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Steinberg has been a longtime critic of [[Human Rights Watch]], [[Amnesty International]], [[Christian Aid]], [[Oxfam]] and other organizations that he accuses of having "contributed to the hatred, rather than supporting peace".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ngo-monitor.org/editions/v3n05/HumanRightsGroupsWorkingAgainstPeace.htm |title=Human Rights Groups are Working Against Peace |author=Gerald Steinberg |date=January 13, 2005 |publisher=NGO Monitor|quote=With their multi-million-dollar budgets, global superpowers such as Human Rights Watch (HRW), Amnesty International, Christian Aid, Oxfam and dozens of smaller allied groups have contributed to the hatred, rather than supporting peace.}}</ref> Writing in a 2004 Jerusalem Post article<ref>{{cite web |author=Gerald Steinberg|url=http://faculty.biu.ac.il/~steing/conflict/oped/030804-1.html |date=March 8, 2004 |title=Israelis Have No "Human Rights" |publisher=NGO Monitor}}</ref> he said, "HRW's press statement exposes it as a biased political organization hiding behind the rhetoric of human rights." Later he accused HRW of "exploiting the rhetoric of human rights to delegitimize Israel".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://spme.net/cgi-bin/facultyforum.cgi?ID=1865 |author=Gerald Steinberg |title=Human Rights Watch can't take the heat |date=April 7, 2004 |publisher=Scholars for Peace in the Middle East}}</ref> Human Rights Watch accused Steinberg of "sleight of hand" in his reporting of its activities, and of ignoring its condemnations of Palestinian militant actions.<ref>{{cite web |author=Kenneth Roth |publisher=Human Rights Watch |url=http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2004/03/31/truth-hurts |title=The Truth Hurts |date=April 2, 2004}}</ref> |
Steinberg has been a longtime critic of [[Human Rights Watch]], [[Amnesty International]], [[Christian Aid]], [[Oxfam]] and other organizations that he accuses of having "contributed to the hatred, rather than supporting peace".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ngo-monitor.org/editions/v3n05/HumanRightsGroupsWorkingAgainstPeace.htm |title=Human Rights Groups are Working Against Peace |author=Gerald Steinberg |date=January 13, 2005 |publisher=NGO Monitor|quote=With their multi-million-dollar budgets, global superpowers such as Human Rights Watch (HRW), Amnesty International, Christian Aid, Oxfam and dozens of smaller allied groups have contributed to the hatred, rather than supporting peace.}}</ref> Writing in a 2004 Jerusalem Post article<ref>{{cite web |author=Gerald Steinberg|url=http://faculty.biu.ac.il/~steing/conflict/oped/030804-1.html |date=March 8, 2004 |title=Israelis Have No "Human Rights" |publisher=NGO Monitor}}</ref> he said, "HRW's press statement exposes it as a biased political organization hiding behind the rhetoric of human rights." Later he accused HRW of "exploiting the rhetoric of human rights to delegitimize Israel".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://spme.net/cgi-bin/facultyforum.cgi?ID=1865 |author=Gerald Steinberg |title=Human Rights Watch can't take the heat |date=April 7, 2004 |publisher=Scholars for Peace in the Middle East}}</ref> Human Rights Watch accused Steinberg of "sleight of hand" in his reporting of its activities, and of ignoring its condemnations of Palestinian militant actions.<ref>{{cite web |author=Kenneth Roth |publisher=Human Rights Watch |url=http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2004/03/31/truth-hurts |title=The Truth Hurts |date=April 2, 2004}}</ref> |
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Publications in this area include "The UN, the ICJ and the Separation Barrier: War by Other Means" Israel Law Review, (38:1-2, 2005), as well as opeds and short articles, examining bias, consistency, and credibility in reports published by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.<ref>[http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/_work_for_peace_by_riding_the_buses_ "Work For Peace By Riding the Buses", International Herald Tribune, November 06, 2002;]</ref> Later, in an oped in the New York Times, Robert Bernstein, the founder of HRW, also accused the organization for distorting human rights values by cooperating with “those who wish to turn Israel into a pariah state”.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/opinion/20bernstein.html “Rights Watchdog, Lost in the Mideast”]</ref> |
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Later, in an oped in the New York Times, Robert Bernstein, the founder of HRW, also accused the organization for distorting human rights values by cooperating with “those who wish to turn Israel into a pariah state”.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/opinion/20bernstein.html|title=Rights Watchdog, Lost in the Mideast|date=20 October 2009|work=The New York Times}}</ref> |
Later, in an oped in the New York Times, Robert Bernstein, the founder of HRW, also accused the organization for distorting human rights values by cooperating with “those who wish to turn Israel into a pariah state”.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/opinion/20bernstein.html|title=Rights Watchdog, Lost in the Mideast|date=20 October 2009|work=The New York Times}}</ref> |
