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Analysis of EU Funding to NGOs in 2019:
Divisive Politics, Terror links, and Antisemitism
October
2020
Analysis of EU Funding to
NGOs in 2019:
Divisive Politics, Terror links, and
Antisemitism
October 2020
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INTRODUCTION
On June 30, 2020, the European Commission updated its Financial Transparency
System (FTS) with details about grants to non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
authorized in 2019.1
NGO Monitor’s analysis of this information shows that in 2019, the EU authorized 32
grants
totaling
€30.1
million
for
projects
listed
under
“Palestine” and an additional 9 grants totaling €3.3 million for projects listed under
“Israel” involving Israeli NGOs and human rights.
Of these:
At least 3 grants totaling €5.8 million involve NGOs with ties to the Popular
Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), an EU-designated terrorist group.
This is in addition to at least €31.2 million that the EU authorized in 2011-
2018 to NGOs with ties to the PFLP. (See NGO Monitor’s report “EU Funding
to Terror-Linked Palestinian NGOs Since 2011.”)
Seven grants totaling €11.8 million for projects on Jerusalem; some are
clearly related to the EU’s highly politicized “strategic approach”, namely the
“urgent need to preserve the Palestinian identity of EJ (East Jerusalem).” Of
note, one grant seeks to “protect Islamic and Christian Waqf2 religious
and cultural heritage properties against Israeli violations and threats.”
Seven grants totaling €5.6 million claiming to advance peace or protect hu-
man rights. The Palestinian NGO grantees promote hateful antisemitic con-
spiracy theories and/or glorify terror.
At least 3 grants totaling €1 million aim to directly to influence Israeli de-
mocracy. The EU supports highly politicized NGOs to influence Israeli public
attitudes on the conflict, to lobby public officials, and to intervene in the legal
system.
The intended beneficiaries of EU funding to Israeli NGOs for human rights
projects are mainly Palestinians (5 of 9 grants, totaling €1.87 million). With
few exceptions, in 2019, the EU did not direct funds to tackle human rights
issues affecting Israeli citizens.
Relatedly, the overwhelming majority of funding to organizations claiming to
promote human rights are for political initiatives related to the Israeli-
Palestinian conflict (6 of 9 grants, totaling €2.47 million). This indicates that
the EU views its engagement with human rights in Israel, the West Bank, and
Gaza strictly through the filter of the conflict, not an objective appraisal of a
1 Most of the grants authorized in 2019 will run for 36 months, and are therefore ongoing as of August
2020.
2 The Jerusalem Islamic Waqf controls and manages Islamic sites on and around the Temple Mount in the
Old City of Jerusalem, including Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock.
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diverse range of human rights challenges.
Many of the EU’s NGO grantees in 2019 have repeatedly received funding
for similar projects, again illustrating the closed circle of funders and recipi-
ents.
DETAILS ON GRANTS TO TERROR-LINKED
BENEFICIARIES
In 2011-2019 (latest available data), the EU authorized grants of at least €37 million
to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with ties to EU-designated terrorist
groups. NGO Monitor has identified 31 grants, totaling €37.65 million in funds,
provided to terror-tied NGOs, including the Union of Agricultural Work Committees
(UAWC), Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees (UPWC), Al-Dameer, Defense for
Children International-Palestine (DCI-P), Health Work Committees (HWC), Bisan
Center, Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), Al-Haq, Red Crescent Society for
the Gaza Strip (RCS4GS), Society of St. Yves, Ma’an Development Center, and the
Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO). In some instances, the NGOs were founded by the
PFLP itself. In others, PFLP members serve as staff, on the boards, and in key decision
making and financial roles at the NGOs.
In 2019, the EU authorized at least three grants totaling €5.8 million involving
Palestinian NGOs with ties to the PFLP:
Grant: “Community-led action for protection and resilience of children and youth
affected by conflict and rights violations.”
Amount: €2,441,589
NGOs of Concern Involved: Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCI-P), and
Ma’an Development Center.
Numerous individuals with alleged ties to the PFLP terrorist organization
have served as employees and as board members of DCI-P. (Read NGO
Monitor’s report “Defense for Children International – Palestine’s Ties to the
PFLP Terror Group.”)
o In June 2018, in light of these PFLP links, Citibank and Arab
Bank closed accounts belonging to DCI-P.
o In early February 2020, Belgium, which held the rotating presi-
dency of the UN Security Council, invited DCI-P’s Senior Advisor
for Policy and Advocacy to brief the Council. Following a public
information campaign highlighting the terror links of the
NGO and diplomatic protests by the Israeli government, Bel-
gium rescinded the invitation. The evidence suggests that at the
time of the invitation, Belgian officials did not properly vet the
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NGO and were unaware of the nature of its activities and its links
to the PFLP organization.
A DCI-P official claimed that the NGO refused EU funding as part of a Pal-
estinian campaign to reject EU anti-terror regulations that prevent grantees
from engaging with terrorist organizations. On September 22, 2020, DCI-P
General Director Khaled Quzmar told the Turkish news agency Anadolu that
DCI-P "has already refused to sign on conditional funding for a project for
released child prisoners." Quzmar added “We think that no fair trial was
held before [formulating] the European terror lists. On the contrary, they are
the result of a political decision as part of the Israeli pressure on the EU”
(emphasis added).
According to the PFLP, Ma’an Development Center employee Ahmad Abdal-
lah Aladini was a “comrade” and a “member of the leadership of the PFLP
in Deir al-Balah.” In 2018, Aladini was killed in the violence on the Gaza
border.
In May 2019, Ma’an’s Director General Sami Khader attended a memorial
event organized by the PFLP that centered on PFLP political bureau member
Rabah Muhanna, who, according to information posted by the PFLP,
“contributed to the establishment” of several PFLP-affiliated NGOs, including
Union of Health Workers Committees (UHWC), Union of Agricultural Work
Committees (UAWC), and Addameer. The hall was decorated with PFLP
paraphernalia.
Grants: “Protection of marginalized communities in East Jerusalem through legal aid,
planning, and advocacy;” “Secure Palestinian land and housing rights (SPLHR)”
Amount: €2,086,757 and €611,368, respectively
NGO of Concern Involved: Society of St. Yves
Raed Halabi, Society of St. Yves’ “head of the advocacy department,” was arrested
several times and convicted for his activity in the PFLP terror organization: The NGO St.
