especially after advisory board members Elie Wiesel, Alan Dershowitz and Judea Pearl singled out the work of Human Rights Watch for independent review.
According to our research, NGO Monitor is a political effort meant to distort and discredit research about human rights violations carried out by Israel. It is aimed primarily at Human Rights Watch. A recent article by YNet News, which includes dozens of unverified claims by NGO Monitor, underscores this claim.
Our public call, this blog post, cites NGO Monitor’s disproportionate attention to research performed by experts at Human Rights Watch. Among its missteps is a reference to Palestine between quotations (“Palestine”), denying Palestine’s right to exist.
It is clear that NGO Monitor’s credibility is tainted by the conclusary nature of its mission: “NGO Monitor’s objective is to end the practice… of exploiting the label ‘universal human rights values’ to promote… anti-Israel agendas.” It does not consider the possibility that the so-called anti-Israel agenda is merely an attempt to stop Israel’s flagrant disregard for universal human rights values.
We think that in light of this myopic view, and NGO Monitor’s established record of singling out Human Rights Watch, there is an urgent need for an independent and comprehensive review to put a firm end to NGO Monitor’s moral bankruptcy. Like Judge Richard Goldstone, we believe that “a culture of impunity in the region has existed for too long,” and we believe this impunity has extended to various pro-Israel apologists and character assassins like those at NGO Monitor. The time has come for it to end.
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Posted by SanaKF | September 30, 2009, 7:00 pmShouldn't NGO's focus on all war crimes, instead of singling out one side to focus on?
You would like NGO's to be biased, only if it suits your purposes. What if they were biased against your purposes? Shouldn't they be neutral, and isn't it a good thing to have organizations like NGO Monitor to point out the discrepancies?
Posted by eagle007blogger | October 1, 2009, 6:32 pm