{"id":712,"date":"2011-06-30T22:39:39","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T21:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/?p=712"},"modified":"2014-05-22T21:22:18","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T20:22:18","slug":"the-netherlands-cuts-funding-from-anti-israel-ngos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2011\/06\/30\/the-netherlands-cuts-funding-from-anti-israel-ngos\/","title":{"rendered":"The Netherlands Cuts Funding from Anti-Israel NGOs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/netherlands-dutch-bds-poster-anti-israel-soeren-kern.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-713\" title=\"netherlands dutch bds poster anti-israel soeren kern\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/netherlands-dutch-bds-poster-anti-israel-soeren-kern.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1748\" height=\"1240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/netherlands-dutch-bds-poster-anti-israel-soeren-kern.jpg 1748w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/netherlands-dutch-bds-poster-anti-israel-soeren-kern-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/netherlands-dutch-bds-poster-anti-israel-soeren-kern-1024x726.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1748px) 100vw, 1748px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Dutch Foreign Ministry says it will implement \u201csweeping reforms\u201d to prevent the transfer of millions of taxpayer euros from going to Dutch humanitarian aid organizations that fund anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) activities and non-government organizations (NGOs) that deny Israel\u2019s right to exist.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Netherlands Cuts Funding from Anti-Israel NGOs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Soeren Kern | Hudson NY | June 30, 2011<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch Foreign Ministry says it will implement \u201csweeping reforms\u201d to prevent the transfer of millions of taxpayer euros from going to Dutch humanitarian aid organizations that fund anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) activities and non-government organizations (NGOs) that deny Israel\u2019s right to exist.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes after Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal discovered that previous governments had allocated at least \u20ac10 million ($15 million) to Dutch and Palestinian groups promoting BDS activities against Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Debate over the issue heated up on June 15, when the heads of major Dutch NGOs were asked to testify at a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tweedekamer.nl\/vergaderingen\/commissievergaderingen\/per_commissie\/details.jsp?parlisnummer=2011A02471&amp;dayofweek=&amp;his=\">special hearing convened by the Dutch Parliament<\/a> \u201cto discuss the activity of NGOs in Israel and Palestine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/International\/Article.aspx?id=226702\">transcript of the event<\/a> obtained by the <em>Jerusalem Post<\/em>, lawmakers heard the managers of leading Dutch NGOs defend BDS activities against Israel as well as advocacy for a \u201cone-state solution\u201d for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.<\/p>\n<p>During questioning, the director of the Hague-based <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cordaid.nl\/nl\/%28728%29-Cordaid.html\">Catholic Organization for Relief and Development Aid<\/a> (Cordaid), Ren\u00e9 Grotenhuis, defended BDS as \u201clegitimate because \u201cit is important that people in Palestine look for ways to resist occupation, and it is a nonviolent way to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The director of the Utrecht-based <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icco.nl\/en\/home\">Interchurch Organization for Development Cooperation<\/a> (ICCO), Marinus Verweij, said he believes that \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/International\/Article.aspx?id=226702\">the two-state solution is not the basic assumption for peace<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the hearing, it also emerged that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfamnovib.nl\/nl-home.html\">Oxfam Novib<\/a>, the Dutch affiliate of Oxfam International, provided funds to the Dutch NGO \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stopdebezetting.com\/\">Stop de Bezeting<\/a>\u201d (Stop the Occupation). The group\u2019s founder, the anti-Israel activist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.militantislammonitor.org\/article\/id\/3806\">Greta Duisenberg<\/a>, is famous for her participation in demonstrations calling for Jews to be gassed. She has also accused the Israelis of blood libel and <a href=\"http:\/\/cifwatch.com\/2010\/11\/12\/gretta-duisenbergs-unambiguous-antisemitism\/\">trafficking in human organs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After the hearing ended, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pvv.nl\/index.php\/fracties\/tweede-kamer\/johan-driessen.html\">Johan Driesen<\/a> of the Dutch Freedom Party said: \u201cIt was the first time I sat down to talk with the directors of the aid groups and I found what they said not only surprising, but disgusting and I think the Dutch government should cut funding to organizations promoting this agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The scale of the problem has been documented by the Jerusalem-based NGO Monitor in a new report titled \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ngo-monitor.org\/article\/indirect_dutch_government_funding_icco_and_cordaid_support_for_radical_ngos\">Indirect Dutch Government Funding: ICCO and Cordaid Support for Radical NGOs<\/a>.