Yves reported that on May 22, 2017, Halabi was arrested by Israeli forces.
According to Israeli court documents (on file with NGO Monitor), Halabi was
arrested in May 2011 on suspicion of involvement in PFLP activities and
membership in the terror organization.
According to January 2005 Israeli court documents (on file with NGO Moni-
tor), Halabi was a member of a PFLP terror cell who underwent military
training and planned a shooting attack against Israeli forces.
According to Electronic Intifada, Halabi was convicted in 2004 and sen-
tenced to two years in Israeli prison.
On June 29, 2020, Halabi published a Facebook post stating that “returning
to the historical rules of the conflict is the only response to what is happening
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right now against our cause as a result of the Arab-Zionist-American-
European conspiracy...We have to withdraw the recognition of what is called
Israel, which is an illegal entity that was established by the logic of force and
oppression, and will disappear only through the same logic, the logic of
force and oppression. We must bring back the slogans of our revolution: no
peace, no negotiation, no surrendering. We have to voice a clear "no" to
those who impose humiliating conditions on us in exchange for a few mil-
lions [of dollars]. A prostitute remains a prostitute and if she raises the price
of her prostitution, we should reject prostitution, not beautify it just because it
generates some money for us… Should we give this occupation space to
eliminate us? Is it a proper reward for the Shahids and the prisoners that
they leave behind a people that justifies and accepts its compromising lead-
ers?” (Emphasis added.)
Grant: “Protection and respect of the rights of vulnerable women and girls with and
without disabilities survivors of GVB [Gender-Based Violence] in the Gaza strip.”
Amount: €648,000
NGO of Concern Involved: Red Crescent Society for the Gaza Strip (RCS4GS)
PFLP organizes events in the RCS4GS hall. For example:
In February 2019, RCS4GS hosted a memorial service organized by the PFLP
for Maher Yamani, a PFLP “founder” and a “member of the Central Com-
mittee and one of its most prominent military commanders.” Yamani
“coordinated special operations…in particular the operation against an air-
craft of the Israeli company El Al in July 1968 in Greece.” “Fighters” of the
PFLP’s Abu Ali Mustapha Brigades and “civil society representatives” attend-
ed the event (see photo below).
Several RCS4GS board members have served as
members of the PFLP Central Committee and as
board members of other PFLP-linked NGOs. For example:
Bakr Abu Safiya isa RCS4GSboard member. InFebruary2020,thePFLPre-
ferredtohimas“a member of the Central Committee.”
Tariq Abu al-Khair, aRCS4GSboard memberwhoservedin2016-2018asthe
“Chairman of Board of Directors” of Union of Health Workers Committees
(UHWC).
UHWC is identified by Fatah as an official PFLP “affiliate” and by a
1993 USAID-engaged audit as “the PFLP’s health organization.” For more
information on UHWC’s PFLP ties, read NGO Monitor’s report “Union of
Health Work Committees’ Ties to the PFLP Terror Group.”
UHWC regularly organized its annual general assembly meeting in the
RCS4GS hall.
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Hashem Thalathini, RCS4GS’s “treasurer,” is listed as a board member of
the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR).
The Gaza-based NGO claims to document “human rights abuses” and is
one of the leaders in lobbying the International Criminal Court to prosecute
Israeli officials. Multiple PCHR officials have ties to the PFLP, including its
General Director Raji Sourani, who was publicly honored by the PFLP in
2014. (For more information read NGO Monitor’s report “Palestinian Centre
for Human Right’s Links to the PFLP Terror Group.”)
Source: PFLP website
Source:
https://www.abuali.ps/index.php/news/2678
ONGOING GRANTS AUTHORIZED BY THE EU
PRIOR TO 2019
In addition to the three above-listed grants, it is noteworthy that at least three
additional projects authorized by the EU prior to 2019, which also involve terror-linked
Palestinian NGOs, are ongoing:
Grant: “Reform and Development of Markets, Value Chains and Producers'
Organizations.”
Amount/Period: €3.7 million/2017-2021
NGO of Concern Involved: Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC)
According to the UN Food and Agricultural Organization, the project is implemented
with the “technical cooperation” of the Union of Agricultural Work Committees
(UAWC), a PFLP-linked organization. (Read NGO Monitor’s report “Union of
Agricultural Work Committees Ties to the PFLP Terror Group.”)
In a response (June 10, 2020; on file with NGO Monitor) to a Freedom of
Information Request submitted by NGO Monitor, the EU claimed that it
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“does not have any contract with UAWC, neither they are part of the de-
scription of the action annexed to the EU agreement with FAO. UAWC was
selected as an implementing partner through a Call for Proposals organized
by FAO in line with its own procedures.”
In 2019, two senior UAWC employees responsible for the NGO’s finances
were arrested and are currently standing trial for their membership in a
PFLP terror cell responsible for an August 2019 bombing that murdered a
17-year old Israeli.
Samer Arbid, UAWC accountant and previously UAWC “financial officer”:
Samer Arbid is on trial for commanding a PFLP terror cell that carried out
the bombing. According to the indictment against him (on file), Arbid pre-
pared and detonated the explosive device. On August 30, 2020, the PFLP it-
self issued a press release confirming that Arbid is a PFLP “commander and
one of the heroes of the heroic Ein Bubin operation,” referring to the August
2019 attack.
Abdel Razeq Farraj, UAWC “Finance and Administration Director”: Accord-
ing to his indictment (on file), Razeq Farraj held a senior PFLP post and au-
thorized the bombing. He is currently standing trial.
Ubai Aboudi, apparently UAWC’s “M&E [Monitoring and Evaluation] Of-
ficer” until April 2019. In Abdel Razeq Farraj’s indictment (on file), Aboudi is
referred to as a PFLP member who met with Farraj in September 2019,
when Farraj told Aboudi to recruit additional members to the cell. In June
2020, Aboudi was sentenced to 12 months in prison.
Grant: “Empowering Palestinian Civil Society to Promote the Effective Reporting and
Implementation on International Rights Instruments Palestine acceded to in 2014”
Amount/Period: €296,600/March 2018- February 2021
NGO of Concern: Al-Haq
Al-Haq’s General Director Shawan Jabarin has been associated with the
PFLP. In 2007, the Israeli High Court referred to him as a “Doctor Jekyll and
Mister Hyde, acting some of the time as the CEO of a human rights organi-
zation, and at other times as an activist in a terror organization.”
