Report: EU governments funding Palestinian legal actions against Israel

Watchdog says that governments of European countries, including Denmark, Ireland, and Sweden, are knowingly funding ICC petitions, especially those submitted by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights.
  • By Ariel Kahana
  • September 29, 2020
  • Source: Israel Hayom
  • Originally published on 09/23/2020
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European governments are sending money to Palestinian NGOs to help them file lawsuits against Israel in the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the watchdog NGO Monitor reports.

New research from NGO Monitor reveals that from 2018 to 2020, the Swiss government gave $700,000 to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR).

Israel Hayom has learned that the governments – which include Denmark, Ireland, and Sweden – are knowingly and intentionally funding ICC petitions against Israel, especially those submitted by the PCHR. The PCHR states openly that its goal is to “inundate the [Israeli] occupation with hundreds and thousands of legal suits that will incriminate and convict it.”

Another example is the organization Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, which also used European governmental funding – from the Netherlands, in this case – to petition the ICC. NGO Monitor underscores that in many other cases, Palestinian NGOs receive funding for unspecified “legal activity,” which they then use to sue Israel.

Anne Herzberg, NGO Monitor’s legal advisor, said that donor nations must take responsibility for “failures” that prevent Israel from protecting its citizens against Palestinian terrorism.

Report: EU governments funding Palestinian legal actions against Israel

Watchdog says that governments of European countries, including Denmark, Ireland, and Sweden, are knowingly funding ICC petitions, especially those submitted by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights.
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