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Political NGOs and Israel's Separation Barrier

(NGO Monitor-ICA/JCPA) A number of prominent human-rights NGOs have been centrally involved in the campaign to delegitimize Israel's defensive security barrier designed to thwart Palestinian terror attacks. Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Christian Aid, and Oxfam were central players in the public relations effort linked to the UN General Assembly vote to request an "advisory opinion" on the barrier from the International Court of Justice. The NGO community, like much of the human rights framework, has lost credibility through its political agenda and anti-Israel bias. By separating themselves from the politics of the ICJ, these NGOs now have the opportunity to rededicate themselves to the norms of universal human rights that they claim to represent.
2004-07-16 00:00:00
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