In May 2019, Jabarin attended a memorial event organized by the PFLP
that centered on PFLP political bureau member Rabah Muhanna, who, ac-
cording to information posted by the PFLP, “contributed to the establishment”
of several PFLP-affiliated NGOs, including Union of Health Workers Com-
mittees (UHWC), UAWC, and Addameer. The hall was decorated with
PFLP paraphernalia.
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Grant: “Torture is a humiliation of dignity”
Amount/Period: €261,914 / 2018-2021
NGOs of Concern Involved: PNGO
PNGO is an umbrella framework with 142 NGO members based in Gaza
and the West Bank, with ties to the PFLP (see our report “PNGO’s Ties to Pal-
estinian Terror Groups”).
Walid Hanatsheh (Abu Ras), Health Work Committees (HWC)’s finance and
administration manager and a PNGO board member on behalf of HWC,
is also on trial for allegedly leading PFLP “military” operations and com-
manding the PFLP terror cell that carried out the August 2019 bombing at-
tack. According to the indictment against him, Hanatsheh bankrolled the
bombing. Following his arrest, the PFLP labeled Hanatshe a "leader in the
Popular Front."
According to media reports, during a December 2019 meeting with EU offi-
cials, PNGO rejected the EU’s Anti-Terror Funding Requirement (Article 1.5 of
“ANNEX II General conditions applicable to European Union-financed grant
contracts for external actions”).
In 2013, PNGO condemned the EU Partnership for Peace program for en-
couraging “normalization between Palestinian and Israeli civil society organ-
izations.”
Shawan Jabarin, standing.
Source: https://www.wattan.net/ar/video/282
626.html (2:47)
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PROJECTS INVOLVING GRANTEES PROMOTING
ANTISEMITISM
In 2019, the EU authorized several projects aiming at advancing peace or protecting
human rights that involve Palestinian NGOs that promote hateful antisemitic
conspiracy theories. For example:
Grant: “Assessing the impediments before the two-state solution”
Amount: €700,000
Project Description: “Contributing to the conditions for a sustainable resolution of the
Israeli-Palestinian
conflict
in
preparation
for
sustainable
peace
through
identifying/analysing the impediments that stands against engaging fruitful
negotiations and exploring manners to which breakthroughs and ultimately peaceful
solutions to the conflict may be reached.”
NGO of Concern Involved: Land Research Center (LRC); Applied Research Institute
Jerusalem (ARIJ).
Land Research Center (LRC):
LRC publishes hateful conspiracy theories in its materials:
In 2018, LRC published an infographic timeline on the occasion of the “70th
commemoration of the Palestinian Nakba,” featuring antisemitic, conspirato-
rial motifs.
In the infographic’s legend, a caricature of an Ultra-Orthodox Jew repre-
sents “settlement” and an arm wearing a Star of David grabbing the land
represents “confiscation.”
The timeline promotes the conspiracy theory that in the 1907 Campbell con-
ference, “Great Britain planned Israel in 1907 in order to destroy the Arab
nation.” LRC describes this conference as an attempt to “implant an alien
body at the heart of the Arab world, aiming to create division and civil war.”
This conspiracy theory is illustrated with a dagger ornamented with a Star of
David.
In 2016, LRC published a statement headlined “Balfour Declaration …. and
the ongoing conspiracy,” which declares that the declaration “placed a toxic
dagger in Palestine that aims at restricting the advancement of the Arab Na-
tion and disconnecting its east from its west.” (Emphasis added.) This state-
ment also quotes a Palestinian scholar who referred to the Balfour Declara-
tion as “a promise… [in which] those who did not deserve were given [land]
by those who did not possess [it].”
In 2018 and 2019, on the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, LRC post-
ed on Facebook an infographic timeline with the same headline. Key dates
include the 2003 US invasion in Iraq, the Arab Spring events (described by
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LRC as “the new Middle East peace plan [of] Peres and Rice”), and the intra-
Palestinian division between the West Bank and Gaza.
On February 24, 2020, LRC General Director Jamal Talab Al-Amleh pub-
lished a blatantly antisemitic Facebook post, asking, “How many times will
Palestinian Christ be crucified by rogue Jews on religions and humanity ..!?”
Finally, LRC’s “Values & Principles” include the rejection of “any normaliza-
tion activities with the occupation.”
Note that in 2016, the EU authorized a €474,732 grant “advocating for a sustainable
and viable resolution of Israeli-Palestinian conflict” implemented by both ARIJ and LRC.
In 2019, as part of this project, ARIJ and LRC released a “Daily Report” that
included classic antisemitic attacks on the Talmud in its rhetoric used against
Israel. The report claimed that “over 250 settlers, stormed an archaeological
site in Al-Jib village…and performed Talmudic rituals” and accused Jews of
performing “Talmudic rituals in celebration of Jewish holidays” and perform-
ing “Talmudic rituals in the town.”
Source:
https://www.lrcj.org/media-13-
Source:
https://www.lrcj.org/media-13-
84.html
Source: Al-Amleh’s Facebook profile
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PROJECTS INVOLVING GRANTEES GLORIFYING
TERROR
Grant: “Qatari Mostaqubali (my decision is my future)”
Amount: €500,000
Project Description: “Build capacity, promote tolerance and increase access for activists,
political leaders, media institutions and communities around conflict resolution and
peacebuilding processes that are strategic and inclusive of currently disenfranchised
women and youth.”
NGO of Concern Involved: Women's Affairs Technical Committee (WATC)
In May 2017, WATC inaugurated a youth center for girls in the town of Burqa, near
Nablus. As reported by Palestinian Media Watch, the center was named after Dalal
Mughrabi, a terrorist who in 1978 murdered 37 civilians, including 12 children.
Funding for this building was provided by Norway, UN Women (United Nations Entity
for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women), and the Palestinian Authority
Ministry of Local Government. Upon learning that the center had been named after a
terrorist,
the Norwegian
government and
the United
Nations issued strong
condemnations. Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende stated that “We
have asked for the logo of the Norwegian representation office to be removed from
the building immediately, and for the funding that has been allocated to the centre to
be repaid.”
