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Source: http://www.ngo-monitor.org/editions/v2n04/v2n04-1.htm
"Political Humanitarianism" and Medical NGOs
(NGO Monitor/ICA/JCPA) - An example of the impact of unhealthy dependence of international medical NGOs on their local partners can be seen in the role of the Union of Palestinian Relief Committees (UPMRC) and Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHR-I). Reading UPMRC's reports, one can easily mistake the NGO for an official organ of the PA. PHR-I's "international advocacy work" reveals a deliberate political agenda of delegitimizing the State of Israel masked in medical terms and international law and feeding off its false reputation as an impartial mainstream medical NGO. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) also demonstrates a clear political agenda.