NGO Monitor

NGO Monitor
Founded2001; 23 years ago (2001)[1]
FounderGerald M. Steinberg
TypeNon-profit
NGO
FocusEnd promotion of "politically and ideologically motivated anti-Israel agendas" by certain NGOs.[1]
Location
  • Jerusalem
Area served
Israel
Key people
Gerald M. Steinberg (President); Naftali Balanson, Managing Editor; Anne Herzberg, Legal Advisor[1]
Revenue
US$ 385,000 (2008)[2]
Employees
13 (November 2010)[3]
Websitengo-monitor.org

NGO Monitor is a right-wing organization based in Jerusalem that reports on international NGO (non-governmental organisation) activity from a pro-Israel perspective.[4][5][6][7]

The organization was founded in 2001 by Gerald M. Steinberg under the auspices of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, before becoming a legally and financially independent organization in 2007.[citation needed]

NGO Monitor has been criticized by academic figures, diplomats, and journalists for allowing its research and conclusions to be driven by politics,[8][9][10] for not examining right-wing NGOs,[10] and for spreading misinformation.[11] NGO Monitor's stated mission is to "end the practice used by certain self-declared 'humanitarian NGOs' of exploiting the label 'universal human rights values' to promote politically and ideologically motivated agendas".[1] A number of academics have written that NGO Monitor's aims and activities are political in nature.[10][12][9]

The organization's leader, Gerald M. Steinberg, has reportedly worked for the Israeli Foreign Ministry and the Office of the Prime Minister while heading NGO Monitor.[13]

  1. ^ a b c d "About NGO Monitor". NGO Monitor.
  2. ^ "2008 Annual Report" (PDF). NGO Monitor. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference NGO Monitor Staff was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Rubin, A.; Sarfati, Y.; Akman, C.A.; Erdeniz, G.; Fishman, L.; Golan-Nadir, N.; Michaeli, I.; Tepe, S. (2016). The Jarring Road to Democratic Inclusion: A Comparative Assessment of State–Society Engagements in Israel and Turkey. Lexington Books. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-4985-2508-4. Retrieved 10 December 2021. Right-wing organizations Im Tirzu and NGO Monitor ...
  5. ^ Stetter, Stephan (2012). The Middle East and Globalization: Encounters and Horizons. Palgrave Macmillan US. p. 206. ISBN 978-1-137-03176-1. Retrieved 10 December 2021. Transnational NGOs usually do not become a conflict party and are less likely to be associated with one of the conflict parties-although, to pick but two examples, as the campaign of the right-wing NGO Monitor in Israel against the involvement of "external actors"
  6. ^ Khalidi, Rashid (2013). Brokers of Deceit: How the U.S. Has Undermined Peace in the Middle East. Beacon Press. ISBN 978-0-8070-4476-6. Retrieved 10 December 2021. Several other right-wing Israeli NGOs follow the same approach, including NGO Monitor
  7. ^ "Ha'aretz columnist dropped by British Zionists". JTA. 31 August 2007.
  8. ^ Friedman, Matti (30 November 2014). "What the Media Gets Wrong About Israel". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  9. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference JPeters was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Edwards2012 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference EUobserver was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ Chazan, Naomi (2012). Israel in the World: Legitimacy and Exceptionalism. Routledge. pp. 79–80. ISBN 978-0415624152.
  13. ^ What is NGO Monitor’s connection to the Israeli government?