In the April 2020 edition of its "Voice of Women" magazine, WATC published an
interview with the wife of the late Palestinian terrorist Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad). Abu
Jihad was responsible for the 1978 “Coastal Road massacre” in which 38 Israeli
civilians were murdered, including 13 children.
During the interview, WATC refers to Abu Jihad as "one of the leaders of the
Palestinian revolution, whose last words were 'no voice rises above the intifada'"
(emphasis added).
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EU FUNDING OF POLITICIZED PROJECTS
EU’s grants to NGOs in Jerusalem: “Protect the
Palestinian identity of the city”
In 2018, the European Commission published its “annual action programme in favour
of Palestine for 2018 (including one action on budget 2019 and 2020).” One aspect
of the program, detailed in Annex 3, is “Support to East Jerusalem in 2018, 2019 and
2020,” for which the EU has adopted a “strategic approach to sustain the presence of
the Palestinian population and protect the Palestinian identity of the city.”
Towards this goal, the EU prioritized the “protection of Palestinian heritage and culture
as there is an urgent need to preserve the Palestinian identity of EJ, based on the
restoration of historical sites in the Old City and the promotion of cultural life and
activities in EJ.”
The EU further defined the protection of “Palestinian culture and heritage in East
Jerusalem” as a strategic objective. According to the program, “this will be done
through (i) preserving cultural and historical sites with a special focus on the Old City
and the surrounding area, (ii) supporting cultural, arts and music activities, and co-
ordination amongst cultural related organisations in the City; (iii) ensuring Palestinian
cultural heritage remains in the curriculum.”
According to the EU, this is necessary to ensure that “the shrinking space for cultural
organisations does not become too restricted for organisations to continue to operate
(closing of Bank accounts, detaining staff/performers, shutting down activities while in
performance, cancelling registration of organisations, etc,” and that “the Israeli
Ministry of Antiquities does not completely further renovation works [sic].”
The political goals of this program are reflected in several grants, for implementation
by NGOs, authorized by the EU in 2019. For example:
Grant: “Protecting Islamic and Christian cultural heritage in Jerusalem.”
Amount: €1,184,538
Politicized NGOs Involved: PalVision; Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of
International Affairs (PASSIA).
Project Description: “To contribute to preserving the Palestinian character and cultural
heritage of East Jerusalem (EJ) by strengthening the Palestinian identity and enhancing
the sense of belonging among Palestinians. SO1: To protect Islamic and Christian
Waqf religious and cultural heritage properties against Israeli violations and threats.
SO2: To enhance Palestinians [sic] ability to identify and value their cultural heritage
and have a good understanding of what can be done to protect their cultural heritage.”
(Emphasis added.)
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Several PalVision board members and employees regularly glorify violence, celebrate
terrorists, and support discriminatory BDS campaigns. On December 26,
2019, Executive Director Naser Eddin told “Quds Press” that he rejects the EU terror
requirement,
“which prevents working with four different Palestinian party
organizations” (emphasis added).
Grant: “Talim lil-Jamia: inclusive education intervention for east Jerusalem children.”
Amount: €1,897,650
Politicized NGOs Involved: Terre des Hommes (TDH, Italian branch)
Project Description: “Contribute to preserve the Palestinian identity of occupied East
Jerusalem. While promoting equity and inclusion adopting a rights-based approach,
thus addressing the needs of Palestinian students and the overall young community of
East Jerusalem (EJ), the project intends to contribute to improve the educational offer
provided by the Awqaf system of EJ thus promoting its role as one of the main pillars
to protect the Palestinian identity of EJ.” (Emphasis added.)
It is noteworthy that the project “inclusive education intervention for East Jerusalem
children” implemented by TDH (Italy) has been funded three times by the EU in 2012-
2019. The project description further indicates a politicization of the project:
In 2016, the EU authorized a €1,193,000 grant for the project “inclusive
education intervention for East Jerusalem children,” implemented by Terre
des Hommes (Italy) and Al-Quds University.
Project Description: “Contribute to the full enjoyment of the right to educa-
tion for Palestinian children in East Jerusalem. Improve the quality of and in-
crease access to basic education in East Jerusalem with an inclusive perspec-
tive.”
According to Terre des Hommes (Italy), the project included the Palestinian
politicized NGO Burj Luq-Luq Social Center Society.
In 2012, the EU authorized a €1.5 million grant for the project “inclusive
education intervention for East Jerusalem children,” implemented by Terre
des Hommes (Italy).
Project Description: “The project intends to intervene through activities im-
plemented at three different levels: school, family and overall community - in
support and for the improvement of the quality of education in a number of
the EJ Awqaf schools.”
Jerusalem Awqaf school system
The Awqaf school system is one of the primary frameworks for Palestinian
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students in Jerusalem. Awqaf schools are affiliated with the Palestinian Minis-
try of Education and use its curriculum. According to IMPACT-se,3 “The cur-
rent Palestinian Authority curriculum 4taught in Awqaf schools is more radi-
cal than those previously taught…There is no evidence of a ‘rights-based
approach,’ and there is the adoption of extreme and unacceptable teaching
materials in the schools the EU is supporting.”
One such example, directly relevant to the EU grant, is of “material in the
2019-20 Palestinian curriculum relating to preservation and protection of
Palestinian identity.” Specifically, “Children are taught the libel that Israel
carries out excavations under the Al-Aqsa Mosque to cause it to collapse.
They watch a video in class on the subject. This dangerous myth has been
the cause of considerable bloodshed (Islamic Education, Vol. 1, Grade 5,
2019, p. 98).”
Grants to Israeli NGOs
Two EU grants for Israeli NGOs – “Safeguarding the indigenous heritage in public
spaces” with Emek Shaveh and The Arab Culture Association, and “Decision 3790:
maximising its opportunities and countering its harmful effects to realise
socioeconomic rights in East Jerusalem” with Ir Amim and Workers Advice Center –
appear to be linked, at least in part, to the same European agenda.
The PFLP terror group echoes the EU narrative on
Jerusalem
In July 2020, Israeli security forces arrested several directors of Palestinian cultural
institutions in Jerusalem, suspected of “money laundering, funding terrorism and tax
evasion.” In response, on July 26, 2020, the PFLP published a statement that “calls
upon the European Union to stop participating in the Zionist crime against Jerusalem.”
