(NGO Monitor) The U.S. political NGO Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) is a primary leader of lawfare (legal warfare) campaigns based on demonizing propaganda targeting Israel. Since 2022, DAWN has consistently exploited legal frameworks in seeking the issuance of arrest warrants against Israelis. In the aftermath of the Hamas massacre of Oct. 7, DAWN has amplified its harassment of Israeli officials and promoted vicious anti-Israel propaganda in the effort to harm Israel's ability to defend its citizens. In October 2022, DAWN submitted a complaint to the U.S. State Department regarding the Israeli Army's Netzah Yehuda Battalion after the death of an elderly Palestinian American citizen who had a heart attack while in custody. In December 2023, DAWN submitted a list of 40 senior Israeli commanders to the International Criminal Court prosecutor, demanding an investigation over Israel's military campaign against Hamas in Gaza. DAWN's executive director, Sarah Leah Whitson, previously served as Director of the Middle East Division at Human Rights Watch (HRW) in 2004-2019, where she played a central role in HRW's antisemitic obsession with Israel. DAWN's founder, Esam Omeish is the former National President of the Muslim American Society (MAS). According to a legal brief from federal prosecutors, MAS "was founded as the overt arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in America."
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