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Steinberg's research focus expanded to include funding processes which enable political advocacy NGOs to exert power, including European government agencies.<ref>[http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/israel_studies/summary/v016/16.2.steinberg.html The Politics of NGOs, Human Rights and the Arab-Israel Conflict, Israel Studies 16.2 Summer 2011]</ref> In June 2010, he was invited to speak on this issue before the human rights committee of the European Parliament.<ref>[http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/prepared_statement_for_european_parliament_session_on_the_situation_of_ngos_and_civil_society_in_israel_ Professor Gerald M. Steinberg, President, NGO Monitor Statement to European Parliament: “Analysis of EU funding for Political NGOs in the Arab-Israeli Conflict: Secrecy, Demonization and Manipulation”]</ref> |
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In 2014, former [[Associated Press]] journalist [[Matti Friedman]] claimed that AP reporters had been banned from interviewing Steinberg and NGO Monitor, but the AP denied the claim.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/12/02/blacklisting-of-pro-israel-watchdog-organization-ngo-monitor-by-the-associated-press/|title=Blacklisting of pro-Israel watchdog organization NGO Monitor by the Associated Press|last=Bernstein|first=David|date=2014-12-02|newspaper=The Washington Post|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286|access-date=2016-03-15}}</ref> |
In 2014, former [[Associated Press]] journalist [[Matti Friedman]] claimed that AP reporters had been banned from interviewing Steinberg and NGO Monitor, but the AP denied the claim.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/12/02/blacklisting-of-pro-israel-watchdog-organization-ngo-monitor-by-the-associated-press/|title=Blacklisting of pro-Israel watchdog organization NGO Monitor by the Associated Press|last=Bernstein|first=David|date=2014-12-02|newspaper=The Washington Post|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286|access-date=2016-03-15}}</ref> |
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⚫ | In January 2010, after the European Commission refused to release documents on NGO funding, Steinberg initiated legal action under the EU's Freedom of Information statutes. The court ruled that instability in the Middle East and the prospect that "such information may pose a danger to human rights groups" justified the refusal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/eu-court-rejects-ngo-monitor-petition-to-release-details-on-israeli-rights-groups-1.489919 |title=EU court rejects NGO Monitor petition to release details on Israeli rights groups |author=Chaim Levinson |date=December 25, 2012 |publisher=Haaretz}}</ref> The court further found that Steinberg's petition was "manifestly lacking any foundation in law."<ref>http://972mag.com/eu-throws-out-ngo-monitor-case-tells-gerald-steinberg-to-pick-up-the-tab/62491/</ref><ref>http://www.jpost.com/International/ECJ-discards-Israeli-groups-NGO-funding-case</ref> |
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=== Court case === |
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⚫ | In January 2010, after the European Commission refused to release documents on NGO funding, Steinberg initiated legal action under the EU's Freedom of Information statutes. The court ruled that instability in the Middle East and the prospect that "such information may pose a danger to human rights groups" justified the refusal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/eu-court-rejects-ngo-monitor-petition-to-release-details-on-israeli-rights-groups-1.489919 |title=EU court rejects NGO Monitor petition to release details on Israeli rights groups |author=Chaim Levinson |date=December 25, 2012 |publisher=Haaretz}}</ref> The court further found that Steinberg's petition was "manifestly lacking any foundation in law."<ref> |
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Later, in an oped in the New York Times, Robert Bernstein, the founder of HRW, also accused the organization for distorting human rights values by cooperating with “those who wish to turn Israel into a pariah state”.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/opinion/20bernstein.html|title=Rights Watchdog, Lost in the Mideast|date=20 October 2009|work=The New York Times}}</ref> |
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In 2014, former [[Associated Press]] journalist [[Matti Friedman]] claimed that AP reporters had been banned from interviewing Steinberg and NGO Monitor, but the AP denied the claim.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/12/02/blacklisting-of-pro-israel-watchdog-organization-ngo-monitor-by-the-associated-press/|title=Blacklisting of pro-Israel watchdog organization NGO Monitor by the Associated Press|last=Bernstein|first=David|date=2014-12-02|newspaper=The Washington Post|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286|access-date=2016-03-15}}</ref> |
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Gerald M. Steinberg is an Israeli academic, political scientist, and political activist.