Echoing the EU’s “strategy” on Jerusalem (see above), the statement affirms that “the
rabid Zionist campaign against Jerusalem's culture and art institutions and centers is
part of the wide-scale attack aimed at Judaizing the city, abolishing its Arab features,
and a desperate attempt to strike at the Palestinian narrative, culture and national
identity,” and that “this ongoing Zionist crime in the city of Jerusalem is the most
striking example of the fascist racism of the Zionist entity, which targets Islamic and
Christian holy sites, as well as all of the Palestinian national heritage that constitutes
the features of the city of Jerusalem” (Emphasis added.)
3 IMPACT-se (The Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education) is an inde-
pendent research center specializing in the analysis of textbooks and educational curricula.
4 In May 2020, The European Parliament condemned the Palestinian failure to remove hate and violence
in textbooks:
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EU funding to projects that aim to directly influence
Israeli democracy
The EU regularly funds and supports highly politicized NGOs for projects seeking to
influence Israeli public attitudes on the conflict, to lobby public officials, and to
intervene in the legal system. For example, in 2018, the EU provided the Israeli NGO
Morashtenu with €498,461 for “promoting the settlement of the conflict and changing
public opinion among Russian speaking Israelis.” According to the EU, this ongoing
project (2018-2021) intends “to promote conditions for a negotiated settlement of the
Palestinian-Israeli conflict and potential shifts in public opinion among the Russian-
speaking community by building confidence and trust in the two-state solution among
a population that has traditionally rejected and been omitted from the process, as well
as to deconstruct a negative view of the Palestinian narrative” (emphasis added.)
2019 grants include:
Grant: “Democratizing Israeli democracy: accountable, transparent, inclusive and
participatory governance, and respect for human rights in Israel.”
Amount: €299,988
Politicized NGOs Involved: Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI); Human Rights
Defenders Fund (HRDF); Movement for Freedom of Information
Project Description: “Overall objective: To enhance the democratic foundations of
Israel through accountable, transparent, inclusive and participatory governance, and
respect for human rights. SO1: To ensure national institutions, laws and policies
comply with the rule of law, human rights, equality, and respect for and protection of
minorities. SO2: To strengthen capacities of human rights defenders, activists and
media actors to access information, organize and advocate policy change and obtain
redress.”
(In 2018-2020, the EU also provided ACRI with €299,988 for “eradicating racism and
discrimination in Israel through government compliance with decision 2254(ETP/16).”
The objective of the project was “to eradicate institutionalized discrimination in Israeli
national and local government bodies and law enforcement agencies,” by overseeing
the Israel government decision 2254 (ETP/16), which aims at “address[ing] criticisms
of police behavior toward Israelis of Ethiopian descent and to improve its relations
with that community.”)
Grant: “Closing the confidence gap: restoring the viability of the two state solution.”
Amount: €600,000
NGO Involved: Molad
Project Description: “Overall objective: To promote conditions for a negotiated
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settlement of the conflict based on the two-state solution, by shifting prevailing
attitudes and stances of a key constituency in Israeli society partition sceptics.”
In addition to the two grants above,it is noteworthy that in 2020, the EU reactivated
the controversial grant, “The Creation of the Freedom Protection Council: Ensuring
democratic space for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Israel,” which was halted
in 2018, and is expected to disburse the remaining amount of €165,841 by 2021.In
2018, the Israeli website Mida exposed that the project, implemented by the Israeli
NGO Il’am Arab Center for Media Freedom Development and Research, was clearly
political in nature, as I’lam and its partners aimed to “act in the Knesset and public
sphere in order to form public and political coalitions whose aim will be to prevent
legislation that harms freedoms and advances [legislation] that promotes them.” In
July 2020, the EU stated that “the contract entitled 'The Creation of the Freedom
Protection Council: Ensuring Democratic Space for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)
in Israel' was suspended by the Delegation in order to clarify certain contractual
obligations. The contractor undertook the necessary adaptations, and the EU will
continue, as is our practice, to closely monitor. The contract is one of the EU grants
supporting CSO engagement in the policymaking process.”
EU funding to Israeli NGOs – for Palestinians
While the EU has allocated €3.3 million for projects involving Israeli NGOs that claim
to advance human rights, this funding is another conduit for providing funds for
projects that benefit Palestinians and advance the Palestinian narrative.
Grant: “A symbiotic relationship in the West Bank: holding Israeli authorities
accountable for settler violence.”
Amount: €299,988
NGOs Involved: B'Tselem; Breaking the Silence
Project Description: “To increase duty bearer accountability by providing strategic and
objective information and analysis on settler violence to key stakeholders in order to
act to increase respect for HR and IHL.”
One of the sub-objectives of the grant (on file with NGO Monitor) is to “expose
international and Israeli decision-makers and the public to the HR violations
perpetrated by settlers against Palestinians.”
Grant: “Dignity in work: upholding labour rights for Palestinian workers employed in
Israel.”
Amount: € 298,514
NGOs Involved: ACRI and Kav Laoved
Project Description: “The overall objective of the Action is to promote and ensure the
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fair and dignified employment of Palestinian workers in Israel by upholding their
labour rights as guaranteed by Israeli labour law and Article 23 of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights.
Grant: “Decision 3790: maximising its opportunities and countering its harmful effects
to realise socioeconomic rights in East Jerusalem.”
Amount: €299,977
NGOs Involved: Ir Amim and Workers Advice Center.
Project Description: “To hold Israel as the occupying power accountable to respect,
protect and fulfil the socioeconomic rights of the Palestinian population in East
Jerusalem (EJ). Specific objectives: To maximise implementation by Israeli duty bearers
of Government Decision 3790 for Narrowing Socioeconomic Gaps and Promoting
Economic Development in East Jerusalem in a transparent, non-discriminatory and
fair manner for the benefit of all EJ residents, in and beyond the Separation Barrier.”
Near exclusive focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
EU funding to Israeli NGOs, even for projects ostensibly to promote Israeli human
rights, is almost exclusively aimed at addressing conflict-linked issues. This reflects the
EU’s myopic and unidimensional approach to Israeli society.
Grant: “Safeguarding the indigenous heritage in public spaces.”
Amount: €292,091
NGOs Involved: Emek Shaveh and The Arab Culture Association.
Project Description: “To combat discrimination against the Arab communities in the
public space of Israel, to demand the historical heritage rights of minority groups in
Israel, and to foster an Israeli historical landscape that fully represents its multifaceted
heritage.”
