NGOs

ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan sworn in at the seat of the International Criminal Court, 16 June 2021. (ICC-CPI)

Surveillance and interference: Israel’s covert war on the ICC exposed

Top Israeli government and security officials have overseen a nine-year surveillance operation targeting the ICC and Palestinian rights groups to try to thwart a war crimes probe, a joint investigation reveals.

By Yuval Abraham and Meron Rapoport May 28, 2024

Israeli left-wing activists march during a protest against incitement against Breaking The Silence and other left-wing NGOs, Tel Aviv, December 19, 2015. (Oren Ziv/Activestills)

With NGO assault, Israel drops its fig leaf

The Israeli right has co-opted Rabin's slogan 'without a High Court and B'Tselem' to undermine those institutions — but for a different purpose.

By Orly Noy May 30, 2023

Palestinians harvest strawberries in a field in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, Dec. 30, 2015. (Emad Nassar/Flash90)

How an Israeli smear campaign is ripping away funds from Palestinian farmers

Israel lobby groups are targeting the funding sources of a major Palestinian agricultural union — by dubiously claiming it has ties to 'terrorists.' Other Palestinian organizations are facing the same attacks.

By Alex Kane and Mariam Barghouti January 25, 2021

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Israeli security forces arrest a Palestinian man as Israeli bulldozers operate on land near the West Bank city of Nablus, March 1, 2020. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Israel’s coronavirus lockdown is blocking human rights work, but not abuses

Rights groups warn Israel's emergency directives are making it more difficult to monitor and protect Palestinian rights during the pandemic.

By Judith Sudilovsky March 31, 2020

Syrian refugees march toward the border between Hungary and Serbia, September 15, 2015. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

What I’m doing to help the Syrian people

Read up, share information, attend protests, donate to NGOs. This is what we can do to help Syrians. By Elizabeth Tsurkov A number of people have asked me what they can do about the situation in Aleppo or Syria. My answer to them is to donate money and spread information about what is happening there. Although…

By +972 Magazine December 17, 2016

WATCH: The Knesset’s all-out war against the Left

Earlier this month, the Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved the preparation of and support for a new ‘NGO law.’ The law would impose a 45 percent tax on donations to NGOs calling for a boycott of Israel, the prosecution IDF soldiers, that deny Israel’s state symbols. The NGO law is the latest of some 30…

By Social TV December 26, 2013

Protest against the boycott Law, Tel Aviv, June 12 2011 (photo: Oren Ziv/activestills)

Silence is no longer an option: A call to action from Israel

It is imperative that Jews around the world who cherish humanistic values publicly express their concern about the current situation in Israel, and call for the government to return to peaceful, moral, democratic, and humanistic values. By Daniel Bar-Tal Israel is a prosperous and well developed state with remarkable achievements in technological, educational, cultural, scientific…

By +972 Magazine May 18, 2013

IDF soldiers clash with demonstrators in Nabi Saleh, December 11, 2011 (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Criminal accountability for IDF soldiers: A baseless system

Of the 240 complaints received by the army in 2012, not one resulted in an indictment. In certain respects, the IDF has outsourced to human rights NGOs its system for receiving complaints against soldiers. When it comes to investigating those complaints, however, it does a totally unacceptable job. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz…

By +972 Magazine February 5, 2013

If gov’t had its way, Israel would rightfully be on UN list of human rights abusers

By Hagai El-Ad There is no factual basis for listing Israel alongside countries like Zimbabwe or Venezuela, but that is not thanks to the government’s efforts – which have fully pushed legislation against human rights NGOs; if the government actually had its way, then the recent condemnation of Israel by UN High Commissioner Navi Pillay…

By +972 Magazine May 4, 2012

Threats to Israeli democracy, tolerance gather momentum

If the threat against Israeli democracy is not recognized and opposed, it will gather momentum until inevitably, one of democracy’s vital organs – tolerance, enshrined in law, for minority groups and minority opinions – will cease to function. By Rachel Liel One thing on which virtually all Israelis, from right to left, can agree is…

By +972 Magazine November 14, 2011

The old Israeli Left is dead – I’ve been to its funeral

At a peace NGOs’ conference in Jericho a rift emerges between the old guard of the left and a post-Oslo generation of activists who are redefining traditional standpoints and values on all sides. By Shalom Boguslavsky Some expensive funeral, a gathering to exchange condolences, a front-row seat at a dinosaur extinction, a farewell event. These…

By +972 Magazine February 4, 2011

Displeased founder ."What, that's what you really wanted"? (Yossi Gurvitz)

On the morning following the putsch

The Knesset’s decision to investigate NGOs demonstrates the “end of the (democracy) party” The decision taken by the Knesset plenum yesterday, to create a parliamentary investigative committee for “the phenomenon of de-legitimization of the IDF in the world on the part of Israeli organization”, has nothing whatsoever to do with an investigation. Israel has investigative…

By Yossi Gurvitz January 6, 2011