NGO Monitor demande que la Suède cesse de financer des ONG qui diabolisent Israël

La Suède, pays où règnent l'auto-satisfaction et la bonne conscience, vient d'assumer pour les prochains six mois la présidence de l'Union européenne.

NGO Monitor s'inquiète et rappelle le rôle de la Suède dans le financement de puissantes ONG qui diabolisent Israël. NGO Monitor demande que la Suède mette un terme au financement d'ONG pro-palestiennes radicales qui ne contribuent pas à l'avancement de la cause de la paix.

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A Clouded EU Presidency: Swedish Funding for NGO Rejectionism

On July 1, 2009, Sweden will assume the presidency of the European Union. Sweden’s role in funding numerous NGOs that pursue radical political agendas, including rejecting any form of normalization with Israel, fuels the conflict. Diakonia international law project that uses distorted and misleading interpretations of international law. Funding for the AIC, PCHR, and Al-Haq. Sabeel’s Nakba Memory program. Other NGO grantees use "apartheid," "ethnic cleansing," and "massacres" rhetoric. Many NGOs receive Swedish funding from multiple sources, raising questions about administrative procedures and oversight.

On July 1, 2009, Sweden will assume the presidency of the European Union. This report shows that in order to have a positive impact on Arab-Israeli peace efforts, Sweden cannot continue to fund radical pro-Palestinian NGOs.

Swedish government funding for NGO activities under the guise of human rights and humanitarian aid is biased, highly political, and the details are often hidden.

Many NGOs receive significant Swedish support from multiple sources: directly from the SIDA aid agency, via NDC (Ramallah), and from Swedish "framework" NGOs. Some groups also receive funding from the EU’s European Commission.


* There is no evidence of a detailed study to determine whether this money given to NGOs has accomplished any of the stated objectives.

* Sweden funds Diakonia’s International Humanitarian Law project, which promotes Palestinian political goals through a distorted and misleading interpretation of international law.

* Sweden also funded Sabeel’s Nakba Memory program in 2008 "to commemorate the Nakba [Catastrophe] of 1948, examine the current struggles for freedom, equality, and identity, and confront the continuing problems of the 1948 refugees."

* Sweden is a main supporter of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) - a leader in the NGO “lawfare” strategy of exploiting the universal jurisdiction to bring cases against Israeli officials alleging "war crimes" and "crimes against humanity." Such activities fuel the conflict.

* The Palme Center falsely accuses Israel of "provok[ing] the al-Aqsa rising and the ‘Second Intifada,’" and "disproportionate violence against civilians, unlawful executions and torture." The fighting in Gaza is also blamed on "the provocative Israeli occupation."

* Other SIDA grantees, including the Alternative Information Center (AIC), Women’s Affairs Technical Committee (WATC), Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS), and Jerusalem Center for Women (JWC), demonize Israel with the rhetoric of "apartheid," "ethnic cleansing," and "massacres."
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