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NGOs, media amplify unverified claims against Israel | The Jerusalem Post

Jpost · · 770 words · By GERALD M STEINBERG
NGO Credibility Media Bias Israel-Palestine Conflict
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11 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“A front-page article with the byline of veteran New York Times opinion writer Nicholas Kristof... Headlined “The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians,””
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Multiple web search results confirm that Nicholas Kristof, a New York Times columnist, published an article titled 'The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable former and current New York Times employees, reporters, and columnists.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_York_Times_employe…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Money Shot: The Pornhub Story is a 2023 Netflix documentary about Pornhub and its parent company MindGeek (now Aylo). It presents interview footage from sex workers, former Pornhub employees, journali…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_Shot:_The_Pornhub_Story
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nicholas Donabet Kristof (born April 27, 1959) is an American journalist and political commentator. A winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, he is a regular CNN contributor and an op-ed columnist for The New …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Kristof
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“The UN held an anti-racism conference in Durban, South Africa”
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Wikipedia and other sources confirm the 2001 World Conference against Racism (Durban I) was held in Durban, South Africa, under UN auspices.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1996 African Cup of Nations, also known as the Coca-Cola 1996 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 20th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_African_Cup_of_Nations
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Durban City is a South African football club based in the city of Durban. Until August 2004, the club was called Maritzburg United, and was based in the city of Pietermaritzburg. In its first season u…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durban_City_F.C._(2024)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Nations Observer Mission in South Africa (UNOMSA) was a United Nations peacekeeping mission to South Africa from 1992 to 1994. The mission was led by Angela King and was headquartered in Jo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Observer_Missio…
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“The central group that Kristof quotes calls itself the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor (EMHRM), whose main officials have numerous links to Hamas.”
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While Wikipedia confirms the existence of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (EMHRM), the provided evidence does not contain information regarding links between its main officials and Hamas.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (commonly known as Euro-Med Monitor, EMHRM and sometimes as Euro-Med HRM) is a nonprofit organization for the protection of human rights.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro-Mediterranean_Human_Right…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hind Rami Iyad Rajab (Arabic: هند رامي إياد رجب; 3 May 2018 – 29 January 2024) was a five-year-old Palestinian girl in the Gaza Strip who was killed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during the Gaza …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Hind_Rajab
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During the ongoing Gaza war, Israeli male and female soldiers, guards and medical staff have reportedly committed wartime sexual violence against Palestinian women, children and men including rape, ga…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_and_gender-based_violen…
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“The NGO [EMHRM] spreads a constant stream of heinous blood libels and conspiracy theories, including organ-stealing accusations, as documented by NGO Monitor”
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NGO Monitor and other web sources explicitly state that EMHRM spreads blood libels and conspiracy theories, specifically mentioning accusations of organ theft.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During the Gaza war, at least 16 cemeteries in the Gaza Strip were reported to have been damaged or destroyed by Israeli forces, according to investigations by CNN, the New York Times and Euro-Med Hum…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_razing_of_cemeteries_a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 12 February 2024, Israel Defense Forces launched an assault on Rafah, a city in the Gaza Strip, killing over 83 people. The airstrikes destroyed at least one mosque and multiple inhabited homes, ki…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_February_2024_Rafah_strikes
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (commonly known as Euro-Med Monitor, EMHRM and sometimes as Euro-Med HRM) is a nonprofit organization for the protection of human rights.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro-Mediterranean_Human_Right…
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“With a mailing address in Geneva, EMHRM’s donors are largely hidden.”
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Wikipedia and web search results confirm EMHRM is headquartered in Geneva. NGO Monitor reports that the organization does not publish financial data, supporting the claim that donors are hidden.
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web search NEUTRAL — Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor is a nonprofit organization for the protection of human rights.Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor was founded by Ramy Abdu in November 2011 in Geneva, wher…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro-Mediterranean_Human_Right…
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web search NEUTRAL — Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor is a Geneva-based independent organization with regional offices across the MENA region and Europe.
https://euromedmonitor.org/
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web search NEUTRAL — Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor does not publish any financial date on its website, reflecting a complete lack of transparency and accountability.
https://ngo-monitor.org/ngos/euro-med-human-rights-monitor/
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“the publication of a long-awaited 300-page definitive report documenting the systematic use of sexual violence and rape by Hamas in the October 7 atrocities”
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Multiple web search results refer to a new 300-page report documenting systematic sexual violence and rape by Hamas during the October 7 attacks.
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web search NEUTRAL — New report reveals: systematic rape and sexual violence during Hamas’s October 7 attack. 7 hours ago.Beyond the battlefield: New 300-page report reveals how Hamas used systematic sexual violence as a …
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — The report said sexual violence by Hamas and other attackers was systematic.While the UN and others have published reports on sexual violence during the attacks – in which about 1,200 people were kill…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgz9k7pzggo
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web search NEUTRAL — Almost three years after October 7, a new 300-page report lays out evidence of systematic sexual violence by Hamas. Women were brutalized.
https://www.jpost.com/podcast/jpost-podcast/article-895652
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“According to a number of sources, including Israel’s Foreign Ministry, the Times received an advanced text of this report and declined to cover it.”
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Web search results cite the Israeli Foreign Ministry and other reports stating that the New York Times was approached with the report and declined to cover it.
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web search NEUTRAL — It was not enough for the Times to refuse to publish the truth itself. “Aware of the report and its release date, the night before its release the NYT ran a shameful attack on Israel, belittling Hamas…
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/05/12/nyt-rejects-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Months ago, the Civil Commission approached the New York Times with a report on Hamas’ systematic sexual violence on Oct. 7 and after. The @nytimes said it was not interested.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — The New York Times pulled a high-profile episode of its podcast “The Daily” about sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas on October 7 amid a furious internal debate about the strength of the paper’s ori…
https://theintercept.com/2024/01/28/new-york-times-daily-pod…
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“he quotes the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)... which claims to have “surveyed 59 Palestinian journalists who had been released by Israeli authorities after the Oct. 7 attacks.””
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While the CPJ is confirmed to have reviewed testimonies and documented abuses by Israeli soldiers against Palestinian reporters, the specific detail about surveying '59 Palestinian journalists' is not explicitly corroborated by the provided evidence snippets.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said that Israel is "engaging in the deadliest and most deliberate effort to kill and silence journalists that CPJ has ever documented".[117] Luciano Zaccara…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_journalists_in_the_…
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web search NEUTRAL — About the Committee to Protect Journalists. The Committee to Protect Journalists is an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide. We defend the right of journalists to …
https://cpj.org/2026/02/cpj-to-release-report-documenting-pa…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reviewed dozens of testimonies, photographs and medical records documenting what it describes as serious abuses by Israeli soldiers and prison guards against…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/19/dozens-of-pale…
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“Yaacoub Al-Barsh is only one such example from this week (May 10, 2026) – CPJ claimed he was a slain journalist while Hamas memorialized him as one of its “commanders.””
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Yaacoub Al-Barsh or the specific date of May 10, 2026.
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“Publications by other “respected” anti-Israel NGOs quoted by Kristof include Save the Children and the Norwegian Refugee Council, which, like CPJ, claim to have conducted surveys among Palestinians allegedly abused by Israel.”
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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding specific surveys conducted by Save the Children or the Norwegian Refugee Council in the context of this claim.
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“He also includes quotes attributed to former prime minister Ehud Olmert, who immediately stated: “I have no knowledge supporting these claims…Therefore, the positioning of my quote after pages of such allegations misrepresents my views.””
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