GERALD STEINBERG: MEDICAL NGOs AND ACTIVISTS DEMONIZE ISRAEL

Posted By on July 30th, 2014

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A new blood libel? Medical NGOs and activists demonize Israel

Political advocacy NGOs claiming a medical mandate, as well as affiliated individuals, are active in publicly and falsely condemning Israel’s self-defense measures in Gaza during July 2014.

A well-publicized example was the “Open Letter for the People in Gaza,” published in the British medical journal The Lancet by Mads Gilbert (NORWACS), Swee Ang (Medical Aid for Palestinians), Paola Manduca (New Weapons Committee), and others. The Israeli Ministry of Health reportedly identified the letter as “bordering on blood libel.”

NGO Monitor has published a report, “Analysis of Medical NGO agendas and distortions on the Gaza Conflict,” with detailed examples of how NGOs and activists:

  1. demonize Israel and use hate speech under the guise of medical expertise and scientific fact;
  2. deny Israel’s obligation to defend its citizens;
  3. present political analysis, legal declarations, and speculations regarding Israel’s military operations and weaponry, far beyond the scope of any medical expertise they might possess; and
  4. promote distorted and false narratives.

Click here to read the report

For further details, analysis, and background on this phenomenon, including examples of such statements from previous armed conflicts, see: NGO Malpractice – The Political Abuse of Medicine, Morality, and Science, Gerald M. Steinberg and Naftali Balanson, NGO Monitor Monograph Series 11, July 29, 2013)

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