Grant: 'Unblocking the future': cultivating a culture of trust among Israelis and
Palestinians.”
Amount: €680,227
NGOs Involved: Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHR-I); The Seventh Eye; Gaza
Community Mental Health Programme (GCMHP).
While PHR-I and GCMHP are medical NGOs, it is unclear why the Seventh Eye was
selected for participation in this project. The organization describes itself as an
“independent and investigative magazine devoted entirely to Journalism, the Media,
Freedom of Speech and Transparency.” It is unclear how the EU intends for this NGO
to contribute to “the positive engagement and professional cooperation of Palestinians
and Israelis, enhancing health.”
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SUMMARY OF GRANTS INVOLVING PALESTINIAN
NGOS
Grant
Description/Objectives
Amount
NGO Partners
“East Jerusalem youth:
agents of change”
“The specific objectives of the
action provides [sic] innovative
youth -friendly and safe
platforms, which are
instrumental to their ability to
represent and reflect youth
visions in addressing EJ issues
and IHL -IHRL breaches in EJ
and the rest of the oPt. As well
as targeted community
members are mobilized to
participate and contribute to
fulfil their economic, political,
cultural and social rights.”
€4,987,500
Palestinian Vision
(PalVision, or “Ruya”);
Masar Ibrahim al-Khalil;
The Young Men's Christian
Association (YMCA); Afkar
Production Company;
DanChurchAid
“Thaqafa Daayer
Maydoor (All-Around
Culture)”
“The project’s main objective is
to foster a thriving cultural
ecosystem as an enabling
environment for the political,
social and economic inclusion
of young people and least
favored segments of the
population across Europe’s
Southern Neighbourhood.”
€4 million
A. M. Qattan Foundation
and three other foreign
recipients
“Promotion of inclusive
agricultural growth to
ensure improved living
standards and resilience
of vulnerable
communities in Area C
of the West Bank”
“Contribute to resilient and
inclusive agricultural growth
that improves the living
standards of women and men
farmers in Area C of the West
Bank. Specific objective:
Increase the income of small-
scale women and men farmers
and the protection and the use
of their lands in Area C through
upgraded capacities, improved
land and water management
practices and policies.”
€3.8 million
Oxfam Solidarité; Rural
Women's Development
Society; Palestinian
Farmers Union; Economic
and Social Development
Center of Palestine (ESDC)
“Connecting the dots:
research and policy
“The main objective of the
project is to contribute to
€2.5 million
PALThink for Strategic
Studies and 12 other
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making on economic
development, security
and migration in the
southern neighborhood
and beyond”
increased awareness, as well as
regional and national evidence-
based policy making on priority
areas of the ENP South
(economic development,
security and migration). The
project aims to achieve this
through the accomplishment of
its specific objectives, which is to
stimulate research-policy
dialogues on ENP priority areas
through tailor made evidence-
based research, enhanced
multi-stakeholders cooperation,
increased research capacities,
and holistic outreach and
dissemination.”
foreign recipients
“Community-led action
for protection and
resilience of children and
youth affected by conflict
and rights violations”
“Community-led action for
protection and resilience of
children and youth affected by
conflict and rights violations”
€2,441,589
Defense for Children
International-Palestine
(DCI-P); Ma’an
Develoment Center;
YMCA; Rädda Barnen
“Protection of
marginalized
communities in East
Jerusalem through legal
aid, planning, and
advocacy”
“To support the marginalized
Palestinian communities of East
Jerusalem, increase their
resilience, prevent forcible
transfer and reinforce the
Palestinian identity of East
Jerusalem. Specific objectives:
1. To challenge the Israeli
policies targeting the
marginalized Palestinian
communities in East Jerusalem,
reduce their impact, and
empower those targeted
communities through legal aid
and advocacy 2. To document,
challenge and ultimately
transform Israeli policies and
me [sic].”
€2,086,757
Society of St. Yves;
Jerusalem Legal Aid and
Human Rights Center
(JLAC); Land Research
Center (LRC); Women's
Centre for Legal Aid and
Counseling (WCLAC);
Civic Coalition for
Palestinian Rights in
Jerusalem (CCPRJ)
“Talim lil-Jamia:
inclusive education
intervention for east
Jerusalem children”
“Contribute to preserve the
Palestinian identity of occupied
East Jerusalem. While
promoting equity and inclusion
adopting a rights-based
approach, thus addressing the
needs of Palestinian students
and the overall young
€1,897,650
Jerusalem Autistic Child
Care Organization; Terre
des Hommes Italy
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community of East Jerusalem
(EJ), the project intends to
contribute to improve the
educational offer provided by
the Awqaf system of EJ thus
promoting its role as one of the
main pillars to protect the
Palestinian identity of EJ. The
contribution to the [sic].”
“Supporting resilience
through dialogue”
“Supporting resilience through
dialogue”
€1,308,411
Masarat - The Palestinian
Center for Policy Research
& Strategic Studies; Crisis
Management Initiative
“Protecting Islamic and
Christian cultural
heritage in Jerusalem”
“To contribute to preserving the
Palestinian character and
cultural heritage of East
Jerusalem (EJ) by strengthening
the Palestinian identity and
enhancing the sense of
belonging among Palestinians.
SO1: To protect Islamic and
Christian Waqf religious and
cultural heritage properties
against Israeli violations and
threats. SO2: To enhance
Palestinians [sic] ability to
identify and value their cultural
heritage and have a good
understanding of what can be
done to protect their cultural
heritage.”
€1,184,538
PalVision; Palestinian
Academic Society for the
Study of International
Affairs (PASSIA); ACT For
Alternative Dispute
Resolution And Studies
“Lawyers' community
development in the west
bank and the Gaza strip”
“The overall goal is to
consolidate training and service
delivery for lawyers in a
harmonised manner for both
West Bank and Gaza Strip and
the specific objectives are: i) To
consolidate and extend
harmonised training
programmes for young lawyers
across the West Bank and
Gaza; ii) To reinforce
institutional cohesion by
enhancing PBA's management
system; iii) To develop
communication tools and
standards ensuring equal
dissemination of legal
€999,814
Palestinian Bar Association
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information.”
