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EU Funding for Radical NGOs: A Response to the EU Ambassador
(Jerusalem Post) Gerald M. Steinberg - One of the major points of friction in the relationship between Israel and the European Union centers on the millions of euros provided by EU taxpayers to non-governmental organizations active in demonizing Israel and opposing peace. In responding directly to my detailed criticism of such EU policies (Jerusalem Post, Feb. 11), the efforts made by EU Ambassador Lars Faaborg-Andersen to engage with Israelis on this issue (Jerusalem Post, March 12) are important in resolving this troubling conflict. Unfortunately, Ambassador Faaborg-Andersen, like his predecessors, failed to address the particulars of EU funding for radical NGOs that promote an agenda of hatred and discrimination by exploiting human rights, peace and democracy. My article, which was based on NGO Monitor's detailed and fully sourced research, referred explicitly to four cases of such EU funding that went directly to groups leading BDS and demonization campaigns. The writer is a professor of political science at Bar-Ilan University and heads NGO Monitor.