Claims that the “United Nations verified 118 incidents of interference with education in the Occupied Palestinian Territory by Israeli forces (113) and Israeli settlers (5), affecting 23,188 children.” NGO Monitor research shows that the UN relies on EAPPI for its information regarding “interference with education” in the West Bank – without meaningful independent verification.
In a number of places, the UNSG’s report echoes NGO/UNICEF distortions: These same erroneous and unverified claims are then laundered through a UNICEF database to a variety of UN publications, ostensibly lending them legitimacy and prominence. Its regional branch, known as “UNICEF-oPt,” partners with a number of the organizations mentioned above, as well as with other NGOs that promote anti-Israel demonization and/or have ties to terror groups. UNICEF-oPt’s NGO partners publish misleading and false reports on the treatment of Palestinian minors involved in attacks and arrested by the IDF, rife with distortions and inaccuracies and devoid of necessary context. UNICEF also plays a role in this campaign. Groups currently listed in the Annex include ISIS, the Taliban, and Boko Haram, which are subjected to UN Security Council sanctions. The goal is to trigger the IDF’s listing in the Annex, which is almost entirely comprised of terror groups or militias associated with failed states (see NGO Monitor’s reports and submissions on the subject).
NGO Campaigns to Blacklist the IDFįor years, NGOs such as Watchlist, Human Rights Watch (HRW) (which is also leads the Watchlist coalition), Defense for Children International – Palestine (DCI-P), Amnesty International, Addameer, B’Tselem, HaMoked, and Military Court Watch have engaged in misinformation campaigns alleging “systematic” violations committed by Israeli forces against Palestinian minors. It is also notable that, for a UN publication, the report to some extent criticizes Palestinian violations of human rights. Despite intensive lobbying by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) over the past few years, the IDF was not included in the Annex of “grave violators” of child’s rights. On July 26, 2019, the United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) released an advanced copy of his 2018 report on Children and Armed Conflict.
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