\u201d The study shows that the Dutch government grants hundreds of millions of euros each year to major Dutch aid organizations such as ICCO and Cordaid, and that these groups then transfer the funds to support some of the most radical NGOs active in the Arab-Israeli conflict.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Dutch taxpayers are unknowingly funding anti-Zionist groups that promote BDS activities against Israel, including: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ngo-monitor.org\/article\/badil\">BADIL<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ngo-monitor.org\/article\/coalition_of_women_for_peace\">Coalition of Women for Peace<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ngo-monitor.org\/article\/defence_for_children_international_palestine_section\">Defence for Children International \u2013Palestine Section (DCI-PS)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holylandtrust.org\/\">Holy Land Trust<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ngo-monitor.org\/article\/sabeel_ecumenical_liberation_theology_center\">Sabeel<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stopthewall.org\/\">Stop the Wall<\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ngo-monitor.org\/article\/ma_an_development_center\">Ma\u2019an Development Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Several of these groups are currently organizing a pro-Palestinian \u201cconsciousness-raising event\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/bienvenuepalestine.com\/?page_id=232\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.terrorism-info.org.il\/malam_multimedia\/English\/eng_n\/html\/ipc_e197.htm\">here<\/a>) to be held in Israel in early July. Part of a propaganda effort aimed at delegitimizing the state of Israel, activists from across Europe plan to arrive at the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv on July 8, and from there move on to Judea and Samaria for a week of solidarity with the Palestinians. They have chosen July 8 because the following day marks the anniversary of the day (July 9, 2004) that the International Court of Justice in The Hague <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Peace\/icjruling.pdf\">declared the Israel security barrier to be illegal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ngo-monitor.org\/article\/ngo_monitor_reveals_dutch_gov_t_funding_for_electronic_intifada\">another NGO Monitor report<\/a>, Dutch taxpayers are also funding <a href=\"http:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/\">Electronic Intifada<\/a> (EI), a website that publishes articles that compare Israelis to Nazis and promotes campaigns for anti-Israel BDS activities. EI is being financed by ICCO, the Dutch NGO, which receives 90 percent of its budget from the Dutch government.<\/p>\n<p>As documented by NGO Monitor, EI plays a central role in the <a href=\"http:\/\/academic.udayton.edu\/race\/06hrights\/WCAR2001\/NGOFORUM\/Palestinans.htm\">Durban strategy of political warfare against Israel<\/a>, with frequent accusations of \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/content\/defense-south-african-academics-boycott-call\/9053\">apartheid<\/a>,\u201d \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/content\/mendacity-restraint\/9058\">ethnic cleansing<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/content\/gaza-civil-society-un-chief-siege-more-unacceptable\/1038\">slow genocide<\/a>.\u201d Articles on the EI website <a href=\"http:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/content\/message-mortars\/4246\">justify violence against civilians<\/a>, call Gaza a \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/content\/massacre-not-massacre\/8856\">concentration camp<\/a>\u201d and label Palestinian participation in peace talks as \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/content\/why-israel-wont-survive\/7999\">collaboration<\/a>.\u201d EI also has extensive sections (<a href=\"http:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/actionitems\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/activismwire\">here<\/a>) supporting the BDS movement against Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icco.nl\/nl\/projecten\/project\/afrika\/palestinian-territory-occupied\/291\/electronic-intifada-groeit-uit-tot-internationaal-erkende-nieuwsbron\">ICCO website devotes an entire page to Electronic Intifada<\/a>, praising its work as \u201can internationally recognized daily news source\u201d that provides a counterweight to \u201cpositive reporting\u201d about Israel. ICCO\u2019s website notes its three-year funding pledge for EI. During his testimony to parliament, ICCO director Verweij called EI \u201can important source of information\u201d and said \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/International\/Article.aspx?id=196852\">in no way is the EI anti-Israel or anti-Semitic<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ngo-monitor.org\/article\/indirect_dutch_government_funding_icco_and_cordaid_support_for_radical_ngos\">NGO Monitor<\/a>, groups such as \u201cICCO and Cordaid do not systematically provide information regarding funding to local NGOs. Full lists of partners and projects are not publically available. There does not appear to be government oversight or evaluation of the indirect Dutch funding for NGOs, or of ICCO\u2019s and Cordaid\u2019s decision making.