“International higher
education capacity
building: enhancement
of clinical nutrition and
dietetic practice in
Palestine”
-
€936,429
El-Wafa Charitable Society
and six other recipients
“Emergency housing
rehabilitation for women
headed households and
vulnerable families in
east Jerusalem and
Jerusalem governorate.”
“The overall objective of this
project is to respond to the
immediate housing unit needs
and protection of vulnerable
populations in EJ and Area C of
Jerusalem Governorate through
self-help approach for the
highly-vulnerable families by
providing housing unit repairs
and transitional housing unit
solutions in order to meet the
specific objectives.”
€927,939
Palestinian Housing
Council (PHC)
“EU aid volunteers
deployment: EU aid
volunteers support
humanitarian action for
resilience and
empowerment.”
“The project focuses on the goal
of Strengthening Capacities of
Hosting Organizations in the
perspective of Linking Relief,
Rehabilitation and
Development. For this purpose
the project is designed to
support Non EU partners in
their ability to prepare, manage
and evaluate interventions
aimed at supporting the local
communities in recovering from
natural or man-made disasters
and resilience building.
€799,939
Human Supporters
Association and 10 other
foreign recipients
“Music for peace:
Palestinian youth
promoting peace,
tolerance and
nonviolence in the Gaza
strip.”
“The overall objective of this
action is to empower Palestinian
youth to actively promote values
and culture of peace and non-
violence in the Gaza Strip.”
€ 750,000
Save Youth Future Society
“Assessing the
impediments before the
two-state solution”
“Contributing to the conditions
for a sustainable resolution of
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in
preparation for sustainable
peace through
identifying/analysing the
impediments that stands
against engaging fruitful
negotiations and exploring
€700,000
Applied Research Institute
Jerusalem (ARIJ); LRC
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manners to which
breakthroughs and ultimately
peaceful solutions to the conflict
may be reached.”
“Unity and diversity in
nature and in society”
“The intervention promotes joint
Israeli-Palestinian actions
focused on the sustainability of
human and natural systems
valuing diversity (agricultural,
human, natural) to increases
respect for each other and the
[sic] nature.”
€679,688
The Palestinian center for
Rapprochement between
People; The Galilee Society
– The Arab National
Society for Health,
Research and Services;
Bethlehem University
“Towards better
promotion and
protection of human
rights in Area C and
Gaza strip.”
“The Palestinian Civil Society
Organizations in Southern West
Bank, Jerusalem, and Gaza
contribute in enhancing just and
fair access to and control over
water resources in accordance
with international human rights
treaties and conventions.”
€649,998
ARIJ; Palestinian Child's
Club - Youth Development
Resource Center; Women
Media and Development
(TAM)
“Protection and respect
of the rights of
vulnerable women and
girls with and without
disabilities survivors of
GBV in the Gaza strip.”
“To promote protection and
respect of the rights of
vulnerable women and girls
with and without disabilities
survivors of GBV based on IHL
and IHRL.”
€648,000
Red Crescent Society for
the Gaza Strip (RCS4GS);
Qatar Red Crescent;
Women's Affairs Center
Gaza
“Building an
infrastructure for peace
and reconciliation.”
“To promote the conditions for
a negotiated settlement of the
conflict and to maintain the
viability of the Two-State
Solution.”
€628,319
Palestinian Peace Coalition
Geneva Initiative; H.L.
Education for Peace
“Secure Palestinian Land
And Housing Rights
(SPLHR).”
“To contribute to the resilience,
steadfastness and promotion of
basic human rights of
Palestinians in the West Bank
SO: By 2023, improved access
of vulnerable communities in
(Tubas, Jericho and Ramallah)
to legal assistance essential for
defending land and housing
rights”
€611,368
LRC; Society of St. Yves
“Our path for prospers
future - promote
Palestinian - Israeli
women leadership in
southern of west bank
and Negev marginalized
“The overall objective is to
enable the environment of
lasting for peace between
Palestinians and the Israelis
through women grassroots
leadership interventions.SO1:
€600,000
Roles for Social Change
Association-ADWAR
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and Bedouin
communities”
Empower Bedouin Women
Protection Committees (BWPCs)
in southern Bedouin
communities in West Bank and
Negev Bedouins in Israel, to
nominate qualified women to
run the existing councils in
Israel and establish ones in the
southern West Bank.SO2:
Strengthening mechanisms of
dialogue, networking, and
accountability with both
gender.”
“Working together as
agents for change:
towards the protection
and promotion of
women's human rights”
“Contribute to the promotion
and protection of women
human rights in the Palestinian
society through the
development of a national
conducive legal environment
and enhancement of the
international accountability
towards higher protection of
Palestinian women. Specific
Objectives: 1. Increased
capacity of CBOs and their
communities in Area C and the
Seam zone to engage in favor
of womens [sic] rights and to
provide a platform for the
promotion of access to justice
for women- victims.”
€578,442
Miftah; WCLAC
€38,634
“From dialogue to
action: cross-border
cooperation as a means
to peacebuilding”
“The project aims at
contributing to a sustainable
resolution of the Israeli-
Palestinian conflict by
empowering Palestinians and
Israelis to work together to
improve the lives of West Bank
Palestinians and promoting
cross-border cooperation.
Through this action, the
partners aim to create groups
of people who will utilize new
skills to implement tangible
socio-environmental change
and pursue policy
transformations at the local and
€544,353
Holy Land Trust; Dead Sea
and Arava Science Center
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national level.”
“Enhancing Israeli-
Palestinian cross-border
cooperation through
agricultural
development”
“To enhance and sustain
Israeli-Palestinian cross-border
agricultural cooperation, in
support of preserving the
viability of the two-state
solution, by encouraging
business-to-business
relationships and exchange
around issues of mutual interest
and concern.”
€541,454
Flower and Vegetable
Charity Association;
Thinnabeh Cultural and
Sports Club; The Economic
Cooperation Foundation
€208,498
“Qatari Mostaqubali (my
decision is my future)”
“Build capacity, promote
tolerance and increase access
for activists, political leaders,
media institutions and
communities around conflict
resolution and peacebuilding
processes that are strategic and
inclusive of currently
disenfranchised women and
youth.”
