Ngo monitor

‘Dog rape’ to ‘genocide’: How lies become weapons in mainstream reporting - interview

Olga Deutsch, incoming head of NGO Monitor, reveals how false allegations, media distortions, and politicized NGOs shape narratives against Israel and Jewish communities.

People take part in the National March for Palestine - hands off Gaza, a pro-Palestinian protest calling for the government to "end the genocide and stop arming Israel", in London, Britain, January 31, 2026.
Outgoing President of NGO Monitor, Prof. Gerald M. Steinberg.

NGO Monitor founder Gerald Steinberg to step down after 25 years, Olga Deutsch to succeed him

Palestinians walk past the clinic of Doctors Without Borders or Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), in the al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City on January 11, 2026.

‘No longer a trustworthy humanitarian organization’: NGO Monitor releases report on MSF’s failings

Hamas members stand at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025.

NGOs waited decades to brand Israel with ‘genocide' label, watchdog head tells 'Post'


Breaking the Silence: Slandering Israel or recognizing free speech?

Allegations by the Breaking the Silence group of misdeeds by IDF soldiers have clearly struck a nerve.

Alon Sahar hangs a photograph at a BtS exhibition at the Kulturhaus Helferei in Zurich, June 3

Grumpy Old Man: Foreign intrigues, domestic intrigues

Transparency for NGOs funded by foreign governments? Terrific! In fact, why not for all NGOs, no matter who funds them?

The Knesset plenum

NGO to High Court: The country cries out against Deri as interior minister

The Movement for the Quality of Government in Israel opposes Deri’s appointment because he previously held the same exact position, but was forced to resign in 1993 amid a corruption investigation.

Arye Deri

Controversial NGO bill to go to first Knesset vote

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked favors adding a clause that would require representatives of the relevant NGOs to wear a noticeable tag when they are in the Knesset.

A woman reads testimonies during a gathering in Tel Aviv to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Israeli NGO "Breaking the Silence"

German paper refuses to fully correct report demonizing Israel

Article designed to ‘delegitimize the Jewish state,’ expert says.

Front page of the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper

NGO transparency

The Israeli public is rightly concerned about the activities of left-wing NGOs that seek to undermine the very legitimacy of the State of Israel.

A woman reads testimonies during a gathering in Tel Aviv to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Israeli NGO "Breaking the Silence"

Israel muzzling left-wing NGOs with 'transparency bill,' Meretz chief says

Ministerial Committee on Legislation approves so-called “transparency bill,” which was initiated by Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked of the religious Zionist Bayit Yehudi party.

Euro (illustrative)

Ministers to vote on NGO-foreign funding bill

This measure is the latest of several iterations of legislation targeting donations that organizations receive from foreign governments or entities funded by foreign governments.

Israeli Knesset members arguing in parliament.

Think About It: The president and Breaking the Silence

In other words, said organizations and individuals want a president who represents only right-wing Jews like themselves, and civil organizations that follow a “my country right or wrong” line.

President Reuven Rivlin in the West Bank Peduel settlement

Peace Now: 95% of funding for right-wing NGOs hidden from public

NGO Monitor says foreign states’ funding is the problem.

The West Bank Settlement of Givat Ze'ev