Tuesday, November 6, 2007
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
NGO Monitor: New Israel Fund's NGO Grants under Critical Spotlight - 'The New Israel Fund (NIF) organized the 'NIForum', a 10-city North American tour of meetings on a "Progressive Vision for Israel" in October, 2007. As detailed analysis by NGO Monitor has shown, NIF grants are influenced by radicals whose private agendas have been overwhelmingly rejected by Israeli voters. NIF continues to use "civil society" grants to support groups including Adalah, Mossawa, the Arab Human Rights Association (HRA), Hamoked, and others which lead the campaign to end Israel as a Jewish State, and promote "apartheid" rhetoric, boycotts and sanctions. Similarly, NIF provided funding for Jeff Halper -- a fringe Israeli who accompanies Naim Ateek, the leader of the radical Palestinian group known as Sabeel, at conferences promoting the one-state solution and boycotts...'
Respected Sir/Madam,
This is Mr. Narayan Solanke President 'Universal Versatile Society of India' and Regional COordinator for iEARN (International Education and Resource Network)India. My NGO is active in Rural, Agricultural, Educational and Women's Empowerment in that part of Rural India where Farmer's Suicide plight is continuing. I came to know about NGO Grant I'm looking forward to work in collaboration with your organization. So please kindly keep tab on my proposal and reply most urgently.
Regards,
Narayan Solanke
UVS India.