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Source: http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/eu_funded_ngos_vs_eu_israel_cooperation
EU-Funded NGOs vs. EU-Israel Cooperation
(NGO Monitor) On July 24, 2012, the EU and Israel completed negotiations to increase trade and diplomatic cooperation in the framework of the EU-Israel Association Agreement. A number of Europe-based, Palestinian, and Israeli political advocacy NGOs condemned this cooperation, and lobbied the EU to freeze and abrogate the agreement. Many of these anti-peace NGOs are funded by the EU and its member states, meaning that the EU is paying for political campaigns that undermine its own objectives. The NGOs include ICAHD, Christian Aid, Coalition of 11 Palestinian NGOs, EMHRN, Adalah, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, PCATI, Amnesty International and Oxfam International.