€500,000
Women's Affairs Technical
Committee (WATC);
Assistance to Women and
Girls against Violence;
Care Norge
“Israelis meet
Palestinians in
agribusiness and trade
cooperation (impact)”
“IMPACT will contribute to the
EU commitment to a just and
comprehensive resolution of the
Palestinian-Israeli conflict based
on the two-state solution. For
that purpose, IMPACT
recognizes the asymmetry
between the Palestinians and
Israelis in various aspects, and
selected activities in which
significant accomplishments
could be achieved in order to
decrease this asymmetry. The
overall objective of this project
is to enhance the economic
cooperation between
Palestinians and Israelis
through buil[sic].”
€400,000
Palestinian Center for
Agriculture Research and
Development; Galilee
College
€343,617
“CEDAW implementation
in Jerusalem”
“To enhance the protection of
Palestinian women's rights living
under occupation in EJ. This
comes within the framework of
€279,895
Miftah; Kayan-Feminist
Organization
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the limited implementation of
CEDAW in Jerusalem, and lack
of protection measures for
Palestinian women living in
Jerusalem where ambiguity
prevails in concern to the
responsible party to ensure the
implementation of CEDAW.
This comprises on protection of
women and girls and
enjoyment of basic rights in
Jerusalem.”
€186,000
“Capacity building : E-
learning for youth
empowerment”
-
€56,274
Bait Byout
“International higher
education capacity
building: reinforcing
access to cross border
employment at
Palestinian higher
education institutions”
-
€44,716
Women's Centre for Legal
Aid & Counselling
Association
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SUMMARY OF GRANTS INVOLVING ISRAELI NGOS
Grant
Description/Objectives
Amount
NGO partners
“'Unblocking the
future': cultivating a
culture of trust among
Israelis and
Palestinians”
“A negotiated solution to
the conflict remains
viable thanks to the
positive engagement and
professional cooperation
of Palestinians and
Israelis enhancing
health, particularly
women's health and
mental health.”
€680,227
Physicians for Human Rights
Israel; The Seventh Eye; Gaza
Community Mental Health
Programme
“Closing the
confidence gap:
restoring the viability
of the two state
solution.”
“To promote conditions
for a negotiated
settlement of the conflict
based on the two-state
solution, by shifting
prevailing attitudes and
stances of a key
constituency in Israeli
society partition
sceptics.”
€600,000
Molad
“Democratizing Israeli
democracy:
accountable,
transparent, inclusive
and participatory
governance, and
respect for human
rights in Israel.”
“To enhance the
democratic foundations
of Israel through
accountable,
transparent, inclusive
and participatory
governance, and respect
for human rights. SO1:
To ensure national
institutions, laws and
policies comply with the
rule of law, human
rights, equality, and
respect for and
protection of minorities.
SO2: To strengthen
capacities of human
rights defenders, activists
and media actors to
access information,
organize and advocate
policy change and obtain
redress.”
€299,988
Association for Civil Rights in
Israel (ACRI); Human Rights
Defenders Fund (HRDF);
Movement for Freedom of
Information
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“A symbiotic
relationship in the
west bank: holding
Israeli authorities
accountable for settler
violence.”
“To increase duty bearer
accountability by
providing strategic and
objective information
and analysis on settler
violence to key
stakeholders in order to
act to increase respect
for HR and IHL.”
Sub-objectives (on file
wih NGO Monitor):
SO1: To produce new
and reliable data and
analysis on the impact of
settler violence on the HR
of Palestinians in the oPt,
particularly the harm
caused to women and
children.
SO2: To empower
Palestinian residents
from the communities
most affected by settler
violence in the West
Bank to protect and
advocate for their own
rights through video
citizen journalism.
SO3: To expose
international and Israeli
decision-makers and the
public to the HR
violations perpetrated by
settlers against
Palestinians
€299,988
B'Tselem; Breaking the Silence
(BtS)
“Decision 3790:
maximising its
opportunities and
countering its harmful
effects to realise
socioeconomic rights
in East Jerusalem.”
“To hold Israel as the
occupying power
accountable to respect,
protect and fulfil the
socioeconomic rights of
the Palestinian
population in East
Jerusalem (EJ).Specific
objectives: : To maximise
implementation by Israeli
duty bearers of
Government Decision
3790 for Narrowing
€299,977
Ir Amim; Workers Advice
Center
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Socioeconomic Gaps
and Promoting Economic
Development in East
Jerusalem in a
transparent, non-
discriminatory and fair
manner for the benefit of
all EJ residents, in and
beyond the Separation
Barrier.”
“Dignity in work:
upholding labour
rights for Palestinian
workers employed in
Israel”
“The overall objective of
the Action is to promote
and ensure the fair and
dignified employment of
Palestinian workers in
Israel by upholding their
labour rights as
guaranteed by Israeli
labour law and Article 23
of the Universal
Declaration of Human
Rights. Specific Objective
1: Identify and address
rights violations on an
individual and systematic
level through legal action
and advocacy. Specific
Objective 2: Raise
awareness and build
capacity among
Palestinian workers
employed in Israel to
[sic]”
€ 298,514
ACRI; Kav Laoved
“Protection from
violence as a basic
human right: enlisting
state responsibility in
the struggle against
violence against
women and girls”
“To secure the
commitment of the State
of Israel to a
comprehensive program
of eliminating violence
against women and girls
(VAWG) in Israel.”
€297,790
Assistance to Women and Girls
Against Violence; Moasat
Hadanet Alnasra – Nazareth
Nurseries Association; The
Israel Women's Network
“Safeguarding the
indigenous heritage in
public spaces”
“To combat
discrimination against
the Arab communities in
the public space of
Israel, to demand the
historical heritage rights
of minority groups in
Israel, and to foster an
€292,091
Emek Shaveh; The Arab
Culture Association
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Israeli historical
landscape that fully
represents its
multifaceted heritage.”
“Safe communities:
Jewish-Arab mixed
cities”
-
€290,586
The Abraham Initiatives
€9,410
SUMMARY OF GRANTS INVOLVING
INTERNATIONAL NGOS
Grant
Amount
NGO Beneficiaries of Concern
“The
European
Union
human
rights
defenders
mechanism:
protectdefenders.EU”
€15 million
FIDH: International Federation of Human
Rights
“The EU emergency fund for
human rights defenders at risk”
€3.3 million
FIDH
“Humanitarian
support
to
Palestinians at risk of forcible
transfer in the West Bank”
€3.3 million
Norwegian Refugee Council
€384,000