NGO Monitor
Summary:
On March 6, 2007, the U.S. State Department issued its influential “2006 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.†As in past years, the 2006 report section on “Israel and the Occupied Territories†relies heavily on allegations from politicized NGOs, many of whom are active proponents in the “Durban Strategy,†without providing any criteria by which these NGOs and their claims were selected or assessed. NGOs cited by the report include ICAHD, Human Rights Watch, Mossawa, Adalah, and B’tselem. This analysis highlights deficiencies found in the 2006 report stemming from the reliance on NGOs that display anti-Israel bias, publish claims that lack credibility, and ignore the complexities of human rights requirements in the context of conflicts involving terrorism and warfare.
