The EU oversight of project funding and grants is notoriously lax and considered "easy pickings" by ersatz "NGOs" in many countries such as Ukraine. It is SO lax in fact that I would hesitate to draw any conclusions or postulate any conspiracy theories. That said, the BDS movement or some form of it is very likely to be embraced by the EU as a means of forcing a two state solution on Israel.

should require all NGOs to submit annual accounting of all expenditures and sources of funds including amounts to maintain tax exempt status

so what's the fuss over this funding campaign by an organization that itself is going bankrupt?

The Palestinians lob homemade bombs and rockets, you condemn them as violent and savage. The Palestinians press their cause through non-violent means (demonstrations, petitions to world organizations, boycotts) and you condemn them, issue collective punishments like withholding THEIR taxes, demolish Arab housing, build more for Jews only. (Wooo..."carrying flags." Sooo confrontational! Causes so much harm...) In a democratic world, people may speak out, form associations to advance their causes and agitate for public exposure of wrongs. What the hell else are groups like the JDL, APAIC, and other Jewish organizations doing? Women for Peace are bad, a $7.5 million JDL initiative to track world anti-semitism is good -- and a wise use of funds given Israeli poverty figures?????

is itself funded by the Jewish Agency. That's all i have to say.

EU politics is based on political leftist ground. Islam has an easy way to spread through the leftis into the inner circle and manipulate decisions. Now the EU has revealed itself to the whole world, as a hypocratic tool for islam.

It should be Israels main strategic interest to divert all human-power resources from Europe and develop a long export community outside the EU.

just misses the point: BDS is the non-violant action against Apartheid and Segregation of the current politics of Israel. Once this politics civilized, such as been the legal framework in the United States of America and in South Africa, BDS by definition wil be outdated by its supporters. To support this is in the interest of all Member-States of the EU, not too difficult to understand for Professor Steinberg, if you know about the European past, I suppose

Elke, I´m sorry, but all what you said is only propaganda, the true is the opposite

europe has always persecuted jews, and will always persecute jews. there is absolutely nothing new in european attitudes.

you are a self righteous hypocrite.

Only one problem - the total amount the Jewish Agency has given NGO Monitor is $0. That's right not a single cent. Guess that means you are a LIAR! NGO Monitor publishes their donor lists - why don't the so-called NGOs do the same? We need a law like America that says that any organization that receives foreign funding be registered as a foreign agent.

All NGO's involved in anti-israel activity must be restricted under security and stability grounds.Their work consist in fueling anti-israel ,anti-zionist violence.

The Palestinians operate multi-million dollar weapons factories and import the rest as in Arafat's Karine A. Call violent and savage for what it is. Rock throwing demonstrations are violent. Boycotts are cowardly attempts to harm Israel. They never help the Palestinians. If Israel withheld taxes indefinitely it would not cover all the damage caused by Palestinian terror. Demolish arab housing? When was that? Build more for Jews. Why not? The Palestinians do not have the right to use terror against Israel and get support for anti-Israel boycotts from the supposedly unbiased UN. Yet another reason to defund this organization.

NGO Monitor thinks it is the world's gestapo. If you worried about 'undermining the efforts to support peace', look no further than your own government and right wing nuts.

Israel, please explain how this is propaganda. Everything I wrote can be documented in recent news reports, if you read at all. Do you favor violent or non-violent protest? Or do not believe in free speech? Cynthia, Read your own newspapers and you will have the answers to your questions re: demolishing homes and building on Palestinian land. Palestine is free to seek support for its cause anywhere in the world -- you may not like it but you can hardly call that "terror." Get a grip.

and see the hatred they are spreading in the media, schools and reading books. It is always easy to blame the Israelis... especially when you are in NY

Your explanation of what BDS wants is either naive or deliberate disinformation. One BDS leader after another has made it clear that their goal is undermine Israel's existence as a Jewish and democratic state. They seek the end of Israel, which is equal to denying the Jewish people their inalienable right to national self-determination. Or, to disempower the Jews to being a powerless minority everywhere as we were before the Holocaust. That is anti-Jewish in effect if not intent.

The Israeli public has the right to know from where these (and all) NGOs receive their funding,e specially if the funding is from foreign governments. Just like in the US, anybody who receives funds from a foreign government must register as a foreign agent. But, don't restrict NGO activities based on political philosophy, that undermines democracy and once that is done, all citizens are vulnerable to the whims of the state.