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response to the revelations, Foreign Minister Rosenthal promised to \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/International\/Article.aspx?id=196852\">look into the matter personally<\/a>. If it appears that the government-subsidized NGO ICCO does fund Electronic Intifada, it will have a serious problem with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rosenthal has also told the Hague-based <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cidi.nl\/CIDI-in-the-media\/Rosenthal-I-will-intervene-against-funding-for-BDS.html?lang=en\">Center for Information and Documentation on Israel<\/a> (CIDI) that he will intervene to block funding to groups promoting the BDS campaign. \u201cA meticulous reappraisal of subsidy applicants remains necessary.\u00a0 Intervention will occur in cases of organizations acting against Dutch policy,\u201d Rosenthal said.<\/p>\n<p>Dutch aid groups are now feeling the heat. The Dutch government has <a href=\"http:\/\/english.pnn.ps\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=9344&amp;Itemid=72\">reduced the amount of financial support<\/a> it provides to Cordaid this year by a whopping 42 percent, forcing the organization to fire one-third if its 400 workers. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rnw.nl\/english\/article\/dutch-budget-cuts-have-worldwide-impact\">Oxfam-Novib has seen its budget slashed by one quarter<\/a>, prompting it to close down its operations in Latin America and Central Asia. ICCO has lost more than one-third of its government subsidies in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister Maxime Verhagen set out the Dutch government\u2019s new plans to strengthen political and economic relations with Israel. In a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rijksoverheid.nl\/documenten-en-publicaties\/toespraken\/2011\/06\/14\/innovation-nations-promoting-stronger-relations-between-the-netherlands-and-israel-in-a-changing-middle-east.html\">June 14 speech at the Technion in Haifa<\/a>, Verhagen also announced the inauguration of the Dutch-Israeli Cooperation Council by January 2012. Invest rather than divest will be the new mantra.<\/p>\n<p>Other moves also signal a sea-change in Dutch-Israeli relations. In April, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/International\/Article.aspx?id=218594\">Dutch government cracked down on the Dutch affiliate of the Turkish group IHH<\/a> \u2013 the main organizer of a planned flotilla to the Gaza Strip \u2013 because of its involvement with Hamas. The Dutch Foreign Ministry \u201cplaced IHH Netherlands on the Dutch list of terrorist organizations and froze its assets, because IHH Netherlands regularly transferred funds to IHH Germany. This organization is banned in Germany because it has raised funds for Hamas. Hamas has been on the EU list of terrorist organizations since 2003.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In February, members of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/International\/Article.aspx?id=208099\">Dutch parliament approved a parliamentary decision in support of Israel<\/a> as a \u201cdemocratic Jewish state.\u201d The pro-Israel vote resulted in 113 of the 150 parliament members affirming Israel\u2019s existence as a Jewish state and urging the European Union not to recognize a unilaterally declared Palestinian state.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.soerenkern.com\/\">Soeren Kern<\/a> is Senior Fellow for Transatlantic Relations at the Madrid-based <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gees.org\/\">Grupo de Estudios Estrat\u00e9gicos \/ Strategic Studies Group<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Originally published by <a title=\"Netherlands Cuts Funding from Anti-Israel NGOs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hudson-ny.org\/2232\/netherlands-cuts-funding-anti-israel-ngos\" target=\"_blank\">Hudson New York<\/a> on June 30, 2011<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dutch Foreign Ministry says it will implement \u201csweeping reforms\u201d to prevent the transfer of millions of taxpayer euros from going to Dutch humanitarian aid organizations that fund anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) activities and non-government organizations (NGOs) that deny Israel\u2019s right to exist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[98,101,100],"tags":[59,182],"class_list":["post-712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-european-anti-semitism-2","category-eu-israel-relations-european-union","category-european-union","tag-european-anti-zionism","tag-netherlands"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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