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EU Guidelines on Relations with Israel Reflect Delegitimization Campaign
(NGO Monitor) The guidelines issued by the European Union to ban EU funding and cooperation with Israeli institutions beyond the 1949 Armistice Line reflects a policy dictated by political NGOs which are involved in the delegitimization campaign against Israel. "The new EU guidelines are evidence of the influence of political NGOs - some funded by the EU - on the EU's policies," NGO Monitor president Prof. Gerald Steinberg noted. "We have seen the EU rely on political NGOs' reports without checking their veracity." A report issued last year, "EU Documents Repeat False NGO Claims," showed the direct connections between the NGOs secretly funded by the EU and EU policy recommendations based on their distorted and one-sided reports. Many of the falsehoods focused on Jerusalem and "Area C" in the West Bank, precisely the issues dealt with in the EU's new guidelines.