NGO Monitor: New Israel Fund's NGO Grants under Critical Spotlight

From NGO Monitor:

The New Israel Fund (NIF) organized the 'NIForum', a 10-city North American tour of meetings on a "Progressive Vision for Israel" in October, 2007. As detailed analysis by NGO Monitor has shown, NIF grants are influenced by radicals whose private agendas have been overwhelmingly rejected by Israeli voters. NIF continues to use "civil society" grants to support groups including Adalah, Mossawa, the Arab Human Rights Association (HRA), Hamoked, and others which lead the campaign to end Israel as a Jewish State, and promote "apartheid" rhetoric, boycotts and sanctions. Similarly, NIF provided funding for Jeff Halper -- a fringe Israeli who accompanies Naim Ateek, the leader of the radical Palestinian group known as Sabeel, at conferences promoting the one-state solution and boycotts.

As reported in the media, NIF's CEO, Larry Garber claimed that the "NIF position is we think it is constructive that a dialogue is initiated," but Gerald Steinberg of NGO Monitor pointed out that "[The NIF] have refused any kind of offer for a dialogue. Instead they want to convince their supporters that what they're doing is above board and acceptable. I have not seen any forum to which they've invited critics." "The NIForum has shown itself to be a timid, inadequate response to the growing dissatisfaction and criticism from NIF donors. The Forum pretends to provide the missing transparency, accountability, and public debate, but the lineup of speakers is 'the same old same old' who are part of the NIF power structure."

The Episcopalian church

More detestable news from the Episcopalians:

The Episcopal Church USA (ECUSA) is planning to honor a Palestinian Anglican priest who considers the state of Israel to be the source of all problems in the Middle East.

On Saturday (June 17, tonite) Episcopal Peace Fellowship plans to present Naim Ateek with a "Peace and Justice" award at the denomination's General Convention in Columbus, Ohio. Ateek, founder and director of the Jerusalem-based Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center, once likened Israel's treatment of Palestinians to Jesus' crucifixion.

We've written about the despicable Jew-hating Naim Ateek before, which you can read here. Sadly, no matter what anyone names it, or no matter how one dresses it up, the Episcopalians and Naim Ateek are professing hatred and villification of Jews, and it doesn't matter whether it's from Protestant leadership or from palestinians feigning "ancient history" or victimhood, it's the same black bile stench of Jew hatred.