Biography
Gerald Steinberg was born in the United Kingdom,[1] obtained his doctorate in government from Cornell University, in 1981.[2] He began teaching at Bar Ilan University in 1982, and is a professor of Political Science.[3][2]
NGO Monitor
Steinberg is founder and president of the NGO Monitor,[4] an institute whose stated aim is "to generate and distribute critical analysis and reports on the output of the international NGO community" and "to publicize distortions of human rights issues in the Arab-Israeli conflict and provide information and context for the benefit of NGOs working in the Middle East."[5]
Steinberg has been a longtime critic of Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Christian Aid, Oxfam and other organizations that he accuses of having "contributed to the hatred, rather than supporting peace".[6] Writing in a 2004 Jerusalem Post article[7] he said, "HRW's press statement exposes it as a biased political organization hiding behind the rhetoric of human rights." Later he accused HRW of "exploiting the rhetoric of human rights to delegitimize Israel".[8] Human Rights Watch accused Steinberg of "sleight of hand" in his reporting of its activities, and of ignoring its condemnations of Palestinian militant actions.[9]
Publications in this area include "The UN, the ICJ and the Separation Barrier: War by Other Means" Israel Law Review, (38:1-2, 2005), as well as opeds and short articles, examining bias, consistency, and credibility in reports published by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.[10] Later, in an oped in the New York Times, Robert Bernstein, the founder of HRW, also accused the organization for distorting human rights values by cooperating with “those who wish to turn Israel into a pariah state”.[11]
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Later, in an oped in the New York Times, Robert Bernstein, the founder of HRW, also accused the organization for distorting human rights values by cooperating with “those who wish to turn Israel into a pariah state”.[12]
Steinberg's research focus expanded to include funding processes which enable political advocacy NGOs to exert power, including European government agencies.[13] In June 2010, he was invited to speak on this issue before the human rights committee of the European Parliament.[14]
In 2014, former Associated Press journalist Matti Friedman claimed that AP reporters had been banned from interviewing Steinberg and NGO Monitor, but the AP denied the claim.[15]
In January 2010, after the European Commission refused to release documents on NGO funding, Steinberg initiated legal action under the EU's Freedom of Information statutes. The court ruled that instability in the Middle East and the prospect that "such information may pose a danger to human rights groups" justified the refusal.[16] The court further found that Steinberg's petition was "manifestly lacking any foundation in law."[17][18]
Later, in an oped in the New York Times, Robert Bernstein, the founder of HRW, also accused the organization for distorting human rights values by cooperating with “those who wish to turn Israel into a pariah state”.[19]
In 2014, former Associated Press journalist Matti Friedman claimed that AP reporters had been banned from interviewing Steinberg and NGO Monitor, but the AP denied the claim.[20]
Criticism
Yehudit Karp, a former Israeli deputy attorney general, charged that Steinberg published material he knew to be wrong "along with some manipulative interpretation".[21]
References
- ^ Friedman, Matti (30 November 2014). "What the Media Gets Wrong About Israel". The Atlantic. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ a b Professor Gerald Steinberg Academic cv
- ^ "Prof. Gerald Steinberg". Bar-Ilan University.
- ^ "Staff". NGO Monitor.
- ^ "About Us". NGO Monitor.
- ^ Gerald Steinberg (January 13, 2005). "Human Rights Groups are Working Against Peace". NGO Monitor.
With their multi-million-dollar budgets, global superpowers such as Human Rights Watch (HRW), Amnesty International, Christian Aid, Oxfam and dozens of smaller allied groups have contributed to the hatred, rather than supporting peace.
- ^ Gerald Steinberg (March 8, 2004). "Israelis Have No "Human Rights"". NGO Monitor.
- ^ Gerald Steinberg (April 7, 2004). "Human Rights Watch can't take the heat". Scholars for Peace in the Middle East.
- ^ Kenneth Roth (April 2, 2004). "The Truth Hurts". Human Rights Watch.
- ^ "Work For Peace By Riding the Buses", International Herald Tribune, November 06, 2002;
- ^ “Rights Watchdog, Lost in the Mideast”
- ^ "Rights Watchdog, Lost in the Mideast". The New York Times. 20 October 2009.
- ^ The Politics of NGOs, Human Rights and the Arab-Israel Conflict, Israel Studies 16.2 Summer 2011
- ^ Professor Gerald M. Steinberg, President, NGO Monitor Statement to European Parliament: “Analysis of EU funding for Political NGOs in the Arab-Israeli Conflict: Secrecy, Demonization and Manipulation”
- ^ Bernstein, David (2014-12-02). "Blacklisting of pro-Israel watchdog organization NGO Monitor by the Associated Press". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
- ^ Chaim Levinson (December 25, 2012). "EU court rejects NGO Monitor petition to release details on Israeli rights groups". Haaretz.
- ^ http://972mag.com/eu-throws-out-ngo-monitor-case-tells-gerald-steinberg-to-pick-up-the-tab/62491/
- ^ http://www.jpost.com/International/ECJ-discards-Israeli-groups-NGO-funding-case
- ^ "Rights Watchdog, Lost in the Mideast". The New York Times. 20 October 2009.
- ^ Bernstein, David (2014-12-02). "Blacklisting of pro-Israel watchdog organization NGO Monitor by the Associated Press". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
- ^ Yehudit Karp (March 6, 2012). "NGO Monitor and Adalah: The thinly veiled agenda". Times of Israel.